Poll: Faith-based tattoo: Have you ever talked to someone with one?

[farouk]

28 minutes ago, lrs68 said:

 now 18 year olds

PS: @lrs68 Seems like now at around 18, some ink is kind of a coming of age extension of the pursuit of ear piercings that will likely already have been gotten.

My wife and I talked to a young lady of around 18 I suppose with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also; and I reckon she quietly relished the trip to the parlor to make her a tattooed young adult with a design that would be witness-friendly.

[farouk]

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[lrs68]

3 minutes ago, farouk said:

PS: @lrs68 Seems like now at around 18, some ink is kind of a coming of age extension of the pursuit of ear piercings that will likely already have been gotten.

My wife and I talked to a young lady of around 18 I suppose with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also; and I reckon she quietly relished the trip to the parlor to make her a tattooed young adult with a design that would be witness-friendly.

I am not going to say had I been saved when I was 18 that I would have chosen to get a tattoo but I do agree a John 3:16 tattoo is pretty decent considering my tattoos are of male\female grim reapers, assortment of Celtic tattoos, mythical dragons, and the last tattoo is a cross that is as long as my entire ankle to knee.   Unfortunately, none of my tattoos are small and decent.   I really should get them removed.

[farouk]

4 minutes ago, lrs68 said:

I am not going to say had I been saved when I was 18 that I would have chosen to get a tattoo but I do agree a John 3:16 tattoo is pretty decent considering my tattoos are of male\female grim reapers, assortment of Celtic tattoos, mythical dragons, and the last tattoo is a cross that is as long as my entire ankle to knee.   Unfortunately, none of my tattoos are small and decent.   I really should get them removed.

Thanks, @lrs68, for your comment.

Yes, at that age particularly, going in to have her dermis done in all the words of that great Gospel text likely gave her the sense of a real boost on the threshold of adulthood.

Re. regretted ink, it can work in various ways, of course. If a man has the tattoo of a pin up but is then truly converted, he might opt - as an alternative to complete removal (which can be difficult and expensive) - for having an artist tattoo a bikini onto the existing nude torso or even an entire pantsuit instead.

Or if a truly converted woman has the name of a former non-Christian bf tattooed in an existing design, then she might opt for an artist to do a partial cover up more suitably reflective of her current convictions; e.g., BILL turned into BIBLE.

A good artist can offer options.

FYI:

Hvnly1Rose said:

"My husband also was tatooed before getting saved. Another product of the military, but he is also one that likes tatoos. He did get another one after he got saved though. See he had two naked women on his left arm and he felt convicted because he was raising two daughters and he didn't want them to think that, that's the way men should look at women. So he always wanted to have a large piece put on him...so he got an oriental dragon (because they look cool) and it would cover both of the tatoos he had on that arm. Granted this one covers more of his body than the others did but it is in better taste and less expensive then trying to have them removed. His heart was in the right place when he decided to get this one done. He also made sure that it could be covered up by a long sleve shirt as to not stumble anyone. I believe that God knows our hearts and He is the only one with the right to make judgement on such issues as this.

It may sound strange to most but he enjoys the process of getting a tatoo."

[farouk]

1 hour ago, lrs68 said:

18 year olds .... piercings

@lrs68 You're right I think about piercings.

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FYI:

Chellz84 said:

My husband has both his ears pierced. Where I live Hartford CT. It is extreamly common for a guy to have both his ears pierced. ..I can't tell you how many.. boys have both their ears pierced along with most Dads ...

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"I have three holes in each earlobe, had them since the 70s ...I think it's now considered mainstream" source: Bunny gardenweb dot com

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Since for decades so many men have gotten ear piercings and today venerable, conservative great-grandmothers might well have had 3 each side for decades, a bit of faith-based ink might well be regarded as quite tame really; and 18 year old young Christians seem to have taken to going in and having a bit pumped in, in a faith-based design.

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Originally posted by Jeni Ruth I guess for our family the question of whether or not to be tattooed was already made as I had 12 tats and my hubby had 4 when we were first saved. Certainly the style and reason for our tats changed after being saved. Five of our 6 kids are also inked [ages 28-35] .. (from Christian hyphen tattoos dot com )
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But of course there are always going to be the traditionalists:

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Cachalot said:

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

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[lrs68]

6 minutes ago, farouk said:

@lrs68 You're right I think about piercings.

