Faith-based tattoo: as a result of one, did you ever talk with someone? (Poll included)
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@L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d Well...maybe she's already done getting any more ink....but it sounds like you already have talked to her about your ink plans....
(Not an artist myself; a design on my arm years ago wasn't a success...)
Yes, I have only her left, so we are close and share everything. She just got her 2nd degree from college so shes been really busy for a couple years now, and she re- married somewhere around the first of this year.
@L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d Sounds like she keeps really busy....
So do you think she was surprised when you told her recently of your first tattoo plans?
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@GodsGrace So do you think it's a good age to get a first tattoo? or maybe better if at all to have done it years before....
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It started as a witness; it became an addiction. Not good. Fortunately, that nasty infection from her last one motivated her to stop.
BTW, she once again used her tats to start up a conversation yesterday with someone in the waiting room while her car was getting its oil changed.
@Lambano Thanks; and - well - I reckon that she still thinks it was really worthwhile having gotten inked up all those times if it still gives her opportunities to tell her witness story, right?
Lambano
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Tattoos and memories
And dead skin on trial
For what it's worth,
It was worth it all the while.
@Lambano Okay, I appreciate the good humour; but your wife herself, as regards the opportunities that have opened up to tell ppl about her healing, presumably she herself doesn't regret them? (even if you think she got too many...)
The right age is when a person decides they want to do this. I think at least in the 20s would be a good age to start. Maybe the decision is more firm. No regrets.
Sadly getting tatts can become an addiction which are difficult to remove, unlike smoking or drink alcohol, whose grip on our lives can be overcome by us simply, by us choosing to stop their consumption.
I knew a pastor who had tatts, who when he started to tell the meaning for him of his tatts and the associated stories moved from being a preacher for God to being a faithful servant for Satan.
Having tatts may not be sinful in and of themselves, but unfortunately the reasons why people get Tatt can be very sinful indeed.
If getting tatts causes people to stumble in their walk with God, then it is best not to start being tattooed in the first place. But what we have on this forum is a person who touts for his master encouraging people along this slippery pathway which is very wide indeed.
I know that we can claim that we will not sin, but it is so easy to anyway that it is best not to put a/this stumbling block in the way of another person.
I knew a pastor who had tatts, who when he started to tell the meaning for him of his tatts and the associated stories moved from being a preacher for God to being a faithful servant for Satan.
Having tatts may not be sinful in and of themselves, but unfortunately the reasons why people get Tatt can be very sinful indeed.
If getting tatts causes people to stumble in their walk with God, then it is best not to start being tattooed in the first place. But what we have on this forum is a person who touts for his master encouraging people along this slippery pathway which is very wide indeed.
I know that we can claim that we will not sin, but it is so easy to anyway that it is best not to put a/this stumbling block in the way of another person.
Thank-you, Sir. Stumbling blocks should be avoided, indeed. Those who do not have tattoos do not need to be persuaded actively to get them.
It is also an incontrovertible fact that so many Christians do get them; for example, Bible verse tattoos are proven effective in conversation; and all the young ppl with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have spoken seem to have had them done for witness tool reasons.
It is also an incontrovertible fact that so many Christians do get them; for example, Bible verse tattoos are proven effective in conversation; and all the young ppl with Bible verse tattoos with whom I have spoken seem to have had them done for witness tool reasons.
@GodsGrace You mention also regret; and as regards doing it, some ppl even regret not having had it done many years previously.
(I saw a quote to that effect from someone who thought that as a young believer a faith based tattoo would have made him challenged towards testimony and accountable.)
But you could always get a tattoo?
Right?
Also, I'm speaking in general about all tattoos, not just faith based.
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Like, you mean, it's never too late to get the first tattoo.......
This is what the quote I mentioned, says; the poster wishes he had had it done years ago:
Dave L said:
Still touting, you good and faithful servant, you just cannot help yourself.
If you are saying that people who do not have tattoos do not need to be persuaded actively to get them, then why is this thread being pushed by you so hard, if you also accept that it can be a stumbling block for some "Christians."
Actually, just mingling with people, is often the best way of starting a conversation with other people. Showing them a tattoo is often not the best approach as that can be off putting with many people. Why do I say that. Any conversation where it feels like a tattooed Christian has found a "tool" to "save" them, is being disrespectful to that person. Any mingling among other people should be a learning experience for the Christian and not an excuse to talk down to them at all.
If we are to be a light to the nations or to be the salt for the people of the earth, then we should shine out to the people around us that we are very different from them such that we become their initial "Bible" for them to read. A simple bible verse or scripture reference IMHO simply does not cut it at all.
We all have our different opinions, but from a practical point of view it is hard for me to dismiss the fact that all the young ppl with Bible verses tattooed with whom I have spoken seem to have received them as conversation-starting witness tools, which manifestly do work in their intended purpose.
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