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I guess this could also be looked at the other way: Would not a lot of the Christians who use tattoo services find it good to go to a parlor where the atmosphere is clearly Christian? I guess I'm looking at this aspirationally; there are also the practicalities from other perspectives.

Hebrews 11.6 is a good principle...

Sometimes I find that my post and someone else's quote get mixed up; usually it goes okay, but it's probably sometimes a matter of quotes not completely closing while others are opening.

PS; there's a particularly strong sense of light being reflected in this picture (as per the Soldiers of Light title).

I do take your point to an extent; I guess also that for some ppl for whom being a tattoo artist is a second job, they can sometimes take commissions from particular clients and work at their own pace; in theory, anyway.

@charity Good dispensational principle. :)

PS: I suppose the design of the breastplates which you have uploaded would also be describable as in some ways idealistic. I guess there will always be a combined element of the idealistic and aesthetic with the practical; and the same may be true of tattoo parlors and those who work there, right?

@Sabertooth Definitely a male armour design, anyway.

Oh okay! The bulked-up man-pec breastplate that you mention is more for style, then.

I wonder what the motifs on the breastplate represent?

You have a keen interest in armour, evidently! This example was definitely designed to be worn by a man, clearly.

So is the woman soldier that you mention the one in your avatar? With so many women in the military, and with military spouses being particularly present among the demographics of the tattooed, yet some ppl still think of tattoos as supposedly all male phenomenon, don't they?

...and in Medieval times Scripture was often kept from the people, in contrast with what happened at the Reformation.

There's actually something Biblical to the trumpeter; in Scripture, sounding the trumpet signifies heralding news that is very important. This can be applied to those who proclaim the Gospel.

Great verse there from Paul to Timothy...

Obviously one would want to avoid the occult like the plague, so to speak. Thanks for your comments. Sanctification is indeed a very important subject for the believer, theoretically and practically.

Look at all the Bible translations which emerged out of the Reformation period. I cannot take your comment seriously, sorry.

The Scriptures search us; and they are not designed to be complimentary or make us "feel good", but rather to point us to Christ and His work.

I'll bet that some ppl "moralize" against your artwork - even as their daughters and granddaughters go to the beach in attire that is more revealing than what your artwork shows... I guess more generally one can say that things such as tattoos, beachwear, etc., are part of life, and different...

Thanks also for your very thoughtful comments on tattoos, in recent days and weeks. These are appreciated.