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

[farouk]

@Renskedejonge Do let us know if you find any more interesting articles about faith based tattooing in The Netherlands.

[farouk]

Hi @Godshand FYI.................poll started, above.................

[farouk]

On 5/11/2023 at 5:28 PM, NConly said:

the pain was not scary for me and one made it easy for more.

@NConly

So did you ever get talking with ppl who were still considering getting their first tattoo?

(Like, not to influence but merely to assure, set minds at rest.)

In this quote:

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godlywoman413 said:

"I have some tattoos that I had gotten as a younger person. Mine are not anything questionable."

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godlywoman413 seems to be assuring - in other words - 'It's okay once you've had it done.'

[farouk]

back a bit

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I have a tattoo and have regretted it for many many years... Let each person weigh this one out for themselves.

@OneLight

It's good for ppl to be able to learn from and weigh up other ppl's tattoo experiences and indeed regrets.

I don't see that it's for others to guilt-manipulate, if you see what I mean; like, if a young lady like family members and others her age decides to get a bit of ink and chooses a Bible ref. etc., I don't think it's at all appropriate for legalistic Christians to give her a hard time, in the circumstances. (2c....)

Like you say, let each person weigh this one out for themselves.

Edited October 12, 2023 by farouk

[RdJ]

On 10/11/2023 at 4:39 PM, Still Alive said:

There is a Vinyard church in our small town. We attended for a few weeks but, though I've been in praise bands and am in one now, I couldn't take the 15+ minutes of scatting at the end of songs. Some saw it as a "spiritual" experience, but my wife and I just saw it as boring and were waiting for it to be over. The pastor even remarked that if "the spirit led", he would not mind if it took over the entire service. 

They also had no sunday school, though they had small groups.

But they were so into tatoos that one of our friends, a professional photographer, and member of that church, took "artistic" photos of all the members' tatoos and they had a big display on one of their interior walls. The pastor had one of a big hand grenade at the bottom of his arm.

I've always seen tattoos as just "permanent evidence of temporary insanity."

[other one]

@choir loft hopefully that will never be approved

[choir loft]

15 minutes ago, other one said:

@choir loft hopefully that will never be approved

Question:    What won't be approved?

CL

[Starise]

No profanity of any kind and slams either direct or indirect. I can't repeat it because well, that would be putting it out there.

[farouk]

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[farouk]

7 hours ago, Renskedejonge said:

@Renskedejonge Thanks for the somewhat humorous link there.

Interesting also that in the Reformatorisch Dagblad article which you also kindly linked it says: 'among both men and women ... tattooing among Christians is gaining ground also'. (...zowel onder mannen als vrouwen wint de inktafbeelding ook onder christenen terrein).

If this is so in The Netherlands, it's particularly so in North America that Christian women as well as men - and maybe even especially Christian women as well as men - who wish to express what's on their hearts as a deliberate preference through the medium of an inking.

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FHII said:

it makes a statement of freedom in Christ. .. We got a lot of folks inked in our Church. Myself, the Pastor, his daughter and grand daughter included. Now, even my wife

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soul man said: ↑

my girls love the ink .. Tattooing in our day is big, if you need or want a tattoo, that is what you should have written in the biggest boldest lettering you can get. Stare at it daily, study it daily, it never gets old. It is the only message you need that flows from scripture in full depth of understanding for anyone that will pick it up and want to know something about it.

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(This lady is in England, actually: )

Rita said: ↑

I have never regretted my tattoo.. I love the tattoo..the tattoo was not liberating - the tattoo represented the liberation and freedom that the Lord had brought me through..The tattoo in of itself was merely the means of expression and the reminder. .. I was 50 when I had mine done, and two of my sons had various tattoos long before me. I made the decision with a mature head on my shoulders.

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source christianityboard dot com

Do let us know, @Renskedejonge , of any more links from The Netherlands that you might think are relevant to the thread.