Faith based tattoo question

[farouk]

Hi @Annisissy

Similarly to what has been recently discussed on the smoking thread, there will always be a divergence of views about using  tattoo parlor:

Cachalot said:

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Tattoos are unlady-like. That is why I would never have one.

 

SovereignGrace said:

 

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I have debated about getting a cross tattoo of some sort of 1689 tattoo that isn't too gaudy. ..She [wife] actually has three tattoos. I have two, so she has more than me. .. Actually, last year she got two tats the same day. One is ‘faith’ and ‘believe’.

 

source: christianityboard dot com

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But the viewpoint expressed in the first quote is probably increasingly untenable, given the sheer weight of evidence to the contrary, right? not least in designs of a faith-related nature which often can become talking points in testimony.

 

But there will always be varying viewpoints.

[Cyoder]

I've considered getting a tattoo over the years.  I could never decide on something I would want on me until I died.  With my recent faith, I'm glad I never did.  It would be irrelevant now.  If I do ever choose to get one, it will be scripture or a cross.  I would also get it somewhere you could easily see it.  Hand or wrist so I would always see it.  A visual cue to remind me.  My wife has the serenity prayer on her back.  She has been through a lot in her life, and it has been a comfort to her. I know there is debate over whether the Bible forbids tattoos. This scripture doesn't fit exactly, but it's what comes to mind when I've thought about this: 

Matthew 15:10-20 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

I don't believe a tattoo will defile you, your words, heart and thoughts will.

[farouk]

4 hours ago, Cyoder said:

If I do ever choose to get one, it will be scripture or a cross.  I would also get it somewhere you could easily see it.  Hand or wrist so I would always see it.  A visual cue to remind me.  My wife has the serenity prayer on her back.  She has been through a lot in her life, and it has been a comfort to her.

Hi @Cyoder Thanks for your comments.

It's not unusual today for a wife to feel the need for ink before her husband does (even though years ago it was mainly a male sailor or biker thing).

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I would be hard-pressed to come up with more than a handful of names of my friends who DON'T have at least one tattoo--and we are all suburban homeschooling moms, ages ranging from early-30s to mid-50s, living in conservative North Texas. greenvneck forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot com

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Often these are faith-based in design; Bible verse on wrist, etc.

Sometimes ppl try to make out that having it done is not lady-like, supposedly.

Cachalot said:

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Tattoos are unlady-like. That is why I would never have one.

 

But the sheer profusion of ink today would tend to counter this assertion. 

 

[Annisissy]

Personally, I am not for or against tattoos, and I really don't believe that that God is either. I think that some tattoos are quite beautiful, but would I ever get a tattoo? Probably not, but who knows? The ONLY marking that I will NEVER get however, is the MARK OF THE BEAST.  I have ear piercings (2 in each ear) Some would say that I am wrong for having my ears pierced, but until God convicts me otherwise, my ears will stay pierced 

10 hours ago, farouk said:

Hi @Cyoder Thanks for your comments.

It's not unusual today for a wife to feel the need for ink before her husband does (even though years ago it was mainly a male sailor or biker thing).

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I would be hard-pressed to come up with more than a handful of names of my friends who DON'T have at least one tattoo--and we are all suburban homeschooling moms, ages ranging from early-30s to mid-50s, living in conservative North Texas. greenvneck forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot com

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Often these are faith-based in design; Bible verse on wrist, etc.

Sometimes ppl try to make out that having it done is not lady-like, supposedly.

Cachalot said:

 

But the sheer profusion of ink today would tend to counter this assertion. 

 

 

[farouk]

1 hour ago, Annisissy said:

I think that some tattoos are quite beautiful, but would I ever get a tattoo? Probably not, but who knows? ..  I have ear piercings (2 in each ear) Some would say that I am wrong for having my ears pierced, but until God convicts me otherwise, my ears will stay pierced 

 

@Annisissy

it can be a very personal thing, right?

Giaour said:

Even the boys have their ears pierced nowadays

..My tattoo means a lot to me.

