Do you think tattoos are sinful?

[Vickilynn]

Shalom Artsy,

When someone resorts to attacking people they don't know simply because their beliefs differ and then have the chutzpah to call THEM the weaker brother, dear, something is wrong with that theology.

If you are getting frustrated by this discussion, then perhaps it's time for you to step back. Just a thought. NO reason to get your knickers in a knot over people sharing their Scriptural beliefs, even if they do differ from yours.

If you don't consider it important, you are certainly welcome to skip it.

However, perhaps others may consider the issue important and we must be considerate of them as well.

As for milk and meat, I sincerely encourage you to look up the "meat" of the Word concerning extending GRACE to Believers for differing Biblical convictions.

[Scarletprayers]

Hello B! Just wanted to give you a hug!

[OneLight]

Then there is nothing for tattoos?

Most likely not in the context of tattoos as we know them today, no.

As for being in silence, there are a lot of things that we can not find in scripture that people would jump straight up and say it was a sin ... can you think of any?

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I'll answer that. No, I can't think of any. I believe scripture covered it all.

Then allow me ... smoking, shooting up drugs, driving over the speed limit and so on can not be found in the bible, but due to other scriptures, we know it is wrong. This can also be said for tattoo's. We can either ignore the scriptures to allow us to have our "personal choice" or abide by them. Yes, it is a personal choice, but we will have to answer to the Lord about our decisions and He will probably point to the scriptures others have already pointed to and wait for you answer, when you will then realize that the sctions we had taken through "personal choice" had been wrong, but then, it will be too late.

I choose to agree with the side of caution. What's will it harm me if I try to be like Jesus? If it was alright, then why didn't he get one?

[Treasure]

So nice to be ignored.

[Treasure]

Thank you for acknowledging me. ROFL = roll on floor laughing. I said that because the emos weren't working. My point is that Paul says in 1 Corinthians that he was a slave to no man but that he became everything in order to reach them. I agree that every part of Scripture is important but I do think that we should do everything we can to reach the lost including minsitering to them at their level without compromising Biblical principles. I just think that their souls are more valuable than my skin.

[The Lorax]

If tattoos are sinful then I am damned.

[Vickilynn]

If tattoos are sinful then I am damned.

Shalom Lorax,

Nope. Even if tattoos ARE sinful, Jesus can and will forgive us our sins.

[Giaour]

tatts are not sinful unless you take the ashes of a loved one and rub it in the tatt.

[OneLight]

If tattoos are sinful then I am damned.

And so will I be, but He does forgive us of our sins, like VL stated. The point that I was trying to make is that we have a choice to either follow the example of Jesus or make up our own minds and take a chance of being right or wrong. I choose the first.

What I find hard to accept for myself, is doing something and hoping it's going to be alright in the end, even though I do have my sins I am dealing with.

[OneLight]

tatts are not sinful unless you take the ashes of a loved one and rub it in the tatt.

Now that is just weird!