tattoed women at church ?
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I don’t have and don’t want any tattoos- I don’t feel like it’s something I personally should do. However, tattoos are not a salvation issue, and people who want to make it one might want to check that they aren’t wearing any polyester/cotton blend clothing...
There’s a woman I went to school with who has tattoos up both arms. I saw her a few weeks ago, at church, where she was standing before us all wearing short sleeves and talking about how she has been living in Africa for the last year, faithfully serving the Lord. If anybody walked out of there that day even remembering that she had tattoos, then they completely missed the point- in more ways than one.
There’s a woman I went to school with who has tattoos up both arms. I saw her a few weeks ago, at church, where she was standing before us all wearing short sleeves and talking about how she has been living in Africa for the last year, faithfully serving the Lord. If anybody walked out of there that day even remembering that she had tattoos, then they completely missed the point- in more ways than one.
I have read opinions, and now I defiantly feel more clear minded. Actually now, I feel, it really doesn't matter what others say on how or look .. I have tattoos I have piercings, on the outside I might not be to everyone's 'standard' or 'tastes' ..... but my heart has not changed, and will not change. My heart is pure for God, and he loves me, and he accepts me, regardless on what I look like on the outside. And just to add, if ever I do consider to have any other tattoo, I now know, that's okay too, as my heart is STILL pure 
... good day all
... good day all
That part of "God's opinion" was for the Jewish nation. You know, the ones living under the law.
Is that you? Are you living under Levitical/Mosaical law?
If so, then I advise you to never get a tattoo.
I also want to let you know that this is a forum for Christians... not Jewish law-keepers, so I wouldn't expect too many folks to be trying to strictly follow Levitical laws.
As it is, I'm kinda with Ellsworth.... I don't like 'em. I'm pretty sure I will never get one (never say 'never', of course)
I have to be careful when I see someone all "tatted up", because my knee-jerk response is to think how trashy they look. But that is from my upbringing, and the social mores that I was raised with.
I know a few people that have quite a few very visible tattoos, and they are pretty decent, "normal" people. In other words, they aren't Satanic, chicken-head-biting kinds of people. Just normal decent folks that happen to have a lot of tattoos.
A lot of churches went through a similar thing back in the 70's, with the hippie movement. People with long hair were shunned by a lot of Christians. It was wrong then, and it's wrong today, IMO. Jesus doesn't want a bunch of little robots, who all look alike, as the only "accepted" ones in a body of believers. He wants us as we are, warts and all. And that is the criteria we should use, as well.
Is that you? Are you living under Levitical/Mosaical law?
If so, then I advise you to never get a tattoo.
I also want to let you know that this is a forum for Christians... not Jewish law-keepers, so I wouldn't expect too many folks to be trying to strictly follow Levitical laws.
As it is, I'm kinda with Ellsworth.... I don't like 'em. I'm pretty sure I will never get one (never say 'never', of course)
I have to be careful when I see someone all "tatted up", because my knee-jerk response is to think how trashy they look. But that is from my upbringing, and the social mores that I was raised with.
I know a few people that have quite a few very visible tattoos, and they are pretty decent, "normal" people. In other words, they aren't Satanic, chicken-head-biting kinds of people. Just normal decent folks that happen to have a lot of tattoos.
A lot of churches went through a similar thing back in the 70's, with the hippie movement. People with long hair were shunned by a lot of Christians. It was wrong then, and it's wrong today, IMO. Jesus doesn't want a bunch of little robots, who all look alike, as the only "accepted" ones in a body of believers. He wants us as we are, warts and all. And that is the criteria we should use, as well.
I was just a little worried on what they would say, if anything, and how to really deal with it. I feel more clued up now
Honest opinion? I try my best not to judge. And I certainly wouldn't hold it against that person in any way. But depending on the extent of the ink it might make me wonder whether they'd had a racy life. For example, when I see full sleeves of dragons or demons or secular messages it makes me curious about what sorts of things they were into. Although it's certainly not my place to condemn them for it.
I would hazard a guess that you might draw some curious looks. I don't know what denomination you're talking about. But if you weren't allowed there because of your tats, it might say more about them than you. Godspeed to you in your Christian endeavors!
I would hazard a guess that you might draw some curious looks. I don't know what denomination you're talking about. But if you weren't allowed there because of your tats, it might say more about them than you. Godspeed to you in your Christian endeavors!
Tattoo's tell a story about a person, who they were and who they are. Hardly a waste of disposable income. I don't have a tattoo or intend to get one but who am I to judge someone that has one. You can get a tattoo or buy a picture to hang on the wall, either way it's art. Not that I'm artistically inclined either but that's just me.
Perhaps tattoos are a means of expression on what was in the person's heart at the time the tattoo was applied but that may not express who they are now. Either way, we all have a story, good or bad, usually both. Is your heart purer now than the person you are judging because of a tattoo? Mine probably isn't and even if it were it's not by my doing but by the grace of God.