Faith-based tattoo: as a result of one, did you ever talk with someone? (Poll included)

Mantis said:

Tattoos are addictive

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@Mantis

Interesting; and this may be some Christians' experience, but not necessarily so.

FHII indicated this:

I was told it was addictive, but for me it was not. .. I don't regret it.. Probably 75% of the congregation have tattoos, including myself and the Pastor .. I have a tattoo, I am not ashamed of it, but it has no bearing on my salvation. ..I also agree that it makes a statement of freedom in Christ. .. We got a lot of folks inked in our Church. Myself, the Pastor, his daughter and grand daughter included. Now, even my wife

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Seems like for some Christians it is something they strongly desire to have but they do it in a deliberate, measured way - perhaps as an expression of faith and witness - and it's not necessarily addictive.

Taken said:

With the very warm weather and shorts and tanks regularly worn, it is interesting to see Couples ONE loaded with tats, and the Others not a single tat...sometimes its the male, sometimes the female with the tats.

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@Taken

Yes, indeed. Exactly so.

It used to be a man thing to do - and still is. But for a long time now it has also been very much indeed a woman thing to do; in fact proportionately now possibly even more of a woman thing than a man thing.

In her posting, UnrulyBeauty said:

UnrulyBeauty said:

The last one I got was many, many years ago. I would love to get a few more before I'm old and wrinkly..I have several tattoos. I've never felt the slightest guilt over them..Tattoos have been "non-taboo" for a good 20 years or so. I think a lot of older people (and I'm not young to begin with lol) still think that tattoos are this.. rough, male trend. But that hasn't been the case for many, many years.

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Since it's something that for many years women have been able to do confidently, this has likely increased almost exponentially the scope for faith based designs.

Today so often it's conservative ppl who get tattoos.

@Taken Thanks for the 'like', above; the fact that women - including Godly, Christian women - can and do indeed get inked up confidently cannot seriously be challenged.

Taken said:

No, don’t trust the gadgetry electronics stuff so much.

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@Taken (Replied here in order not to go off topic in a thread with a sublime subject...)

Oh so - although you don't intend to get a tattoo, you mean that electronic devices are trusted by you even less than the needles in a tattoo machine would be?

McFearless said:

I’m not sure I really have an opinion on the matter. I think it can be dangerous but life is dangerous in it self.

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Hi @McFearless (Thanks for the 'like' on the other thread just now, BTW.........)

You make an interesting point about risk and whether life can ever really be risk-free.

The other day I was with a keen Christian young man with a faith based tattoo; and a while ago my wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area.

I guess this would likely indicate that in terms of the cost-benefit and risk analysis which both of them would have made, however informally, before their tattoo artist appointments, they would have likely reckoned that any associated risk was manageable.

The fact that faith based tattoos are conversation-starters for those who wish to use them as such would likely have factored into their decisions to make an appointment with their tattoo artist.

(If this makes any sense.......?)

L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d said:

I have close relatives whom have multiple tattoos ...My grand just got her first on her rib cage of a flower. She is 19,has a nose and ear piercings.

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@L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d As regards your current plan for your next tattoo, is it now likely to be your last one, do you think?

L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d said:

Here are two ratios I got just a bit ago with a hard ear piercing off the lobe. Thanks for your encouragement.

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Hi @L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d From back a bit, maybe your next avatar change could incorporate one or other of these photos? (indicating things close to your heart, right?)

Just a thought.....

Jay Ross said:

Rebellion is always close to ones heart, if this reality is understood and the truth is known. Our encouraging friend above is a tranducer on this forum..

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By 'close to your heart' I was referring to pictures referring to @L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d 's children.

@Brad Whiteis FYI...........another thread I started (sorry the poll expired........)

Taken said:

Sure. Even thou we are on opposing ends of the spectrum of people tats, there is much do agree about the topic.

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@Taken I think you identified another key reason why so many Christians get Bible verses tattooed:

Taken said:

With the very warm weather ....

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In other words, with such visibility available to use, so many Christians wish to use their visibility as an opportunity for Bible texts, whether as conversation-starters or silent witnesses.

As if to say: "Especially since so many other ppl in the warm weather don't see any reason to hide their tattoos, why should I, who wish to tell forth a wonderful message from Scripture, hide my tattoo?"

(Pragmatic reasoning, but likely powerfully convincing to all the Christians who go ahead and make their appointment with the tattoo artist....)

@WalkInLight FYI..............thread started...........(sorry the poll expired already.....)

FYI........ @Cheryl Pritchard Thread I started............. (there are lots of tattoo parlors in Vegas, right? a real centre for the artform....)

Rudometkin said:

I've considered it even just talking with you here in the past. It can definitely be used for teaching purposes of all sorts.

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@Rudometkin So did you consider the matter again at all more recently?

I met a young believer recently with who is very active in evangelism and his tattoo is faith based and I'm sure he would use it as a result of conversations that would arise.

Although some might claim that it's supposedly mutilation (yet taken to its extremes this would mean that young ppl would not even pierce their ears). Many Christians - keen to evangelize by a Bible verse tattoo, etc. - might well think that the evangelistic motive would very strongly outweigh other considerations.

But in the end it has to be an individual decision, of course.

@Rudometkin PS;....or maybe you've postponed the idea...?