David in NJ
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Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?
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2ndRateMind
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Ladies and gentlemen do not get tattooed. In the UK, I perceive it as a class issue.
Best wishes, 2RM.
Best wishes, 2RM.
@2ndRateMind Did you know this?
"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. .. The tattoo craze 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, the craze spread 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 )
It's very widespread again now, including in the Bible Belt:
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@marks Historically this is interesting...I couldn't agree with you more than I do!
Much love!
"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. .. The tattoo craze 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, the craze spread 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 )
What I tend to do, anyway, when I talk to young ppl with Bible verse tattoos (...and all of them seem to have done it for evangelistic reasons...) is have an encouraging conversation with them about the Bible verse itself.
2ndRateMind
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@2ndRateMind Did you know this?
"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. .. The tattoo craze 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, the craze spread 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 )
It's very widespread again now, including in the Bible Belt:
No, I didn't know that. But it doesn't altogether surprise me. Fads and fashion tend to start at the top end of society (that's a conspicuous consumption thing), and then work their way down the class structure, until everyone has them, at which point the the powers that be forego them, to once again distinguish themselves from the rest of us plebian proletarians.
Best wishes, 2RM.
It's not so interesting to me. Many societies have engaged in practices mutilating themselves in various ways and for various reasons.@marks Historically this is interesting...
"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. .. The tattoo craze 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, the craze spread 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 )
What I tend to do, anyway, when I talk to young ppl with Bible verse tattoos (...and all of them seem to have done it for evangelistic reasons...) is have an encouraging conversation with them about the Bible verse itself.
While sometimes this is meant to show social status, it's also sometimes just a fashion statement. I don't encourage people doing this either.
Much love!
@2ndRateMind Leaving aside personal preferences, it's probably good to be aware anyway that it's something that a lot of Godly people in a measure gently pursue -often in faith based designs - in a wholehearted way.
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My son had 7 or 8 tattoos before I even thought about it. ... Those who get scripture must be overjoyed. The money and pain are outweighed by the message they witness to... No more ink for me. ... I do think they are fine for whoever wants one. It's just not something I would do again.
@marks Well, okay!It's not so interesting to me. Many societies have engaged in practices mutilating themselves in various ways and for various reasons.
While sometimes this is meant to show social status, it's also sometimes just a fashion statement. I don't encourage people doing this either.
Much love!
although extreme examples really don't "prove" a lot about benign, Bible verse tattoos that so many Christians get in order to use evangelistically...
If I thought tattoos were benign, I'd be more likely to agree.@marks Well, okay!
Much love!
2ndRateMind
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Hmmm. I'm not a great fan of evangelical prosyletisation, preferring a good and Godly example. I think I would rather see the money spent on tattoos going to charitably succour the poor. This would seem to me both to save lives in our temporal space, and develop those spiritual attributes we will require to make the most of heaven.
Best wishes, 2RM.
Well, Matthew 28 does have the urgent Great Commission from the lips of the Lord Jesus Himself. The Word of God goes forth, in many ways...
2ndRateMind
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I shouldn't worry about it, too much:
Matthew 6:28-29 KJV
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Best wishes, 2RM.
@marks Doctrines!
(Titus 2.9-10)The various young people with Bible verses tattooed, with whom I have spoken, all seem to have done it for evangelistic reasons: i.e., winning people for the truth of God's Word. It's not for every believer. But the motive for the Gospel is something that one respects.
@David in NJ FYI, as mentioned on the other thread:
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