Should a Christian get tattoos

Yes, but those are the easy ones.

Oh I would never

 

Civil is moral

 

True. Civil laws are ultimately based on right vs wrong.

 

Exactly where does the bible say this, or is this your personal preference substituted for scripture?

 

So much to say and so little time! I'll get to what I can get to and then come back later on.

I'm totally confused as to what you are talking about. My post on fabrics was in response to Blackbird post immediately above it. What do you mean by Christians have "two"? Two what?

Well, that is all I can get too! They are calling me to go to dinner! I'll be back later.

 

I do not like tattoos even though my own father had one which he got while drunk during his time in the navy. It didn't make him a pagan.

But I defend the Christian's right or liberty to get one.

When will we stop picking at each other about silly stuff and get down to the business of doing God's work?

 

Isaiah 49:16 ...I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands...

Maybe someone has already pointed out this scripture. I didn't read all nine pages of this thread.

Food for thought...God has a tattoo!

(Please take this as a tongue-in-cheek comment!)

 

Theopolis...

You said to Annsni...

Ummm...she was kidding! You know...making a "funny".

Thats why she had one of these...... at the end.

 

Blackbird, doesn't Lev 19 refer to those who are doing this for the dead? It was a pagan ritual/practice. I think the cuts refer to the tattoos and they were done for the same reason; also possibly done for false gods. This was a religious thing, not tattoos for decoration.

 

What makes you think that all who have a tatoo are worshipping their bodies?

The technology by which the fibers were mixed is not the same, but the Bible doesn't say "you can only mix fibers once your technology has reached a certain point". This point is moot, because the Bible is clear that Jews under the Law were not to make fabrics of two different fibers, nor repair one peice of fabric with fibers of another source.

LOL, not always. We have lots of laws on our books here in America that are not based on morals. The ordinances that govern how the electric wires are to be run in your house even when YOU are the one running them are not based in morality. God doesn't care if you are a bad electrician! He also doesn't care if businesses build in areas where houses are built. Tax laws, no basis in morality.

We have even have had laws that were based in immorality. Jim Crow laws for instance were simply immoral on their face. Laws that allowed a man to rape his wife, immoral. Tax laws, those are considered theft by multitudes of Americans.

Not all that is civil is moral.

 

True.
Had a fellow church worker a long time ago who couldn't come swimming with us, because he was an ex-con, and thought he would never get out of prison, so he had an A-shirt tattoed on himself.
Blacked out his entire front torso.

Then I met another guy in another church who always had to be wearing longsleeves even in 100 degree heat when we're doing house-to-house "soul winning" (yes, been there, done that) because he had tattoos all over his forearms.

Me, there was a time when I didn't want to wear shorts higher than the knee because they'd see my Sputnik tattoo, which was basically a prison gang.
I was also worried other gangs will see it and get offended.

But, hey, over here in America, they think it's cool, my tattoos.

 

I am not sure where I heard this but tattoos are portals for demonic activity.
I just think it is risky any way you look at it.
It just isn't a good testimony at all. "Avoid all appearance of evil" that is scriptural.
My humble opinion.

Joy2U

 

I have a tat. Got it out in front of Lackland Airforce Base. The old man tried to talk me out of it. I spent 15 bucks on it in the 80's and it would be about 100 now. I wish I never got it. I don't get in a hurry to show it off. They are not a good idea.

USMC

Some folks think they are making a statement or expressing themselves. Tats are the result of being self involved. We should be more concerned with expressing Christ than our own selves. That doesn't make one a pagan but it is sure acting like one.

Be clean, neat, and don't look to stand out by your appearance. We are not here for us.

 

"portals for demonic activity"

A tattoo is perhaps poor choice, perhaps a bad witness, and IMO, plain stupid. But, being a portal for demonic activity...come on. Try pornography, drug addiction, etc. Now we can possibly discuss demonic activity.

Personally, as a pastor I have a lot worse things to focus on in trying to reach people and help them grow in Christ. And, even though I personally can't stand tattoos they are at the bottom of my concern list.