Is your tattoo faith based?

[Blueberry]

You're talking about scars now; Isaiah 53 comes to mind very solemnly and wonderfully...

I was thinking more John 20:25-29.

 

[farouk]

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[farouk]

I was thinking more John 20:25-29.

Yes, I guess both passages are relevant. Very solemn.

 

[farouk]

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[Blueberry]

I think a lot of ppl who do it — see for example the quote from the Bible Belt, below — would say that it's a way of using a proven means of witness as a conversation-starter.

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If everyone is doing it then why would it start a conversation?

I realize all seem to want to discuss their tattoos. Clothing, jewelry, carrying a Bible, the list is endless of conversation starters. The spoken word works well if someone wants to start a conversation. Its just a justification.

A way to fit into both camps.

 

[farouk]

If everyone is doing it then why would it start a conversation?

I realize all seem to want to discuss their tattoos. Clothing, jewelry, carrying a Bible, the list is endless of conversation starters. The spoken word works well of someone wants to start a conversation. Its just a justification.

Faith based or not, it is proven effective, in any case.

As the Bible Belt quote shows, so many do it, anyway.

 

[Blueberry]

Faith based or not, it is proven effective, in any case.

As the Bible Belt quote shows, so many do it, anyway.

Many do it is a fact. Does not make it right.

So do you expect to see tattoos on resurrected bodies?

What are your thoughts on putting graffiti on the NT Temple of God?
1 Cor 6:19

I expect to hear that faith based tattoos honor God. So how about the resurrected bodies question?

 

[farouk]

Many do it is a fact. Does not make it right.

So do you expect to see tattoos on resurrected bodies?

What are your thoughts on putting graffiti on the NT Temple of God?
1 Cor 6:19

I expect to hear that faith based tattoos honor God. So how about the resurrected bodies question?

I guess if one views the matter from the point of view of a lot of things in the church age - as a dispensationalist I would see the Gospel rather than the law as the rule of the believer's life - then if it can be used in Gospel witness, then it has value. Marriage is not for heaven, for example; this does not mean that Christians in the church shouldn't get married; it is in fact a blessing for now.

 

[farouk]

@Blueberry The word graffiti is loaded, I guess; but if in the Gospel age Bible quotes, etc. can be used in thought-provoking witness...?

 

[Blueberry]

So... not going to answer the resurrected body question?

Good night.

 

[farouk]

So... not going to answer the resurrected body question?

Good night.

My answer was not to presume full knowledge; but rather to look from the angle of what may be seen as wtiness-relevant to the church age...

 

[farouk]

@LoveBeacon FYI...

 

[farouk]

PS:

As per the discussion above, about the quote from the Bible Belt:

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.

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I think it kind of shows anyway that so many Christians probably now - instead of fighting against the trend - choose to embrace it, often to express a faith based message.

 

[farouk]

@1stCenturyLady FYI...See the latest discussion on the thread?

 

[farouk]

Yes. I wonder if the dark ones were some of her first, before she became more knowledgeable.

People do indeed grow in their knowledge of the inking experience.

Those who have reached the stage of full sleeves and large back-pieces will have certainly gone through an intense leaning process in which their style will have become much more clear to themselves.

I expect you will have seen that development of understanding among any family or friends that may have gotten it done a few times; what they thought when they first stated; and what they think and prefer now can be noticeably different, right?

 

[1stCenturyLady]

People do indeed grow in their knowledge of the inking experience.

Those who have reached the stage of full sleeves and large back-pieces will have certainly gone through an intense leaning process in which their style will have become much more clear to themselves.

I expect you will have seen that development of understanding among any family or friends that may have gotten it done a few times; what they thought when they first stated; and what they think and prefer now can be noticeably different, right?

I personally don't know many people who have tattoos. My brother in law has a few but they are fairly new, so not enough time for style to change.

 

[farouk]

I personally don't know many people who have tattoos. My brother in law has a few but they are fairly new, so not enough time for style to change.

I guess he didn't talk to you about his ink plans/aspirations.

(So your sister doesn't have any ink, then...)

 

[farouk]

@"ByGrace" I wish more Christians worked in tattoo parlors.

(Don't you?)

 

[farouk]

When I was young I did not know a single person my age with tattoos.

Do any of your family/friends have tattoos?

 

[1stCenturyLady]

I guess he didn't talk to you about his ink plans/aspirations.

(So your sister doesn't have any ink, then...)

No, we don't have that kind of a relationship.