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

[Taken]

@Taken

Maybe you saw shnarkle's post from a while ago?

shnarkle said:
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Often it depends on the design of the tattoo as to whether it can in some circumstances be edifying...

Sounds like an elderly group of 3 widows who made a tat pack.

 

[farouk]

Sounds like an elderly group of 3 widows who made a tat pack.

@Taken A what....?

 

[farouk]

... my youngest son who is 24 just got a panther and a tiger on both sides of his upper chest lol.

@Christophany Well, it certainly does seem to exercise a great deal of attraction for your ppl to have done.

(So do you think your son or any of his siblings are now done yet with getting inked?)

 

[Taken]

@Taken A what....?

Maybe I meant pact...

 

[farouk]

I have regrets from life but my tattoo isn't one of them.

@devin553344

Others on this forum have said similarly.

For you, it identifies you as a military man.

As Heart2Soul said:

I really like some of them. .. it is becoming a norm with health professionals...It is becoming a tool people are using to let others identify their faith. ..I do like the idea of Christian based tattoos

For a lot of ppl, it's becoming a tool ppl are using to let others identify their faith, as Heart2Soul says.

It's highly likely that a lot of ppl go joyfully into the tattoo parlor.

 

[farouk]

Maybe I meant pact...

@Taken Oh you mean like, they might say: "Let's go get inked up together..."

Nancy said, back a bit:

tattoos ... everyone and their grandmothers has them now and, they do not a thing for me, what can I say? Pretty much every one I know, and that includes Christians and myself, have a tattoo so...

 

[Lambano]

@Lambano

To some extent they may be a generational thing.

Ink and nose studs are regarded widely as benign choices, even if in your MIL's earlier years they were less widespread, right?

I feel confident in saying that very few American women wore nose studs in the 1920s and 30s.

 

[farouk]

I feel confident in saying that very few American women wore nose studs in the 1920s and 30s.

@Lambano They certainly do now; (and ink, also....)

I guess a pragmatic approach would be, If for the believer the ink can become a faith related talking point...

 

[farouk]

I believe in modest apparel, but there is no hard fast rule what is modest.

@Ronald Nolette These days there are seemingly plenty of modest, earnest-minded young men and women who at 18 or thereabouts can't wait to get into the tattoo parlor and have something faith based inked up, or so would appear.

 

[GodsGrace]

@GodsGrace Before the actual moment when the machine finally started injecting the ink, it was probably a combination of another tattooee's satisfied recommendation plus your London friend's checking out and receiving quotes from 2 or 3 artists before she felt "ready" with the comfort level to proceed.

It'll be interesting to have this discussion, but when she comes to visit in July.
If I can remember, I'll keep you posted...

 

[farouk]

It'll be interesting to have this discussion, but when she comes to visit in July.
If I can remember, I'll keep you posted...

@GodsGrace Sounds like you guys will have a lot to discuss...especially since you won't have seen her before with her ink.

I think at least in the 20s would be a good age to start.

Sounds like your friend waiting a good deal longer than in her 20s...maybe in July she'll tell you why...

 

[farouk]

Old habits die hard! Especially in old crusty salts!!! Too many people have the mindset that if I didn't do it, it probably isn't good.

@Ronald Nolette Tends come and go and come round again; what some ppl reject because it's supposedly new may actually be well established historically.

FYI:

"Surprisingly, one of the major resurgences of interest in tattoos in Europe occurred among 19th century high society Victorian women (as well as men), after British explorers .. brought back the practice to Britain. .. grew during the 19th century, and even Winston Churchill’s mother had a tattoo .. on her wrist. Queen Victoria was also believed to have had a tattoo of a Bengal tiger.. . From Victorian Europe...to America. In 1897, (art critic, Margot) Miffin says that an estimated 75% of American society women were tattooed.."

(Black Fire: Women, Tattoos, and the Transformative Power of Body Art )

Something to bear in mind next time legalists try to give someone a hard time...

 

[GodsGrace]

@GodsGrace Sounds like you guys will have a lot to discuss...especially since you won't have seen her before with her ink.



Sounds like your friend waiting a good deal longer than in her 20s...maybe in July she'll tell you why...

Right.
She's in her late 40's, I believe.
At least her 40's.

 

[farouk]

Right.
She's in her late 40's, I believe.
At least her 40's.

@GodsGrace It's also something that 18 years olds expect to do these days, in huge numbers, with 17 year olds ticking off the months and weeks in anticipation.

All the young ppl with Bible verses tattooed with whom I have spoken seem to have received them as witness tools.... Seems like it's something they have been eager to acquire, anyway.

 

[farouk]

just letting you know I can't offer much more to what has already been shared....I don't know enough about tattoos to get into it too deep.
God Bless

@Heart2Soul Fine; although a tattoo parlor really is a good place for ear piercing. (Isn't it? I think you know quite a bit about things than can go wrong with putting earrings in.)

 

[farouk]

Yes I learned that I can achieve much more than I originally thought I could. It was from experiencing suffering up to the point of death that I succeeded in service in the military. They truly pushed me to the point near death and I passed thru successful in all things. I had stress fractures in my legs and had to stay out of running for a week but I completed the final run even with stress fractures.

And the whole time I had a-typical cystic fibrosis and some schizophrenic symptoms I was dealing with. But I graduated from Marine Corps boot camp successful and went onto MOS school and really enjoyed my time in the military.

@devin553344 So I guess for you your tattoo in the circumstances that you obtained it is really meaningful as a former military man, right?

 

[farouk]

Have to say, there are plenty of OLDER, especially females, who seem to think copying younger women, tatting, baring skin, is appealing. YIKES.

@Taken I reckon also that as far of ppl being aware, climate has a lot to do with it.

For example up here at supermarkets tops with sleeves might be worn for the long winter months, while when May and the warm months arrive, suddenly the sleeveless ones - and the tattoos on the arms - will appear....only to disappear for a few months again...

But my guess is that for supermarkets in Texas and Florida, the arm tattoos are visible year round at the check outs (if this sounds like it would be accurate?)

 

[Taken]

@Taken I reckon also that as far of ppl being aware, climate has a lot to do with it.

For example up here at supermarkets tops with sleeves might be worn for the long winter months, while when May and the warm months arrive, suddenly the sleeveless ones - and the tattoos on the arms - will appear....only to disappear for a few months again...

But my guess is that for supermarkets in Texas and Florida, the arm tattoos are visible year round at the check outs (if this sounds like it would be accurate?)

Of course I understand light weight type clothing in warm weather.
Mal-Wart has to be the biggest well known store for patrons wearing (and sort of wearing) Weird clothing, that should be an embarrassment to the one wearing, but apparently isn’t.

 

[Michiah-Imla]

But my guess is that for supermarkets in Texas and Florida, the arm tattoos are visible year round

Most likely.

 

[farouk]

@Dropship So do you think that tattoos are inherently bad / good; or more depending on what one makes of them?