Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?

[JohnPaul]

@JohnPaul You can maybe understand at least why the various young people with faith based tattoos with whom I have talked have seemingly wanted strongly to go to the parlor for Bible verse inkings that would be effective in starting conversations. (Even if you yourself wouldn't get any more ink.)

I would advise against it, as your body is your temple that belongs to God, I said I'm actually starting to like my tattoo again of Christ, because I feel when people see it they identify me as a Christian, but if I could turn back time I wouldn't have gotten any of them not even the head of Christ. So no I cannot understand it, I didn't get my tattoos for conversation pieces, I got them because I was young and stupid and thought they looked cool and wanted to show my belief of Christ, but one shouldn't wear his religion on his sleeve, in this case my chest.

 

[farouk]

... I have no problem with someone else getting one, if they like. Wouldn't bother me a bit.

@Cassandra All the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have spoken seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons. I can understand them thinking that using the tattoo parlor for this purpose is compelling.

 

[farouk]

...they're making progress! LOL

@GodsGrace I think you said anyway that in Italy in your area also developments are that many young ppl especially young women now feel confident enough to acquire some ink.

 

[farouk]

I would like it on top of my hand. Where it could be seen. I have a half of one under my wrist at the moment but it never got finished.

@MatthewG Similarly, it's certainly a very strong wish to do it that ppl experience, isn't it? judging by others' comments:

Heart2Soul said:

it is becoming a norm with health professionals...It is becoming a tool people are using to let others identify their faith. ..I do like the idea of Christian based tattoos

Rita said:

I love the tattoo..the tattoo was not liberating - the tattoo represented the liberation and freedom that the Lord had brought me through.. I was 50 when I had mine done, and two of my sons had various tattoos long before me. I made the decision with a mature head on my shoulders.

GodsGrace said: ↑

almost every young girl I know has some sort of tatoo.
Even those very conservative types.

 

[farouk]

Back

Now a days it is excepted as normal for both sexes to have them

@Pearl Yes, a confident development. (Including your daughter, right?)

 

[farouk]

I think if I ever went back to tattooing I would just focus one one genre like wildlife or something.

@Mantis Perhaps, like bears in their natural setting, for example?

 

[farouk]

... I probably was about 22 when I got mine... I don't have any big regrets on it, but I wouldn't again.

I'm just too old now and don't really care for it.

@FluffyYellowDuck

You must know...

Big and black and bold can be striking and widely wanted:

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But you must know first, right?

 

[farouk]

I am sure this person has a wonderful testimony to go along with her tat.

@Heart2Soul

Well, anyway, often there seems to be a really strong reason for ppl doing it...right?

shnarkle said:
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One of the churches I go to has three quite elderly women, all widows, who recently went out and got themselves tattoos. .. There was no doubt they were all first tattoos. All three of them went out and got them together.

 

[farouk]

To me if you wanna get a tattoo get one, you’ll be thankful for it for awhile

@MatthewG Anyway you mentioned your dear mom; I know some Christian moms are traditional, into minimalist bare earlobes and being inkless 'cleanskins'; others feel a bit of ink and piercing is wholesome...

 

[DuckieLady]

@FluffyYellowDuck

You must know...

Big and black and bold can be striking and widely wanted:

pinterest

But you must know first, right?

@FluffyYellowDuck

You must know...

Big and black and bold can be striking and widely wanted:

pinterest

But you must know first, right?

Idk, maybe if you're wearing a suit, but why as a Christian looking to walk with a sound mind and a sound heart, want to be appearing to walk with evil?

It is just vanity, in the end, isn't it? God is going to look at the heart, yes, but I think he would rather the things we show be his holiness and righteousness through our character and our deeds.

Like the child's song:
"This little line of mine,
I'm going to let it shine"

I don't need to be "cool" anymore. I would prefer to be humble and graceful.

I don't want my appearance to be what teaches people, because it would distract from what God has done in my life.

As Jesus said himself, "First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean."

 

[farouk]

Idk, maybe if you're wearing a suit, but why as a Christian looking to walk with a sound mind and a sound heart, want to be appearing to walk with evil?

It is just vanity, in the end, isn't it? God is going to look at the heart, yes, but I think he would rather the things we show be his holiness and righteousness through our character and our deeds.

Like the child's song:
"This little line of mine,
I'm going to let it shine"

I don't need to be "cool" anymore. I would prefer to be humble and graceful.

I don't want my appearance to be what teaches people, because it would distract from what God has done in my life.

As Jesus said himself, "First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean."

@FluffyYellowDuck Oh, great quotes there, indeed; but do you think it doesn't look good on her, then?

 

[DuckieLady]

@FluffyYellowDuck Oh, great quotes there, indeed; but do you think it doesn't look good on her, then?

Yeah, she looks alright.

 

[DuckieLady]

@farouk is this the way your wife dresses?

 

[farouk]

I think my one is fine. .. my cross has brought good discussion during the summer

@Mayflower Like, as in the thread's title, you embraced getting inked up for witness, instead of fighting it, right?

 

[Mayflower]

@Mayflower Like, as in the thread's title, you embraced getting inked up for witness, instead of fighting it, right?

Lol. I struggled with the idea of getting a tattoo. But Jesus was the first thing on my mind when deciding what to get.

 

[farouk]

Most tattoo artist will apprentice for a year or so and do tattoos for free or a lesser charge until they start getting good.

@Mantis Okay.

Sounds like you yourself, however, have quite a bit of experience already so if you did start again you would fairly soon be able to charge more or less what you wanted, maybe?

 

[farouk]

Although I dislike tattoos, that one's okay as far as they go.

@Wynona Well, anyway, in the South now it's something that so many Christians and conservative ppl seem to do with quite some dedication. (As you would perhaps know...) Often it's Scripture that is inked in.

QueenCat said:

Around here (Bible Belt), it is common, especially among evangelical Christians, for the girls under about 40 to have religious tattoos. More do than don't, especially when you get to the under 30 crowd. I hardly know any female at church that is under 30 that does not have a tattoo.

greenvneck said:

I would be hard-pressed to come up with more than a handful of names of my friends who DON'T have at least one tattoo--and we are all suburban homeschooling moms, ages ranging from early-30s to mid-50s, living in conservative North Texas.

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[farouk]

@Sgt. Pepper FYI....thread I started...

 

[farouk]

Lol. I struggled with the idea of getting a tattoo. But Jesus was the first thing on my mind when deciding what to get.

@Mayflower So: although the tattoo parlor did in the end help you express your joy as a Christian woman, you did hesitate a bit at first?

 

[farouk]

@Sgt. Pepper PS: Sorry the poll is closed already...but the thread itself is still open.