A reminder of once I was lost but now I'm found.

Praise God.

For some Christians there's a very personal significance to a faith-based tattoo design that motivates them to go into the tattoo parlor. ( @Cyoder , above, said: 'If I do ever choose to get one, it will be scripture or a cross.')

For some ppl the ear piercing - doubles, etc. - may even be about not being outdone by the many younger men that have pierced their ears. (Everyone is different.)

[Annisissy]

4 minutes ago, farouk said:

@Annisissy

it can be a very personal thing, right?

Giaour said:

Even the boys have their ears pierced nowadays

..My tattoo means a lot to me.

A reminder of once I was lost but now I'm found.

Praise God.

For some Christians there's a very personal significance to a faith-based tattoo design that motivates them to go into the tattoo parlor. ( @Cyoder , above, said: 'If I do ever choose to get one, it will be scripture or a cross.')

For some ppl the ear piercing - doubles, etc. - may even be about not being outdone by the many younger men that have pierced their ears. (Everyone is different.)

Yes. Everyone is DIFFERENT in so many ways. As long as we are all the SAME in serving the SAME God, that should be our main focus🤔

[farouk]

4 minutes ago, Annisissy said:

Yes. Everyone is DIFFERENT in so many ways. As long as we are all the SAME in serving the SAME God, that should be our main focus🤔

@Annisissy

At 18 nowadays as a coming of age thing so very widely it feels good to go to the tattoo parlor.

So you can see also how significant it is at 18 for them already to have developed Biblical convictions as to the possible or likely content of their tattoo design.

(A young lady aged about 18 serving in an office recently already had about 10 - rather tiny - tattoos on her arms. It's undeniable now; at 18 it's what they do. Even if they only get one tattoo, though — and maybe simply a little one at that — yet you can see how significant it is at 18 — when so evidently nowadays it feels good to experience a little of the tattoo machine, at however small a scale of inking — for convictions already to have been developed as regards the design of the tattoo.)

It seems anyway to be so very widely bound up nowadays with simply becoming a young adult.

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GodsGrace said:

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

christianityboard dot com

 

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[Annisissy]

1 minute ago, farouk said:

@Annisissy

At 18 nowadays as a coming of age thing so very widely it feels good to go to the tattoo parlor.

So you can see also how significant it is at 18 for them already to have developed Biblical convictions as to the possible or likely content of their tattoo design.

(A young lady aged about 18 serving in an office recently already had about 10 - rather tiny - tattoos on her arms. It's undeniable now; at 18 it's what they do. Even if they only get one tattoo, though — and maybe simply a little one at that — yet you can see how significant it is at 18 — when so evidently nowadays it feels good to experience a little of the tattoo machine, at however small a scale of inking — for convictions already to have been developed as regards the design of the tattoo.)

It seems anyway to be so very widely bound up nowadays with simply becoming a young adult.

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GodsGrace said:

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

christianityboard dot com

 

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If I had a daughter I would much rather she get a tattoo than some of the other things 18 year Olds are involved in. 🤔

[farouk]

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[farouk]

3 hours ago, Annisissy said:

If I had a daughter I would much rather she get a tattoo than some of the other things 18 year Olds are involved in. 🤔

@Annisissy

Yes, I agree; and some parents - including some Christian parents - would proactively take a 17-18 year old on a preliminary visit to a tattoo parlor in preparation for some coning-of-age ink, so that sensible plans can be outlined.

I don't buy any notion now that using a tattoo parlor is supposedly not lady-like:

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Paula 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."

James McCarthy, Mirror dot co dot uk

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Even as I don't buy either that ear piercing can't be manly:

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most boys i know (australian) have their ears pierced, my boyfriend is the most masculine man i’ve met, 6’2, ......in both his ears just like most guys where I live...athletes are wearing them, the people who are the most “manliest men” source: reddit

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But a specifically Christian-related aspect really is, For the believing 18-year old (or thereabouts) to figure how to make his or her ink count in design witness terms, right?