Poll - Tattooing: from male military and biker ethos...to viable witness means for both genders?

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Tattooing: from past male military and biker ethos...to viable witness means for both genders?

  • Yes, I agree

    Votes: 6 42.9%
  • No, I disagree

    Votes: 4 28.6%
  • Not sure

    Votes: 5 35.7%
  • Rather not say

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
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farouk

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I did indeed vote! I personally just don't feel I need any tattoo... That money wouldn't even make it to the tattoo parlor... It would already be gone and used on books lol.
So what do you think of Scripture verse tattoos? (proven effective in witness conversations...)
 
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Like I ,mentioned on another thread, tattoos on so many are becoming to look like the detention desks we sat at in school. I think a verse from scripture in the midst of all that mess would be lost in translation.
 

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So what do you think of Scripture verse tattoos? (proven effective in witness conversations...)

I was too late to vote. I would never get a tattoo but my son has several including a very prominent one on his arm which says, 'Only God can judge me'. He also has a Celtic band on the top of his arm and some design on the top of hi back and I think there may be another. He is not a biker or a military man, he is not a drinker or gambler either but a nicely brought up lad from a Christian home who doesn't really believe yet. He has them just cos he likes them.
 
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farouk

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I was too late to vote. I would never get a tattoo but my son has several including a very prominent one on his arm which says, 'Only God can judge me'. He also has a Celtic band on the top of his arm and some design on the top of hi back and I think there may be another. He is not a biker or a military man, he is not a drinker or gambler either but a nicely brought up lad from a Christian home who doesn't really believe yet. He has them just cos he likes them.
Celtic armbands and back placements are popular, aren't they? So is your son married?

Here in North America apparently 55%-70% or more of parlor clients today are now women, according to parlor statistics.
 

farouk

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I was giving the historical use of tattoos, it was not until recently made into a massively accepted popular culture fashion statement.
@tzcho2 I guess when Christian young men and women get tattooed — as so many do — with Bible verse or witness designs, the fact that they are very effective in starting testimony conversations probably shows that these are embracing the medium rather than resisting it. (If this makes sense?)
 

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@tzcho2 I guess when Christian young men and women get tattooed — as so many do — with Bible verse or witness designs, the fact that they are very effective in starting testimony conversations probably shows that these are embracing the medium rather than resisting it. (If this makes sense?)
I believe you said that previously. Personally , I do not think it is biblical to get a tattoo and it's an example of following after popular culture & fashion trends. Saying it's effective like you do- is a subjective at best & an anecdotal thing and changes nothing. But those who like their ink, will sell it however they can.
For me, I didn't yield to peer pressure or follow popular culture trends when I was a teenager and I don't do that now. I'm taught by the scripture to be in the world but not of it. The bible tells us how to stand apart, be salt & light & how it is through how we live in community loving our neighbor that we give testimony, share the gospel, not by imitating fashion styles of what the unsaved do.
 

farouk

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I believe you said that previously. Personally , I do not think it is biblical to get a tattoo and it's an example of following after popular culture & fashion trends. Saying it's effective like you do- is a subjective at best & an anecdotal thing and changes nothing. But those who like their ink, will sell it however they can.
For me, I didn't yield to peer pressure or follow popular culture trends when I was a teenager and I don't do that now. I'm taught by the scripture to be in the world but not of it. The bible tells us how to stand apart, be salt & light & how it is through how we live in community loving our neighbor that we give testimony, share the gospel, not by imitating fashion styles of what the unsaved do.
Thanks for your comment.

My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; and I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to have it done. The tattoo is what so many young men and women do at around 18 and evidently many Christian young ppl wish to use the medium in witness. I guess I was simply glad to see a verse of Scripture which would be the subject of conversations with this confidently tattooed young lady.
 

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Thanks for your comment.

My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; and I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to have it done. The tattoo is what so many young men and women do at around 18 and evidently many Christian young ppl wish to use the medium in witness. I guess I was simply glad to see a verse of Scripture which would be the subject of conversations with this confidently tattooed young lady.
Sorry but I see it as an over justification of tattoos & as a self-serving thing because you're enamored with it.
I'm sure someone could for eg. do any number of unbiblical things in order to witness, they could dye their hair multi colors or red & white too to spark comment or interest,or conversation concerning Jesus. A person does not have to mark their body with permanent ink like the heathens do as the bible states, in order to do that. The fact is, it seems with some, inking becomes a fetish and I hope it is not a fixation with you because you seem to really want to push getting tattoos as a way to witness to give it a righteous quality and tattooing is not what is in the Bible for Christians to do to witness.
 
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It's fair to say that over the years and decades perceptions of tattoos can change considerably.
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No doubt.

Should the passage of time and changes in culture be allowed to dictate our convictions and principles?

Is this a fair question?

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