@Heart2Soul I guess some ppl who are critical just don't realize simply how prevalent it was in the 19th century among the upper classes:
"...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. .. [It] 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, of course. All the young Christians - male and female - with Bible verses tattooed with whom I have spoken seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons, anyhow...
GodsGrace said:
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Since right down to the most conservative types - as GodsGrace says - it's now what they seem to
do, it seems to be so widely what young Christians seem as well to
use.