Poll: Best age for first tattoo?

[amadeus]

All I can say - which you don't seem to see - is that many Christians do indeed see it as a Godward, God glorifying act to receive a faith design that will likely result in many opportunities for testimony. Seem within the framework of Christian liberty as per Romans 14, this would indeed make sense to many Christians.

Romans 14 is telling us how to treat others. How we treat our own stewardship is another thing. This is the talent that God gave to each until He returns for His own and expects an accounting from us:

"So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Rom 14:12

That is may seem good to them still leaves the question of me for me or of you for you. As I have said Romans 14 is not granting us liberty. It is explaining how we are treat other people. We are not their judges. Whether or not we are our own judges is another question altogether. What we do with what we have been given is the basis for our final judgment. Part of what we have been given is this body, but it is NOT ours.

 

[farouk]

Romans 14 is telling us how to treat others. How we treat our own stewardship is another thing. This is the talent that God gave to each until He returns for His own and expects an accounting from us:

"So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Rom 14:12

That is may seem good to them still leaves the question of me for me or of you for you. As I have said Romans 14 is not granting us liberty. It is explaining how we are treat other people. We are not their judges. Whether or not we are our own judges is another question altogether. What we do with what we have been given is the basis for our final judgment. Part of what we have been given is this body, but it is NOT ours.

Romans 14 is actually the New Testament believer's great charter of Christian liberty. (Whether or not Fundamentalists admit it.)

 

[farouk]

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll!

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[farouk]

I encountered a young man at work last night that had just received new ink on his forearm, an image of the grim reaper. A good conversation starter, wouldn’t you agree?

So did he mention his ink lately?

 

[Waiting on him]

So did he mention his ink lately?

Not lately.

 

[farouk]

I see a lot of women with sleeves now, saw a couple yesterday

It's one of the more popular placements now (especially among women) and of course if there is wording in the design (and not least, something like a Bible verse, etc.), then the arm does lend itself to being a place for it.

 

[farouk]

Not lately.

Sounds like you still see him but the ink has been healing well and he's now thinking about other things.

 

[Waiting on him]

Sounds like you still see him but the ink has been healing well and he's now thinking about other things.

Made the guys 5 gallons of pineapple ice cream the other night he ate 7 cups
( homemade pineapple cherry )!!!!!

 

[amadeus]

Romans 14 is actually the New Testament believer's great charter of Christian liberty. (Whether or not Fundamentalists admit it.)

I do not even know what the word, Fundamentalist, means to you or other called Christians, but I am not surprised by the set in concrete description of Romans 14. I do disagree with it, but I know that I am not always right, but like everyone else I most always believe what I believe.

"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts." Prob 21:2

 

[farouk]

Made the guys 5 gallons of pineapple ice cream the other night he ate 7 cups
( homemade pineapple cherry )!!!!!

I see... So was it his first ink?

Seems like when a young man or woman turns 18, then it's almost as a rite of passage that he or she does the ink thing; but it doesn't necessarily mean that later they will become really dedicated to getting more tattoos.

 

[Waiting on him]

I see... So was it his first ink?

Seems like when a young man or woman turns 18, then it's almost as a rite of passage that he or she does the ink thing; but it doesn't necessarily mean that later they will become really dedicated to getting more tattoos.

He has several.

 

[farouk]

He has several.

Oh okay; he's already into it. I think you said your daughter was into ink as well.

These days, both genders do it.

 

[farouk]

Hers was absolutely viewed as a right of passage.

Yes, it's something that so often at around 18 they feel they must do; even though subsequently they don't really pursue the ink interest.

It used to be young men that did it; though now even more young women than young men do it, don't they.

 

[Waiting on him]

Yes, it's something that so often at around 18 they feel they must do; even though subsequently they don't really pursue the ink interest.

It used to be young men that did it; though now even more young women than young men do it, don't they.

I’m not getting a tattoo Farouk.

 

[farouk]

I’m not getting a tattoo Farouk.

Great for you!

 

[farouk]

@michaelvpardo A while ago you said:

I don't have any tats, but my wife does. Whatever you make part of your body becomes a part of your testimony because it expresses something of the person that you want to be to anyone who sees it.
Given that, always be prepared to give a reason for the hope that is in you.

It used to be a man thing, but now it's also become a very womanly thing to do; so many Christian women as well as men now get tattooed with confidence and use ink - like you say - to give a reason for the hope that is within them.

(Sometimes not just one tattoo, but more than one, right?)

 

[michaelvpardo]

(Sometimes not just one tattoo, but more than one, right?)[/QUOTE]
My wife had a few, and I had no problems with the ones that she had, but with a lot of people getting additional tattoos becomes something of an obsession. It became a little problem with us, but we had much bigger ones than that and are now separated. I thought about getting a tattoo of an eagle carrying two roses (I had it in mind as a kind of standard that you might put on a flag), but I haven't done that and probably won't. I've always been a bit of an artist and no matter how much I like a drawing or painting, eventually I get tired of it and take it off the wall. Removing tattoos is a major procedure so why go there in the first place?

 

[Triumph1300]

(Replied already on a thread about piercing...)

Did not know about a piercing thread either. Sorry.

 

[farouk]

(Sometimes not just one tattoo, but more than one, right?)

My wife had a few, and I had no problems with the ones that she had, but with a lot of people getting additional tattoos becomes something of an obsession. It became a little problem with us, but we had much bigger ones than that and are now separated. I thought about getting a tattoo of an eagle carrying two roses (I had it in mind as a kind of standard that you might put on a flag), but I haven't done that and probably won't. I've always been a bit of an artist and no matter how much I like a drawing or painting, eventually I get tired of it and take it off the wall. Removing tattoos is a major procedure so why go there in the first place?

Sorry about your problems; I hope you guys by God's grace can prayerfully manage to get together again.

Ink - and faith based designs at that - is a proven conversation-starter in witness, anyway. (Whether the person gets several or just one; it does work, anyway.)

 

[farouk]

My wife had a few, and I had no problems with the ones that she had

PS: Anyway in general terms; it really used to be a man thing years ago (sailors; bikers).

I read someplace that now in North America 59%-70% or more of parlor clients are women; now it seems that women in general terms are likely to be thoroughly comfortable in a tattoo parlor environment; and I suppose that one must expect this, to some extent.

(Military wives particularly are a strongly represented demographic with ink, it seems, and often military wives will expect to receive faith, partriotic and family themes in their ink.)