Tattoos a sin?
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The way I see it is, we're made in the image of God. And God is perfect and complete. You cannot add anything to God to make him look better or be better. So in the same way, you cannot add anything to your own body to make it look or be better. And anyone that thinks their body doesn't look good or thinks they need a tattoo to "look better" in some way, is basically saying that God doesn't look good and or one of his creations (you) doesn't either without the tattoo.
And there's obviously more to getting a tattoo than that. For some cultures it is mandatory in some way. And even in our own culture tattoos appear to be a pass of right when they see other bods rocking them. So they feel like they need to get them to be trendy. Like those tramp stamps, tribal tattoos and Celtic bands etc. They might think it's just a bit of fun and looks cute or nice or sick whatever the lingo is the kids use today. But that's just the way the world works my friend.
They don't understand this and would mock it and say that your body is your own and you are free to do with it whatever you want. Oh whoa. Things couldn't be further from the truth could they? For starters your body doesn't belong to you. You're only "borrowing" it. God does give you freedom of will to do as you please, does that mean we should do it?
You were born without tattoos for a reason. If God wanted us to have tattoos, we'd be born with them! But that doesn't make people who get tattoos evil or bad people. It just makes them naive and not realizing what they're doing.
It is written, the body is a temple. In fact, the full scripture for 1 Corinthians 6:19 says What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
So not only is your body a temple for God to rest in and work in and live in. It's not your own. It's Gods.
So does that mean, if we correctly understand and interpret that scripture, understand that our bodies are merely on loan from God and that they shouldn't really be tampered with, scribbled upon, defaced, spammed, marred, deformed, pierced or otherwise. And that we are made in the image of God so we are already perfectly made (whichever way we are born deformed or not) according to His perfect and Holy will, that it is a sin to get a tattoo or a piercing?
In a sense it is because by doing so it's like you're trying to improve on what God gave you. Are you saying that what God gave you isn't good? Or good enough? That it needs improving on by tattooing or piercing or deforming yourself?
Because by doing that, that is basically what you're saying. And people need to realize this especially Christians. The world wont ever be able to understand and appreciate that though. Never! It will always be okay and "acceptable" for the world. But then so are so many other things as well like prostitution, same sex marriages and adult videos. But that's okay because it has the word "adult" as though it's okay to do as long as you're an adult. Oh the world really has it coming!
Am I wrong?
It's a good thing we're living in the age of GRACE!
Thank Jesus for saving us.
He makes all things new.
Including our bodies.
Plus this is all vanity anyway just like everything else under the sun.
And there's obviously more to getting a tattoo than that. For some cultures it is mandatory in some way. And even in our own culture tattoos appear to be a pass of right when they see other bods rocking them. So they feel like they need to get them to be trendy. Like those tramp stamps, tribal tattoos and Celtic bands etc. They might think it's just a bit of fun and looks cute or nice or sick whatever the lingo is the kids use today. But that's just the way the world works my friend.
They don't understand this and would mock it and say that your body is your own and you are free to do with it whatever you want. Oh whoa. Things couldn't be further from the truth could they? For starters your body doesn't belong to you. You're only "borrowing" it. God does give you freedom of will to do as you please, does that mean we should do it?
You were born without tattoos for a reason. If God wanted us to have tattoos, we'd be born with them! But that doesn't make people who get tattoos evil or bad people. It just makes them naive and not realizing what they're doing.
It is written, the body is a temple. In fact, the full scripture for 1 Corinthians 6:19 says What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
So not only is your body a temple for God to rest in and work in and live in. It's not your own. It's Gods.
So does that mean, if we correctly understand and interpret that scripture, understand that our bodies are merely on loan from God and that they shouldn't really be tampered with, scribbled upon, defaced, spammed, marred, deformed, pierced or otherwise. And that we are made in the image of God so we are already perfectly made (whichever way we are born deformed or not) according to His perfect and Holy will, that it is a sin to get a tattoo or a piercing?
In a sense it is because by doing so it's like you're trying to improve on what God gave you. Are you saying that what God gave you isn't good? Or good enough? That it needs improving on by tattooing or piercing or deforming yourself?
Because by doing that, that is basically what you're saying. And people need to realize this especially Christians. The world wont ever be able to understand and appreciate that though. Never! It will always be okay and "acceptable" for the world. But then so are so many other things as well like prostitution, same sex marriages and adult videos. But that's okay because it has the word "adult" as though it's okay to do as long as you're an adult. Oh the world really has it coming!
Am I wrong?
It's a good thing we're living in the age of GRACE!
Thank Jesus for saving us.
He makes all things new.
Including our bodies.
Plus this is all vanity anyway just like everything else under the sun.
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As others have said, not a sin. But when you're and old grand-pappy.... it's going to crave to have any sort of coolness whatsoever. Especially if you get a tattoo that looks stupid to begin with. And I know, that would be obvious, but I have seen some tattoos that made me stop and want to scratch my head. Nobody sets out to get a lame tattoo, but that don't mean nobody ends up them 'em.
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http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/133322-tattoos.html?highlight=tattoos
Gives you many threads on this topic. Here's one of them
http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/133322-tattoos.html?highlight=tattoos
Romans 1:24 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Ephesians 5:27 - That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Leviticus 19:28 - Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.