@Wynona Thanks! Anyway I thought that what the fictitious Mandi and Jim said from their different perspectives are quite typical among different Christians, don't you? In any case, ink is so widespread, and - as Mandi "said" - just because she had several tattoos, it doesn't necessarily mean that she wanted more.
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@FluffyYellowDuck Well, it's so widespread to have one's nose studded and get a bit of ink that it's really not surprising that your mom - who if she went to fashion school, is likely very fashion-conscious - helped and encouraged you a bit to have it done...
In any case, a simple little nose ring can be a quiet and low key way of expressing individuality, can't it? (and it has Biblical precedents also...)
@Cassandra In any case, it's become so mainstream and widespread, hasn't it?
All the young people with Bible verses tattooed that I have talked to seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons.
@FluffyYellowDuck It's a perfectly wholesome choice for the time when a girl becomes an adult, isn't it?
(As your mom seems to have understood.)
@Truth7t7 All the young people with Bible verses tattooed with whom I have spoken seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons. So for ppl to give them a hard time about them for eschatological reasons seems totally unnecessary....right?
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I dont believe a bible verse tattooed should bring a hard time for anybody, however tattooing is of pagan origin and forbidden in the old testament
@Truth7t7 Thanks for the comment. It's interesting that an adjacent verse in the Leviticus passage 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.
Seems to me that some young ppl have gotten Bible verses such as John 3.16 inked joyfully, since they anticipated that these would open up many opportunities to talk about it.
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My young days are past, tattoos are in and I'm sorta neutral on the subject to be honest
@McFearless FYI....thread I started....
(I think there are a lot of tattoo parlors in Denmark, right?)
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(I think there are a lot of tattoo parlors in Denmark, right?)
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I’m not sure I really have an opinion on the matter. I think it can be dangerous but life is dangerous in it self. I think people have the right to do what they want. If I had sons and daughters I would advice against it, but I don’t know anything about the risk I only know that I see a lot of ugly and funny tattoos and that’s not really my style.
@Wynona You have mentioned your unease; you must follow your own reading of Scripture, right?
Some ppl are a little frightened by the idea. Others definitely are not. Everyone's experience will not be the same.
Just to bear in mind also that unease similar to yours won't be every believer's experience; some people will go through a lot of thought, prayer and Scripture reading and unease won't be the result for them; did you see what Rita said, for example?
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@McFearless Thanks for your comment. Maybe in Denmark it's a bit different, but in North America so many Christians get them; faith based tattoos are very widespread.
All the young ppl tattooed with Bible verses with whom I have talked seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons.
This is a quote from the Bible Belt:
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Im sure people have all kinds of reasons and experiences with their tattoos.
My opinion is unchanged though.
@Truth7t7 Thanks for your comment.
As the discussion above with @Wynona maybe also shows, ppl can basically have the same doctrinal beliefs but on a subject such as tattoos can hold a wide variety of opinions, right?
Some ppl really don't like their tattoos:
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2 Chr. 34:19 said: ↑
I have a forty yr old tatt-they look ridiculous on wrinkly old skin
For others it's such an established custom and it's done with a great deal of confidence:
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A wide variety of thoughts about it is really inevitable, really, isn't it? Anyway, all the young people with Bible verses tattooed with whom I have spoken seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons.
@Pythagorean12 FYI......did you see this thread I started? ..... (Sorry the poll expired already...)
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Thanks for the response, I'm neutral on the issue and unwatching the thread
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@MatthewG Well, I guess a significant part of a witness tool is being visible, right?
I think for many young Christians it's the sort of witness tool that they couldn't always have gotten but when they reach the adult stage of life they will think, This is now a witness tool I wish to use because I am now a man / a woman.
For many ppl, it shows confidence in what they deeply believe; they go to the tattoo parlor confidently.
@McFearless I saw a video where a lady who owns a tattoo parlor indicated that the inks generally used are a lot safer than those used decades back.
Maybe some ppl get tattoos because they see them as a bit edgy. But the same could be said about double pierced ears, over 40 years ago, when teen girls and their moms started putting two pairs in: maybe at first it was regarded as a bit edgy, but it's now so established that venerable great-grandmothers have them.
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But a lot of ppl get them for witness reasons, without going overboard.
Anyway all the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have talked seemed to have had them done for evangelistic reasons.
I don't buy the idea - old fashioned? - that tattoos are somehow supposedly unladylike; a lot of Godly Christian women have a bit of modest, faith based ink, without at all going overboard.
@Hidden In Him Some ppl do go overboard with tattoos, yes.LoL. I actually know a girl who has gone about this far overboard with the tattoos. She's also into body-building now.
She looks fit, but still.
But a lot of ppl get them for witness reasons, without going overboard.
Anyway all the young people with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have talked seemed to have had them done for evangelistic reasons.
I don't buy the idea - old fashioned? - that tattoos are somehow supposedly unladylike; a lot of Godly Christian women have a bit of modest, faith based ink, without at all going overboard.
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