Dropship
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I think they harmless as long as they're not pictures of satan or some satanic or cultish symbol.
I don't have any tats myself because the thought of having any simply never crossed my mind..
Faith-based tattoo: as a result of one, did you ever talk with someone? (Poll included)
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I think they harmless as long as they're not pictures of satan or some satanic or cultish symbol.
I don't have any tats myself because the thought of having any simply never crossed my mind..
@Michiah-Imla Supermarkets are proportionately staffed by many 18 year olds.
And frankly getting a tattoo is what 18 year olds tend to do.
(So what else to expect, I guess...?)
@Christophany So did you happen to know beforehand when all your kids in turn were going to get tattooed?
....Or maybe the ink just....appeared and so you found out about it, one by one?
ChristisGod
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@Christophany I think for young ppl at around 18 such is the general strong assumption that they are going to visit the tattoo parlor as they cross the threshold of adulthood, that some Christian young ppl assume it and make a point of planning something faith based as a talking point.
All the young ppl with Bible verses tattooed whom I have spoken seem to have received them as witness tools.
@Ferris Bueller
Like I mentioned, I think for young ppl at around 18 such is the general strong assumption that they are going to visit the tattoo parlor as they cross the threshold of adulthood, that some Christian young ppl assume it and make a point of planning something faith based as a talking point.
It's something they just go ahead and do, without anyone having to persuade them to do it.....
@Michiah-Imla If young ppl are using tattooed Bible verses to witness to their friends, hard to see why someone would want to try to dissuade them, right?
I think for young ppl at around 18 such is the general strong assumption that they are going to visit the tattoo parlor as they cross the threshold of adulthood, that some Christian young ppl assume it and make a point of planning something faith based as a talking point.
@Dropship This is great!I don't have any tats myself because the thought of having any simply never crossed my mind..
The comment can also be turned around in the case of many young ppl. I think for young ppl at around 18 such is the general strong assumption that they are going to visit the tattoo parlor as they cross the threshold of adulthood, that some Christian young ppl assume it and make a point of planning something faith based as a talking point.
@Michiah-Imla I think anyway it's hard to argue to an 18 year old - the age at which tattoos start to be done, so often - that tattoos should only be decorative, or secular in message.
Many Christian young ppl get Bible verses tattooed and indeed use them to talk to other young ppl.
All the young ppl with Bible verses tattooed whom I have talked seem to have received them as tools for personal witness.
@Christophany Yes, for many young Christians the parlor visit has become not obligatory but almost.
So do you think any of your 4 kids are planning any more parlor visits?
For young Christians it seems like a faith based tattoos offers a highly effective way of obtaining a talking point among their friends about something dear to their hearts that they indeed want to talk about.
@Christophany PS: You mentioned your 4 kids; has Mrs. Christophany taken any similar interest in a tattoo parlor's services?
@Michiah-Imla This is exactly why so many Christian young ppl seem to desire getting their skin punctured and pumped with Scripture verse ink as a joyful, compelling experience not to miss, right?
Michiah-Imla
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@Mink57
Seems like the fact that in Vegas there are so many tattoo parlors would be because so many ppl find it so compelling to do.
Like, ppl have it done for so many varied reasons. Why one man or woman does it may not bear relation to why someone else would do it.
Yet all together, it makes for such a huge trend that likely isn't going to go away, presumably.
I understand that one of the Vegas tattoo parlors specializes in tattoo calligraphy.
Sometimes Bible verses and ref.s are gotten in rather ornate calligraphy.
That being said, I guess point of a Bible verse tattoo becoming a talking point is to have it readable, which I suppose implies not having in lettering that is too ornate to be easily understood...
@Mantis
FYI: I saw this quote.
"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 )
Whether it was surprising then, it's not surprising now.
The fact that as well as men so many women now naturally and confidently visit tattoo artists is really a reassertion of a very well established historic trend already seen in the 19th century.
(A lot of ppl don't realize this.)
Christians who do realize this often also regard it as providing huge scope for faith, family, Scripture related designs that become easy talking points on subjects that the wearer likely indeed wants to talk about.
FYI: I saw this quote.
"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 )
Whether it was surprising then, it's not surprising now.
The fact that as well as men so many women now naturally and confidently visit tattoo artists is really a reassertion of a very well established historic trend already seen in the 19th century.
(A lot of ppl don't realize this.)
Christians who do realize this often also regard it as providing huge scope for faith, family, Scripture related designs that become easy talking points on subjects that the wearer likely indeed wants to talk about.
@Dropship You're right; to some ppl it never occurs to them to get any ink.I don't have any tats myself because the thought of having any simply never crossed my mind..
Then again, these days at 18, it's almost a spontaneous thing for 18 year olds to make their tattoo parlor appointment. All the young ppl that I have talked to with Bible verses tattooed seem to have received them as witness tools, anyway.
@Heart2Soul Yes, and so many Christians today just go ahead and get the artist to do them a little ink up; and then they simply move on...
@Eternally Grateful The desire to do it can be Gospel-based in its motivation. All the young ppl with Bible verses tattooed with whom I have talked seem to have had them done as witness tools; it's hard not to respect their motivation.
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