So to apply the example, would you say that it's better to have no tattoos at all? or if they are gotten, it should be done sensibly and moderately? (and also bearing in mind the scope for tasteful faith based ones).
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what I meant by the story is that we're introduced to ideas a little bit at a time and before you know it, they're accepted and, even with bad ideas, it's always too late to go back once everyone has accepted.
For instance, here in Italy we're been having a lot of Muslims migrate here.
Well, guess what, when they have a funeral the crosses in the cemetary have to be covered, crosses in schools have been taken down. In the last vote, crosses in the voting rooms (mostly in schools) had to be covered.
This happened a little bit at a time. Mostly in big cities...not by me.
Here we had a Muslim family complain that Jesus was being mentioned in a Christmas play a few years ago. At first the principle changed the wording in the play....then he changed his mind and left them in.
But basically, yeah, a little at a time things change.