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Acts 2.42 is a good guide instead to church activities...

@Mayflower Oops, sorry; of course not; but glad the Lord brought you through. Blessings.

Unbearable...here...so where, if I may ask? PS: Oh you mean you're in Louisiana now? :)

I do find John's First Epistle to be very searching on the theme of Divine love and then the believer's love in response...

@Josho Did you ever visit a tattoo / piercing parlor yet, there in Australia? Over here you can usually go in freely with no obligation to see the portfolios of artwork. Some of it is faith based artwork, in some places.

@Sabertooth Oh you mean that ear and nose piercing is fine with you but not eyebrow, etc.? A lot of tattoo parlors also offer a piercing service.

@Mayflower Was this period the time when also you used to do cutting? as you described it a while ago?

@Sabertooth Really good points there... More specifically also, the Leviticus passage might be described to be about Old Testament Jews in the land under the law. A New Testament Christian - according to dispensational thought - is someone for whom the Gospel is the rule of life, rather than...

Sad when this happens...

Sometimes ppl change their names; sometimes they are the same or similar...

Interesting perspective... :)

It was the only mountain that I could remember in that area... :) Thanks, @Josho ...

@Sabertooth Thanks! I don't even look at it as a means of supposedly persuading ppl to change their mind about whether to get tattooed. Rather, I do wonder if ppl have really thought through the implications of giving someone a hard time because of a tattoo; when, in fact, if they do that, then...

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@Sabertooth Wow, thanks, Sir; this was a very comprehensive reply! appreciated. Interesting to see your nuanced reflection on the Leviticus passage. I know that some ppl see the cutting in view there to be along the lines of self flagellation (as with the prophets of Baal before Elijah, in...

@soul man And the wonder of Christ in you in Romans especially is that it is wondrously linked with justification by faith in the work of Christ at the Cross.

@Sabertooth So if I could ask you briefly, what is your impression of the poll results, above, so far?

25C, wow! :)

@shnarkle The gamut of varied designs of tattoos - religious or otherwise - and the varied contexts of those who permanently wear them is truly immense and your post is right to acknowledge how some religious tattoos can be surprising, when viewed in their particular context. The other...

@Sabertooth As so very often, thoughtful, sensible sounding comments from you, if I may say so... Again it's not really a question of promoting a particular medium or genre for its own sake; but acknowledging that hard rock can indeed convey effective, hard hitting Biblical lyrics to a...