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FYI:

Chellz84 said:

My husband has both his ears pierced. Where I live Hartford CT. It is extreamly common for a guy to have both his ears pierced. ..I can't tell you how many.. boys have both their ears pierced along with most Dads ...

forums dot thebump dot com

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"I have three holes in each earlobe, had them since the 70s ...I think it's now considered mainstream" source: Bunny gardenweb dot com

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Since for decades so many men have gotten ear piercings and today venerable, conservative great-grandmothers might well have had 3 each side for decades, a bit of faith-based ink might well be regarded as quite tame really; and 18 year old young Christians seem to have taken to going in and having a bit pumped in, in a faith-based design.

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Originally posted by Jeni Ruth I guess for our family the question of whether or not to be tattooed was already made as I had 12 tats and my hubby had 4 when we were first saved. Certainly the style and reason for our tats changed after being saved. Five of our 6 kids are also inked [ages 28-35] .. (from Christian hyphen tattoos dot com )
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But of course there are always going to be the traditionalists:

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Cachalot said:

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

christianityboard dot com

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I just don't understand the piercing thing especially when it comes to men.  My nephews have huge holes in their ears that some plastic looking plug fits into it and then these stainless steel looking like a safety pin bars in their noses or eyebrows or side of the head.

 

I tell them you know that you are not someone from a tribal community but you are white from a country farm community.  They don't care they think they look like a real man 

[farouk]

2 minutes ago, lrs68 said:

I just don't understand the piercing thing especially when it comes to men.  My nephews have huge holes in their ears that some plastic looking plug fits into it and then these stainless steel looking like a safety pin bars in their noses or eyebrows or side of the head.

 

I tell them you know that you are not someone from a tribal community but you are white from a country farm community.  They don't care they think they look like a real man 

Hi @lrs68 Yes, well you probably didn't go through the earring phase yourself.

But decades back, when teen girls - and their moms - got into the custom of having 2 or 3 studs shot into each ear, it became harder and harder to deny a teen boy 1 earring clicked into one ear if indeed his sister and his mom already had 2 or 3 each side.

As regards ink, I saw this comment:

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Have you ever met a youth pastor at a non denominational church? Tattoos are practically a requirement for the job

source: reddit

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Faith-based ink seem to have become rather mainstream now, don't you think?

[lrs68]

9 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @lrs68 Yes, well you probably didn't go through the earring phase yourself.

But decades back, when teen girls - and their moms - got into the custom of having 2 or 3 studs shot into each ear, it became harder and harder to deny a teen boy 1 earring clicked into one ear if indeed his sister and his mom already had 2 or 3 each side.

As regards ink, I saw this comment:

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Have you ever met a youth pastor at a non denominational church? Tattoos are practically a requirement for the job

source: reddit

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Faith-based ink seem to have become rather mainstream now, don't you think?

We had young men my age around 15 in my day that had one ear pierced but it didn't appeal to me.

 

But the comment about a youth pastor needing tattoos as a requirement is just simply sad.   It's so sad it's a tragedy in my opinion.

[farouk]

5 minutes ago, lrs68 said:

We had young men my age around 15 in my day that had one ear pierced but it didn't appeal to me.

 

But the comment about a youth pastor needing tattoos as a requirement is just simply sad.   It's so sad it's a tragedy in my opinion.

Hi @lrs68 I guess as regards tattoos on young men - and women - in ministry roles, I guess it would depend on what the tattoo design was of, to some extent........(faith-based, or whatever...)

Young men getting ear piercings was very widespread decades back; and insofar as I even remember accurately at all some of the young men whose baptisms I attended decades back at conservative evangelical churches would have been wearing earrings.

(It was so widespread; it was what so many young men just did.)

[farouk]

FYI:

From my last trip everyone got a scripture tattoo..Some meaningful scriptures. One girl said she was so thankful .. realizing she could relate the tattoo to her life..I had that tattoo planned out for nearly a year (11months) .. Maybe next year when I go back (these trips are going to be regular every 4 or so months trips) I will get another. ..One guy decided last minute but everyone literally spent hours on their phone that day looking up verses and verse tattoos ..They are meaningful to them

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