jason I totally agree with you. But just because tattoos may be no worse than wearing bad tee-shirts, or piercing your ears, or other forms of vanity, doesn't make it right. Two wrongs dont make a right. I have tattoos on both arms, once of a cross, one of a grim reaper, and some other stuff. I regret them very much. I doubt in heaven God will leave the tattoos on my arm...if God doesn't want something in heaven, it's probably not good to have down here either. |
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---Todd on 5/20/08 |
I got a cross tattoo last year and I absolutely love it. I do not think that it is a sin, rather I see tattoos as a form of expression just like any other art form. Tattoos can be just as beautiful as skin. In fact, I am planning on my next tattoo in a week or two. I do not think you can pick and choose what bible verses to support and what not to so that it fits your personal beliefs. Tattoos are beautiful! |
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---Mandy on 5/18/08 |
Tatoos are not at all bad because of the picture, yet its origin is IDOLATRIC, that is why we should not do it when a born-again, besides the new testament does speak about modesty, so to look at the vanity sin of your brother/sister for a justification is like going to a prrostitute because the elder in church is a divorced man |
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---andy on 2/28/08 |
So, I guess if you eat bleached bread, cut your sideburns, or pierce your ears you are sinning according to Old Testament scripture. Tattoos are no worse than the vanity/envy so many live by on a daily basis (fixed hair, style of clothing, vehicles we drive, cell phone we carry, etc.) Maybe, just maybe the t-shirt on one's back is a worse message than the ink on another's skin. One's removable and one's not.just a thought. |
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---Jason on 2/27/08 |
Yep the heart's where God Looks and if it's rotton and full of sin/rebelion it will be judged acording to the fruits it repesents. It's sad that God said hide his words in your heart not tatoo it onto your skin, thats pathetic/worldly and perverting the the gospel for your own fleshly desires. Your not surposed to tattoo your flesh you were purchased from the devil for Christ so why flirt with the world. what will you gain by gaining the whole wide world and then loose your soul through ignorance. |
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---Carla5754 on 1/26/08 |
No problem Rob. To err is human to forgive is divine. I forgive. I feel divine today. |
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---Robyn on 1/23/08 |
How many people who hate tattoos because of the Old Testament reasons against it also support the injunction against wearing clothes worn from more than one type of fibre (Deuteronomy 22:11)?
This isn't a post in favour of tattoos, I'm not a big fan of them myself. The post about them 'looking ungodly' bothered me a little - God knows whether something is really ungodly or more important than someone being His child, no matter what other people think. |
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---Rob on 1/22/08 |
Robyn,
I misquoted you and made it sound like all you cared about was other people's appearances and were a really judgemental person.
I'm sorry, I'm in the UK, it's 3am and I've just discovered this site so I've spent over an hour browsing it when I really should have given in and hit the hey (or hay, even).
I'll take more care in future (or have a more readily available supply of caffeine!). I'm sorry anyway, forgive me *guilty puppy look*? |
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---Rob on 1/22/08 |
God surely looks at the heart of the matter. The question is, "Why are you getting a tattoo?" Up until the early 1960's, tattoos and body piercings were for pirates, slaves, and anyone against authority. Now it's a cultural fad. Do you want a tattoo or body piercing to glorify God or bring attention of others to yourself? The Scriptures proves the latter. |
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---Steveng on 1/22/08 |
I got a tattoo on my leg after I accepted Christ into my life to remind me He is there for me and so I will never turn down the wide harmful path of my life again. |
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---Amanda on 1/22/08 |
1 Cor 10:23
all things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expeidient, all things are lawful for me,but I will not be bought under the power of any,
Pauls example is according to the Gospel of Christ and he did not display them or encourage worldy behavior (N/T) so I guess It would be inappropriate because tatoo's do not glorify God but brings attention to the flesh. |
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---Carla5754 on 1/22/08 |
Its not very godly or attractive to me. But if the tattoo is not visible. I guess it would be ok. But why would someone want to mark their bodies up like this? Pretty skin is more attractive than tattoos and ugly markings on the body.Nice clean, well cared for skin is beautiful. Any color. |
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---Robyn on 1/22/08 |
I see a lot of what people think. The only scripture being used is from the old testament. The laws that were written in the O.T. are no longer valid. Read Heb. 8:8-13. The bible also says JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED! Matthew 7:1 |
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---Denise on 1/22/08 |
