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@Mr E I guess it didn't surprise you when - at around 18, I suppose - your family started acquiring tattoos; it seems to be the age when it starts.No. My Navy son has an American flag with an eagle, and a Spartan/Gladiator thingy. My middle has a Canadian flag- from a Canadian National Team he represented, my youngest something with mountains he got to match with a girlfriend he no longer has-- (the girlfriend that is, the tattoo he still has lol) and my two daughters both have something significant of their children (little birdies and such).
@Not me
I think that inevitably there are likely to be a variety of views as regards how the tattoo artist profession is seen.
One poster claimed that tattoos are not lady-like.
Others have a quite different view; GodsGrace related how widespread it is in her area among the most conservative of ppl; Rita said how it made her feel good:
GodsGrace said: ↑
almost every young girl I know has some sort of tatoo.
Even those very conservative types.
Rita said
I felt good about it. ..I was 50 when I had mine done, and two of my sons had various tattoos long before me..I had weighed everything up , talked to my pastor, reflected on scripture
@dhh712 Rita said it made her feel good.I do not understand were a Christian to condemn it as morally wrong
I agree, as long as one’s heart doesn’t condemn, may all be blessed in their decision(s)
Onto Him be our all, Not me
@Mantis I suppose it's true for some ppl, but not for a lot of ppl.I have seen some people that absolutely look like freaks. I guess that is what they are going for?
James McCarthy, Mirror dot co dot ukPaula Castle took up tattooing after being made redundant from a sales job ..."I really did not want to do it. ...But I’m a bit of an all or nothing person so I said ‘yes’ and really pushed myself and I’ve not stopped...About 97% of my clients are female and that is universal across the board."
@1stCenturyLady Thanks for your poll vote participation.Now my skin is two thin to get a scripture tat, which I wouldn't mind. Probably 1 John 3:23-24.
@Taken With the profusion of quotes in tattoos, I think a dictionary and a Bible would make good Christmas gifts for tattoo artists, right?I’m thinking ouchie... but thankfully the artist could spell correctly.
James McCarthy, Mirror dot co dot ukPaula Castle took up tattooing after being made redundant from a sales job ..."I really did not want to do it. ...But I’m a bit of an all or nothing person so I said ‘yes’ and really pushed myself and I’ve not stopped...About 97% of my clients are female and that is universal across the board."
@atpollard This anyway has been my experience from talking with young ppl who have received Bible verse quotes as tattoos. Since these days tattoos are used to express things that young ppl - especially - care deeply about, then to them it seems to make sense that something of a faith nature that will challenge others is exactly the sort of tattoo that many young Christians will want to receive.Faith based tattoos of deeply personal significance often used to witness.
@DropshipWhat does the board think about ladies having tattoos, or is it it mostly men who have tatts?
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.
I know of more ladies that have tattoos, but men seem to be more committed to getting a large tattoo.What does the board think about ladies having tattoos, or is it it mostly men who have tatts?
I know of more ladies that have tattoos...
I have seen dozens of small messages or a flower or a butterfly visible on the wrist or arm or ankle or leg of a lady.
James McCarthy, Mirror dot co dot ukPaula Castle took up tattooing after being made redundant from a sales job ..."I really did not want to do it. ...But I’m a bit of an all or nothing person so I said ‘yes’ and really pushed myself and I’ve not stopped...About 97% of my clients are female and that is universal across the board."
I know of one Theology Student pursuing his doctorate that has some passage that means so much to him that he located the oldest manuscript fragment containing it and had the 3" by 5" manuscript in Koine Greek tattooed on his forearm. It is a big chunk of Greek text in a paragraph on his arm. He can read it and is happy to talk about it with anyone that asks.