'Christian tattoos to start a conversation as the Lord leads.'

[farouk]

@SavedOnebyGrace So I guess as per your poll vote - thanks - you're fairly neutral on this?

[farouk]

@chirpy FYI.............thread & poll - above - started.................

[SavedOnebyGrace]

22 minutes ago, farouk said:

@SavedOnebyGrace So I guess as per your poll vote - thanks - you're fairly neutral on this?

Yes. Neutral.

[farouk]

Hi @Marilyn C FYI, any wisdom for the poll, above? I think the possible responses are fairly comprehensive...

[Marilyn C]

1 minute ago, farouk said:

Hi @Marilyn C FYI, any wisdom for the poll, above? I think the possible responses are fairly comprehensive...

I think it is only God who knows how effective they are. Not for everyone but for those who walk amid that `ethnic` group.

[farouk]

4 minutes ago, Marilyn C said:

I think it is only God who knows how effective they are. Not for everyone but for those who walk amid that `ethnic` group.

@Marilyn C

Thanks for your comment! I guess that geography also may have quite a lot to do with it, in some cases. In the Bible Belt, for example....:

FYI:

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..in the rural Bible Belt. Just about every person in three of the four sides of my family (bio parents, step parents) have multiple tattoos. Most of them are biblical (crosses between the shoulder blades are the most common ones) getting tattoos when your old enough is pretty much expected in the family.

source: reddiit

Seems at least anecdotally that among a rural Christian family in the Bible Belt it's really the expected thing to receive something Biblical between the shoulder blades once the young person gets to a certain age, anyway.

(But I guess you're still a bit undecided as to a poll response?)

[Marilyn C]

Just now, farouk said:

@Marilyn C

Thanks for your comment! I guess that geography also may have quite a lot to do with it, in some cases. In the Bible Belt, for example....:

FYI:

source: reddiit

Seems at least anecdotally that among a rural Christian family in the Bible Belt it's really the expected thing to receive something Biblical between the shoulder blades once the young person gets to a certain age, anyway.

(But I guess you're still a bit undecided as to a poll response?)

Not quite like that over here in Oz, though. Did you want me to poll respond or remark on the poll?

[farouk]

4 minutes ago, Marilyn C said:

Not quite like that over here in Oz, though. Did you want me to poll respond or remark on the poll?

@Marilyn C Well, either, really; thanks.............

I can't speak for Australia, of course. But in North America tattoo parlors have developed into something quite different from their possible image years ago. @JasperWalls11 said:

I actually know more women than men with tattoos.  The tattoo parlors here are very well lit, very sanitary and don't have that dingy, "underground" or back alley image that most people think of.  They are rather reputable places.

They are regarded somewhat as places for clean enhancements, as Jasperwalls11 says, and when Christians use them it's often less a matter of subjectively to "feel good" than it is for the seizing of an opportunity to receive something faith based that is very likely to be witness-friendly, to be pumped in by an expert in a welcoming, clean environment that the most conservative of clients will be comfortable in.

[Marilyn C]

11 minutes ago, farouk said:

@Marilyn C Well, either, really; thanks.............

I can't speak for Australia, of course. But in North America tattoo parlors have developed into something quite different from their possible image years ago. @JasperWalls11 said:

 

 

They are regarded somewhat as places for clean enhancements, as Jasperwalls11 says, and when Christians use them it's often less a matter of subjectively to "feel good" than it is for the seizing of an opportunity to receive something faith based that is very likely to be witness-friendly, to be pumped in by an expert in a welcoming, clean environment that the most conservative of clients will be comfortable in.

Interesting. However, unless you are `ships in the night` there is no getting by what the master said - `Go make disciples ... teaching...` To make a disciple takes time and real relationship not just an interest in a tattoo. Then there is the time spent in helping your disciple to make a disciple over time too - praying, sharing God`s word etc.

That is how we do it in our relationship network.

[farouk]

10 minutes ago, Marilyn C said:

Interesting. However, unless you are `ships in the night` there is no getting by what the master said - `Go make disciples ... teaching...` To make a disciple takes time and real relationship not just an interest in a tattoo. Then there is the time spent in helping your disciple to make a disciple over time too - praying, sharing God`s word etc.

That is how we do it in our relationship network.

@Marilyn C

Yes, I strongly agree with what you say, both in terms of the general Gospel duty and the ongoing nature of personal relationships in witness.

Again, I don't know about Australia, but because in North America there has arguably arisen a deep-seated situation whereby how tattoo parlors might have been regarded once is rather different indeed in terms of how they are regarded now. That being said, those who might have hesitated decades ago seem to be completely comfortable now with the idea of receiving witness ink that will likely result in testimony opportunities.

 

GodsGrace said:

almost every young girl I know has some sort of tatoo.
Even those very conservative types.

source: christianityboard dot com

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Corgiverse

I’m pretty sure being heavily tattooed at this point is a job requirement. .. Every single nurse I know w the exception of the older lady who precepted me (but she’s like 60 so she gets a pass ) has tattoos.

reddit dot com

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Heather A. said:

"Reno also has a lot of tattoo places. Carson City has a few. Most people travel to Reno or Las Vegas for it. .. I have 1 tattoo and I got it in Reno. .. I do have a cross tattoo."

christianityboard dot com

 

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So I really don't find it at all surprising to see the comment in the earlier quote about it being expected in a rural Christian family in the Bible Belt today for ppl to go get something Biblical between the shoulder blades once they are old enough, anyway.