There are places in the Old Testament that shows God is not pleased with marking, cutting or piercing ones body. A real tattoo does all of these things. However, what's in the mind and heart is what counts. Your words are what is condemning, either by your mouth or by your writing even if it is on your body. (Matt. 12:37) |
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---Dr._Rich on 12/25/07 |
not if it is in the name of jesus christ. do not wear the cross - carry it. A O. |
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---peter_steele on 12/23/07 |
I like how you stated it, every other nit picky thing. When we cease to love each other and start saying God does not like, what we do not like, we need to get some real prospective about how He sees things. He looks at us differantly then we do. Then we have to remember that our lives as believers are to show love so that others will know how much God loves them. We become the light of God so they know who He really is from our example. |
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---marge on 12/21/07 |
If we are nit picky then the world will believe He is nit picky. |
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---marge on 12/21/07 |
I got a tatoo before I was saved - it is not ugly - it is a crying sun - it just means something to me but JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW, BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO and I LOVE JESUS and I know HE knows!!! PEACE ^j^ |
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---Karen on 12/21/07 |
Marge,
If a person receives a tattoo prior to the Lord being revealed unto them it is no different than any other sin. The same grace covers drugs, unbelief, catfish sanwiches, clothing of divers materials, women wearing pants, guys wearing skirts, women who cut their hair, men who don't and every other imaginable sin that could be nit picked from now unto the trumpet sounds.
Frank |
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---Frank on 12/20/07 |
I am seeing a lot of "we shouldn't" and "should not" but if we were to be tattooed and then receive Jesus as our savior, is it a sin, I believe not. It is not about our outward appearance but what is in our heart. That is where God looks and sees. The tattoo puts US off not God. He loves us and He is impressed with our heart and what we do in LOVE. |
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---marge on 12/20/07 |
No. Tatoo's are not sinful. |
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---sue on 12/20/07 |
YES! The bible is very clear when it says that our bodies are the temple of the Holy spirit. Therefore I think that you should not get tattos, because they are defiling the temple of God. Not to mention the fact that when you get saved Jesus from that piont on, lives inside of you, do you think that He wants to be represented by someone covered in permanent ink? Now if you get tattos before you get saved, what can you do? That's the question. |
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---Michelle on 12/18/07 |
About tatoos:
"Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD."
But look what it says in the verse right before that:
"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard".
According to this standard, I suppose I'm in sin due to having my beard trimmed frequently. Wearing clothes of different fabrics is also against Levitical Law. 1/2 cotton, 1/2 polyester, also sin. Tisk tisk. |
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---j._nonymous on 12/18/07 |
Yes....and yes again.I'll tell you why.
Ispeak for God when i say this.
He made our Terrestrial bodies[flesh]
And we misuse and abuse them,such as tattoos
and holes in the body of both the male and female gender,we disgrace his creation and
give no respect to His deity.
If i bought you a bike,and you punch holes in the tires, and bent the frame of it.
This action shows a lot about what you think
of me buying it for you.Read my profile.
I am jack8773.Be prepared |
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---Jack_8773 on 12/17/07 |
The message and the motive is a factor also. To him who thinks it is sin, to him it is. There is no way of truthfully saying they are all sinful.
I don't have any and don't plan on it. I've got much better things to spend money on. |
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---john on 12/17/07 |
Our bodies are the temple of the Holyghost. I think it is a sin according to the person who is getting a tattoo, is it their God? Or they got one out of ignorance, they just did not know better. |
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---trell on 12/17/07 |
They're ugly no matter how many bright colors you use.
When you look at a tatoo, a rose on an ankle or a butterfly on your shoulder, or one big massive tatoo that covers your entire body - they're not a pretty sight.
If you're a Christian now, why would you want more of them?
It's strange, but I almost have to turn my head when I see someone covered from head to foot in tatoos. I can see why God forbid them in the OT. |
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---Chad on 12/17/07 |
The most difficult ones to look at are those on the face. You are defacing God's property. |
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---Chad on 12/17/07 |
That which is not of faith is sin. You decide. |
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---Mima on 12/17/07 |
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