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God by His grace needs to make people willing in order for this to happen. "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power" (Psalm 110.3).

This is truly a great passage; clearly in the salvation of the sinner all the glory must go to God in Christ.

PS: I suppose you could also say, in terms of the quote from the OP, that for those referred to, below, in the Bible Belt churches it seems to be — if of course not a 'requirement' — still virtually the expected thing to do, right? forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot com

Yes, those verses cited are very searching indeed.

I'm sure this is how some ppl think, unfortunately...

Interesting link; thanks! I see that for various indigenous peoples it was accepted - expected - for women as well as men, and that among some people it was even more widespread for women to have it done than it was for men; and that among some people the role of tattoo artist was open to...

Thanks for your vote...all your votes! Interesting that you indeed think that the option "Even under 18 okay if local laws allow it" can be good also. Maybe you know some under 18s who have had it done successfully, without regret. I'm sure it can feel good to many under 18s, just as to over...

Sadly, this is how some ppl think; but it's not the God of the Bible that they describe. To paraphrase Tina Turner, "What's the Bible got to do with it? got to do with it?"o_O

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll! If you have not yet voted in the poll, please vote now! :)

God needs to be seen in Scripture as God. Instead of Scripture's God being supposedly made to conform to secular man's idea of supposed 'fairness'. "...let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."...

Excellent point! and it's certainly true that many an 18 year old is by then very much ready for his, or these days probably even more likely her, first inking, right? On the other hand, the capacity to rush into later regretted ink does not stop at a certain age. (I wonder how the set of poll...

Well, exactly. :)

Thanks for your comments! and you are indeed right about the importance of sterile techniques, licensing and aftercare (seems like you have read a bit about these subjects). (Did you vote in the poll, BTW? :))

Actually it goes back to the fact that Christ is become the firstfruits of them that slept; and that lawkeeping is not a part of the new economy, as Galatians shows.

@Heart2Soul FYI...new poll, focusing particularly on the age of the recipient...(I was informed an older one had expired).

Oh okay! maybe better said, His ink is not the subject of dislike that it once was... (If better stated?) :)

Indeed; our dependence on God's wondrous grace should increase as the days go by, until the day break and the shadows flee away (Song of Solomon 2.17). :)

I'm sure you must think about this a lot, given your line of work...

@Pearl It's all part of the greater consideration for the believer to keep looking up (Hebrews 12.2), right? :)

I guess it's become so naturally part of the way he is, and for so long. And I guess it's beneficial that you're not shocked by them, even if once you were, right?