Faith based tattoo question

[farouk]

"I agree, it should be in the heart. The heart decides whether or not the tattoo is sincere."

Hi, @AngelInTraining93 Did you see the new poll, above?

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[farouk]

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll.

NB: If you have not yet voted in the poll, please vote now.

[farouk]

Hi @Ps37 ; did you see the new poll, above?

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[farouk]

"I recently met somebody with a beautiful tattoo on her ankle /foot which gave her many opportunities to talk about the Lord, I'm not voting because I don't want to be opinionated about it,its usually not my style,but the tattoo from this lady was beautiful ( olive tree) we never know how God can use anything to draw some people closer to Him."

@angels4u

 

FYI: Seems like it's very widely practised now, in some areas:

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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: reddit

 

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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.

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[farouk]

Hi @FJK Did you see the new poll, above?

(The old one expired...)

[farouk]

Hi @Starise from back a bit

"...if a brother or sister gets a tattoo they have their reasons and I believe it's one of those areas we probably should not judge another on ... I view this as one of those matters we should be led by the Holy Spirit in. "

Did you see the new pol, above?

 

[farouk]

On 11/27/2023 at 1:15 PM, Littlelambseativy said:

Sometimes the non believer shines better than the believer in their walk and appearance.

Hi @Littlelambseativy Do you really mean that an unbeliever without a faith based tattoo is preferable to a Bible with one?

Mayflower said:

"I think the pastor's wife has a faith tattoo.... quite a few in my church have faith based tattoos and my friend and I were talking about them....I've seen tattoos that have a lot of meaning like mine. I feel mine is special and thankful I got it. I haven't once felt guilty for getting it."

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[Littlelambseativy]

3 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @Littlelambseativy Do you really mean that an unbeliever without a faith based tattoo is preferable to a Bible with one?

Mayflower said:

"I think the pastor's wife has a faith tattoo.... quite a few in my church have faith based tattoos and my friend and I were talking about them....I've seen tattoos that have a lot of meaning like mine. I feel mine is special and thankful I got it. I haven't once felt guilty for getting it."

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No I do not. what I mean is that one without an unbeliever without a tattoo can set a better example than a christian with a tattoo trying to be like the world.

[farouk]

Just now, Littlelambseativy said:

No I do not. what I mean is that one without an unbeliever without a tattoo can set a better example than a christian with a tattoo trying to be like the world.

@Littlelambseativy Well...I guess the motive of some ppl with Bible verse tattoos would be to witness and thus make the Scripture content a talking point in conversation.

Thanks for your comment.

[farouk]

@Neighbor from back

"My pastor has a large cross tattoo and several passages  tattooed upon his frame. I don't think it likely a good look for me, but it fits him well."

@Neighbor

Maybe it's likely that his pastoral heart longs to have those Scripture passages become a talking point or at least a silent witness to ppl with whom he comes into contact?

Similarly, these church women might have had comparable motives as they got themselves injected one by one:

Mayflower said:

"I think the pastor's wife has a faith tattoo.... quite a few in my church have faith based tattoos and my friend and I were talking about them....I've seen tattoos that have a lot of meaning like mine. I feel mine is special and thankful I got it. I haven't once felt guilty for getting it."

source: christianityboard dot com

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In 2012 this was written:

"The TV network behind new show "Best Ink" and Lightspeed Research asked just over 1000 people across the United States about their perceptions of body art, and it turned out 59 percent of women have tattoos compared to 41 percent of men."

source https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tattoos-women-idUSTRE8241SF20120305/

Since an inking up is evidently and so widely regarded as a thoroughly womanly thing to do, one can readily understand why - indeed like your pastor - those church women referred to, as they got themselves injected one by one, might also have been thoroughly motivated as he was, don't you think?