There are some parlors near me and I do know a lady at my church who is a believer who got a tattoo recently.
It used to be very much a man thing, right?
No longer. Now women - Christian women - do it confidently.
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There are some parlors near me and I do know a lady at my church who is a believer who got a tattoo recently.
I see what you mean, yes, and I don't disagree with a lot that you say. On the contrary.My own general disagreement [not specific because God may require from one or a few what He would frown upon for most] with the application of tatoos is only indirectly connected to Leviticus. I am more concerned with accomplishing God's will by being a living testimony because I am led by the Holy Spirit. How can a person be a good steward when he permanently marks the body God provided without being led by God to so? I doubt that many of those people who say that their tatoos are faith based checked in with God before deciding to have one applied. What is it that God really wants from each of us? A witness from our mouth alone or from everything that we do?
As to lot a "Christians" doing it, my own view is that a lot of Christians look to themselves first in too many things instead of seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness. I believe this is true of me as well as of others. We all need to move closer to God ourselves. Prayer and fasting and talking to God are the things that come to mind for me... certainly getting a tatoo.
forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot comQueenCat said:Around here (Bible Belt), it is common, especially among evangelical Christians, for the girls under about 40 to have religious tattoos. More do than don't, especially when you get to the under 30 crowd. I hardly know any female at church that is under 30 that does not have a tattoo.
Seems like so many women - Christian women - are finding the confidence to have it done (while years ago it was very much a man thing).I have no idea which parlor she went to though; because there are many in my town.
Well, it wouldn't surprise me if quite a few ppl - of both genders - at a Calvary Chapel would be tattooed, faith based or not. (Without making a big deal of it, either...) The person who recently did it probably just did it confidently.I suppose. (btw, I am currently attending a Calvary Chapel).
farouk: I see what you mean, yes, and I don't disagree with a lot that you say. On the contrary.
I guess that among the many Christians who do get tattooed - many of them with faith based designs - quite a lot of them would probably say that they did indeed give it a lot of thought and even soul searching before they went ahead and received the ink needling in faith based patterns. @Butterfl, in above posts, seems anyway to have given hers a great deal of thought.
A while ago I saw this quote, which I guess suggests that it's rather widespread among Christians:
QueenCat said:
Around here (Bible Belt), it is common, especially among evangelical Christians, for the girls under about 40 to have religious tattoos. More do than don't, especially when you get to the under 30 crowd. I hardly know any female at church that is under 30 that does not have a tattoo.
People are certainly becoming more knowledgeable about tattoos and their design possibilities, aren't they? and it's the many shows, including Ink Masters, LA Ink, etc., that are contributing to it, right?... before she became more knowledgeable.
stunnedbygrace:The answer as to whether a tattoo is sin lies in the heart motivation of the person., but then you already knew that. ☺
It was an interesting quote, anyway, wasn't it? which maybe shows just how widespread it has become.
Of course my own opinion has to do with what is or is not being preached and taught in too many churches as well as what I have observed in this Bible belt. How many real followers of Christ are there? I hope to really be one.It was an interesting quote, anyway, wasn't it? which maybe shows just how widespread it has become.
Many Christians, instead of resisting it, embrace it and use it for faith base designs that are proven effective in starting witness conversations.
By God's grace, so do I.Of course my own opinion has to do with what is or is not being preached and taught in too many churches as well as what I have observed in this Bible belt. How many real followers of Christ are there? I hope to really be one.
PS: Did she talk to you at all about her inking experience?I do know a lady at my church who is a believer who got a tattoo recently.
How interesting that she wanted to indicate to you that her letting the ink flow in represented a positive mental equilibrium! (An interesting answer indeed to whatever question you might have put to her.)She said that it commemorated victory over some kind of mental health issue.
I wasn't suggesting that you would have said anything negative about it.I didn't really say anything negative about her tattoo. I think I may have just noticed it and asked her what it meant.
Do you think that she probably wants other ppl to know of her milestone event?I think I may have just noticed it and asked her what it meant.