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All of your arguments reasonably challenge that position, but it is really a function of the Holy Spirit to hammer out those details, and in what succession. If God doesn't plan on them getting a tattoo, now (or ever), I suspect that He will delay addressing their theology on that issue. Rather...

When the Holy Spirit says "Jump!" you ask "How high?" But learning to hear Him clearly takes time and knowing you Bible. "And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, 'They have no wine.' Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not...

I see two reasons: We are all in turmoil as God builds His Church. We are all in different places in personal development and with regards to our ultimate place in the Body (having not arrived, yet). All of us are in transition, all the time. There are "pretenders" in our midst whose only goal...

That a majority of the respondents likely believe that Leviticus 19:28 applies to ALL tattoos, not just those that are "for the dead." That is a reasonable position. (I, myself, am not getting any tattoos for very practical reasons, so I really don't have to wrestle with that question.) There...

Do I like Christian "Hard" Rock? My choice wasn't on there; no, maybe & unsure. No, it is not my cup of tea. Maybe, if its message is on point and effective, genre (like medium) is a neutral means to an end. Even more conservative genres can fail in this regard.* Unsure. I don't know where the...

I think that you need to move past your preoccupation with the "Fundies." Let them have their space. (I got Saved through the faithful efforts of "Fundies," though sanctification has brought me to a different place, now.) If they are not your "cup of tea," find a place that is and fellowship...

@farouk My propriety rule-of-thumb is whatever would be appropriate as a photograph.

That's a whole 'nother. Big Can of Worms

Christians can GO to secular artists. They just can't BE secular artists (beyond the benign; the subject of the OP).

@farouk When talking human figures, there is a wide range of realistic and healthy variations. (That is part of its appeal to me, and other figure artists.)

"Wholesome inking experience?" More, that this choice has God's blessing; that God is cool with them getting a tat, in the first place; and with their choice of imagery. "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not...

Grace covers what the Law calls Sin (while God works in our hearts). It doesn't take away the consequences of really bad decisions, though. (Nor turn bad decisions into good ones.)

In the contemporary, secular vernacular, it is the equivalent of saying, "Just because you CAN do [something], doesn't mean that you SHOULD do [that thing]..."

Not even Abraham Lincoln...!?

Lincoln re: Internet

I am skeptical about that. The Holy Spirit is always bringing me through constant paradigm shifts in the process of sanctification. My perspective is constantly changing because of Him. What seemed harmless before always takes on more nuance as I walk in Him. It is much like how different the...