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

[farouk]

@OneIsTheWord FYI....another thread I started... (sorry the poll already expired).

 

[OneIsTheWord]

@OneIsTheWord FYI....another thread I started... (sorry the poll already expired).

 

[farouk]

@OneIsTheWord Interesting.... (meaning...?)

 

[farouk]

The body sees it as an injury and tries to heal it.

@FluffyYellowDuck Technically it is, but also a rather benign one, a bit like ear piercing, and ppl wouldn't normally back off getting their ears pierced just because it is technically an injury. (Similarly with tattoos, right?)

 

[farouk]

A cross and a 6-pointed star.

@Truman I guess the six-pointed star would be a reference to the Magen David on the Israeli flag, right?

Maybe this would get you into conversations with Jews...

 

[farouk]

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

I know my version of femininity doesn't appeal to everyone but I look best with simplicity.

@Wynona I suppose that it could all be part of wider discussions about femininity such as about chewing gum and pants, etc.! According to statistics, even more women use tattoo parlors in North America than men do.

(Does your dh have any fixed views on tattoos for women, maybe?)

 

[DuckieLady]

I'm with @Wynona on simplicity and it is Biblical for women.

" I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God."

I see a lot of beauty in simplicity. It just seems wholesome and pure.

And it isn't that women in full makeup and glamorous are "bad", it is just that I think authentic beauty is shown by good health and being clean.

That should be enough.

 

[DuckieLady]

Having said that, and to just be real with you, I like being about specific hair types for face shapes and clothing to fit body types, and colors based on skin tones.

My mom went to beauty school, so these things were taught earlier. But after that I'm good because you don't really have to do anything after that.

 

[farouk]

My mom went to beauty school, so these things were taught earlier.

@FluffyYellowDuck So was your mom surprised at all when you got your tattoo and nose ring that you mentioned?

 

[Wynona]

@Wynona I suppose that it could all be part of wider discussions about femininity such as about chewing gum and pants, etc.! According to statistics, even more women use tattoo parlors in North America than men do.






(Does your dh have any fixed views on tattoos for women, maybe?)

Don't hate me for this, but I always think of the phrase in Deuteronomy or Leviticus where God commands the Israelites not to make cuttings or marks on their skin.

I know the argument against that is that those laws were for that people at that time. After all, I eat pork and shellfish.

But that's the main reason why I won't get a tattoo.

 

[farouk]

.... I always think of the phrase in Deuteronomy or Leviticus where God commands the Israelites not to make cuttings or marks on their skin.

I know the argument against that is that those laws were for that people at that time. After all, I eat pork and shellfish.

But that's the main reason why I won't get a tattoo.

@Wynona Thanks for your comment; and of course you need to follow your convictions. It's interesting that the immediate context seems to suggest pagan necromancy; and an adjacent verse seems to say about not trimming beards; do preachers shave? if they do, they are maybe making a backhanded comment about being New Testament believers under grace, rather than Old Testament Jews under the law in the land, with their bushy beards.

Also, it may be that you don't like the look of tattoos; which is fine.

Also, although all the young people with whom I have talked with Bible verse tattooed seem to have done them for evangelistic reasons, it may indeed be that you have never been motivated to use such a witness means, either.

 

[amadeus]

Don't hate me for this, but I always think of the phrase in Deuteronomy or Leviticus where God commands the Israelites not to make cuttings or marks on their skin.

I know the argument against that is that those laws were for that people at that time. After all, I eat pork and shellfish.

But that's the main reason why I won't get a tattoo.

So then look also at the NT sister. You are a only steward over your body, not an owner. You may also be an heir, but an heir has only a promise until and if he actually inherits. In the meantime what kind of a steward you are is important to God and needs to be important to you:

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." I Cor 3:16-17

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." I Cor 6:19-20

 

[farouk]

So then look also at the NT sister. You are a only steward over your body, not an owner. You may also be an heir, but an heir has only a promise until and if he actually inherits. In the meantime what kind of a steward you are is important to God and needs to be important to you:

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." I Cor 3:16-17

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." I Cor 6:19-20

@amadeus I guess all the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have talked and who have seemingly had them done for evangelistic reasons, would think that the intention was indeed to glorify God.

 

[amadeus]

@amadeus I guess all the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have talked and who have seemingly had them done for evangelist reasons, would think that the intention was indeed to glorify God.

I will agree that God uses many things to accomplish His purposes but I do strongly disagree with pressing people to accept so easily that tattoos, even Christian based tattoos must be in God's will for them... The pressing is what I see here by the very existence of this thread. Without you would it even exist?

Not every person is the same part of the Body of Christ with the same function and being at a given moment at the same place on the same road as everyone else.

We are to be led by the Holy Spirit. Not everyone is led down that way toward which you are beckoning them. In the flesh it is a road of no return as a person cannot simply wash off a tattoo with soap and water if ever they decide it was a mistake...

Any spiritual argument for tattooing in general as a good thing would appear to me to be attempting to put words in God's mouth... in spite of favorable testimonies.

Personally, I believe that this whole thread is a mistake, but each person has to walk with the Lord himself... including you. Only be certain that you are not walking out in front of Him instead of meekly following behind. Is your purpose here truly to edify God and the things of God? Answer that last question only to yourself.

 

[Wynona]

So then look also at the NT sister. You are a only steward over your body, not an owner. You may also be an heir, but an heir has only a promise until and if he actually inherits. In the meantime what kind of a steward you are is important to God and needs to be important to you:

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." I Cor 3:16-17

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." I Cor 6:19-20

Thanks for pointing out those verses. I couldn't explain my unease with tattoos very well. Now there's more clarity in my spirit.

 

[farouk]

Thanks for pointing out those verses. I couldn't explain my unease with tattoos very well. Now there's more clarity in my spirit.

@Wynona Thanks for this comment also; would you also have any observation about the fact that all the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have talked and who have seemingly had them done for evangelistic reasons, with the apparent intention to glorify God?

 

[Wynona]

@Wynona Thanks for this comment also; would you also have any observation about the fact that all the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have talked and who have seemingly had them done for evangelistic reasons, with the apparent intention to glorify God?

I think wanting to evangelize and glorify God are good. But you don't need a tattoo to do that.

If I had to advise Christians today, I'd advise them to witness first and foremost by leading a Holy life, different than others around them. You just need that and a desire to reach people and tell them about Jesus.

 

[farouk]

I think wanting to evangelize and glorify God are good. But you don't need a tattoo to do that.

If I had to advise Christians today, I'd advise them to witness first and foremost by leading a Holy life, different than others around them. You just need that and a desire to reach people and tell them about Jesus.

Thanks, @Wynona . Did you also see my post #1363, above, with an imaginary but realistic dialogue? Some of the cautionary element of what you say is reflected in the dialogue I posted.

 

[DuckieLady]

@FluffyYellowDuck So was your mom surprised at all when you got your tattoo and nose ring that you mentioned?

Nope! I got my nose stud when I was 18 - she took me and my tattoo was a gift from her, if I remember correctly.

My mom was always sort of hippy-biker mom and my dad builds guitars for a hobby. Good musicians. They are pretty chill people.

 

[Wynona]

Thanks, @Wynona . Did you also see my post #1363, above, with an imaginary but realistic dialogue? Some of the cautionary element of what you say is reflected in the dialogue I posted.

I went back and read it.