PS: @Addy I guess people of your daughter's generation find it easier to appreciate tattoo art, whether or not they themselves are into such things.
Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?
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PS: @Addy I guess people of your daughter's generation find it easier to appreciate tattoo art, whether or not they themselves are into such things.
@MatthewG Well, a lot of Christian young women do, anyway.
(Inking is a separate style thing, of course, though they can be combined.)
@Addy What I just wanted to say was that all the young people with whom I have talked who have had Bible verses tattooed seem to have had them done for evangelistic purposes.
Whether or not all Christians would do the same (probably not, indeed), yet one can't fault their motivation for wanting to spread the message...
I am not one of those Christians who have a problem with tattoos.. and if I was younger... I might even get a little one that says... IT IS FINISHED.
LTJMP14
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Tattoos are a waste of resources and a show of pride. Kind of like the Christian with the "Honk if You Love Jesus" bumper sticker on the back of their car who gets road-rage mad every time someone behind him honks their horn. Take that $100 to $200 you're thinking of spending on a new body blemish and give it in secret to a family in town you now is struggling to make ends meet. Then don't tell a soul, for your Father in heaven knows, and HE is all that matters.
@MatthewG I was looking to see if I could find the source which I saw on the Web quite a while ago, but I think the page has been taken offline, unfortunately.
I do wish more Christians worked in tattoo parlors.
Adolescents tend to get their ears pierced and when young people have become adults they tend to get tattoos. It's pretty straightforward, really, in that they are simply saying, I'm a boy that has become a man / I'm a girl that has become a woman. (The design I got wasn't a success.)
But the scope for faith based / witness design tattoos is rather great, isn't it? Like I said, all the young people that I talked to with Bible verse tattoos seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons; and so I wish that more Christians worked in tattoo parlors.
Hi @LTJMP14 Well, all the young ppl with Bible verse tattoos that I have talked to seem anyway to have had them done for evangelistic reasons.
Whether or not this would be every Christian's choice (and it isn't), I guess I'm not going to avoid having a good conversation with them about the Bible verse itself: ppl need encouraging, right?
@Addy
As Heart2Soul says, it's becoming a norm with some demographics:
Heart2Soul said
It's interesting; on the one hand, it's good to encourage one another. On the other, I don't think we should encourage someone else to get a tattoo; it really needs to be a personal decision; the personal joy with for instance a Bible verse tattoo needs to be entirely a personal experience that starts with the person planning and fulfilling the plan. As Acolyte says:
Acolyte said: ↑
My son had 7 or 8 tattoos before I even thought about it. ... Those who get scripture must be overjoyed. The money and pain are outweighed by the message they witness to... No more ink for me. ... I do think they are fine for whoever wants one. It's just not something I would do again.
Re. 'It is finished' (John 19.30) ties in so well with Hebrews chapters 9 and 10 about the finished work of Christ at the cross, doesn't it?
LTJMP14
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Encourage the youth in equipping them to learn the gospel message in order that they will be able to proclaim it properly and defend it when challenged. A tattoo, no matter how sincere the one bearing it is about what that tattoo says, is not a good witness, IMHO.
@LTJMP14 Thanks for the comment. My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also; and I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness just to have it needled in (which presumably was a big part of her motivation in the first place.)
LTJMP14
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Hopefully that young lady is able to give a defense to everyone who asks her the reason for the hope that is in her. John 3:16 is a fine place to start, but is she equipped to explain what the atonement is and why it was necessary, why she believes holy scripture can be trusted as accurate historical documents, etc.
@LTJMP14 Well, this indeed applies to all of us as believers, doesn't it? to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3.18). Not everyone is a scholar; but as Acolyte commented in what she posted,
Some believers do think along the lines of, I'm not a scholar with a lot of head knowledge, but it's a truly joyful thing to bear witness...My son had 7 or 8 tattoos before I even thought about it. ... Those who get scripture must be overjoyed. The money and pain are outweighed by the message they witness to... No more ink for me. ... I do think they are fine for whoever wants one. It's just not something I would do again.
PS: @Addy
Age 18 is the time that it's done, so often.
Although I saw this quote also:
' "...Most of my clients are in the older bracket," Gallo-Kohlas told The Huffington Post. "We see a lot of women in their sixties and seventies getting their first tattoos." Gallo-Kohlas recalls a woman in her sixties who got a tattoo because everyone in the golf clique at her gated community had one. It seemed like the thing to do in order to fit in.'
Many Women Get Tattoos Post 50 ? And Don't Regret It Later huffington post
But I don't think it should be done because others "pressurize" them to do it. Even if it's a Christian getting, say, a Bible verse, it need to be the individual that makes the decision totally independently.
@MatthewG Some tattoos can indeed be way out and regretted later. Although they are such a widely used means of expression now.
They can be gracious and modest and with witness value for the Christian.
They can be done for a modest and gracious look. (They are often more to do with simply reaching the growing up stage of life when girls have become women and boys have become men, than it is about whether tattoos are way out and too bold or regrettable, or whatever.)
jessiblue
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@jessiblue Thanks for the comment!@farouk … Well, my thoughts are that since I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I don’t need to mess up His creation. I’m beautiful enough!
Not 'needing' to do it is absolutely right, of course; there is no strict need at all. A lot of Christians do, mind you; and all the young ppl with whom I have talked who have Bible verses tattooed seem to have done it for evangelistic purposes, anyway.
jessiblue
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Yeah, I understand. The most important thing is leading souls to the knowledge of Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! -jb
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TC3200 said:
source: allnurses dot com
What the quote says is true; and the context today isn't really about being "avant garde" or "cutting edge" style, but - rather - simply a stage of growing up and girls becoming women and boys becoming men and so expressing themselves with ink.
Like you say, the most important thing is the Gospel going forth. And the young ppl with whom I have spoken with Bible verses tattooed all seemed to realize the scope for Gospel testimony by having them done.
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