THE TRUTH ABOUT TATTOOS

I'd rather hang out with a church filled with tattooed Christians who are full heartedly seeking God versus a church with nice dressed and the image of we got it all together, fake Christians.

Mayes I myself don’t have any , but I think My point is I have known some extremely beautiful people who belong to Jesus Christ who by thier outer appearance don’t seem appealing or maybe they have sleeve tattoos

so I try not to look too hard at tatoos or outer appearance now days knowing the gospel

So, “Do not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, or print any marks upon you, I am the Lord.” means don’t get a tattoo? Or, if the tattoo is for the dead, then it means we challenge the authority of Yahweh? Are we also filthy rejects for eating shellfish and pork? Maybe it is not what we ink on our body that makes us unclean but what do.
In your opinion there is no difference between the dude who gets satanic imagery and the one who gets, “Jesus is Lord” tattooed?

This is my view about tattoos. There is no such thing as Christian tattoos. The Bible declares that all tattoos are of the devil!

This is what I wrote 10 years ago, and I still stand by it! So please read! (May God enlighten your eyes!)

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"The present article is more comprehensive, and should enlighten the open-minded reader about the ‘dark truths’ behind tattoos.

Historical Aspect

'History shows that tattoos have always been associated with paganism, shamanism, heathen (Baal worship), occult mysticism and demonism. The tattoo has never been associated with Christians, until the present decadent religious times. Wherever the Christian faith made its entrance, the tattoo made its exit.

'Tattoos where associated with shamans or magic-men (witch-doctors). A shaman is an intermediary between the natural and the supernatural worlds, who is in direct contact with spirits who are invariably evil. Tattooing was often a magical rite, linked to scarification and blood-letting, and the tattooing process involved complex rituals and taboos, known only to the shaman and his tribe. In tattooing the skin is punctured and the blood is drawn. Licking the blood during tattoo operations is not unknown. The puncturing was considered the ‘opening of inlets for evil to enter’. Tattoos were therefore channels for demonic possession. Even today, certain tattoo artists burn incense and light candles during tattoo operations, while others allow ‘demons to guide the tattoo needle over the client’s body’.

'Tattoos have always reflected a note of unabashed rebellion and marked deviancy. Hence tattoos were used to mark criminals, adulterers, traitors, deserters, the deviant and the outcast. Even the ancient Greeks and Romans did not tattoo themselves, but they branded slaves and criminals with tattoos. The Latin word for ‘tattoo’ is ‘stigma’ – which is a distinguishing mark cut into the flesh of a slave or a criminal, and was considered a mark of disgrace or reproach. By the early 1900s public opinion against tattoos was so strong that tattooed persons were considered freaks and found mostly in sideshows and circuses.

The Psychological Aspect

'It has been observed that criminals, drug addicts, sex perverts and social outlaws are the overwhelming majority of the tattooed. Hard rock bands sport sick and lewd tattoos. Gangs encourage tattoos to instill a sense of ‘belonging’. Tattoos carry a streak of aggression and anti-establishmentarianism and are subversive of morality. Death (inclusive of skulls, snakes, demons, flames) and pornography (lewd pictures, nude figures) are popular themes of tattoos. Psychologists have considered tattoos to be marks of personality disorder which is manifested later in criminal behavior. Low self-esteem, lack of self-control, sadomasochism, bondage, fetishism, bisexuality, antisocial personality, mania and bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia – are reflected in self-inflicted multiple tattoos. Studies have linked tattoos to homosexuality, lesbianism and gross sexual perversion.

Tattooed youth are more likely to engage in sexual intercourse, take to alcohol and drugs, and exhibit violent behavior, and drop out of high school – by as much as 4 times compared to non-tattooed youth.

The Christian Aspect

'Carnal Christians side-step the injuction in Leviticus 19;28 by arguing that the commandment is for Old Testament Israel and not for New Testament Christians. Does that mean that bestiality and child sacrifice which are forbidden in Leviticus are for Old Testament Israel and not for New Testament Christians? The New Testament does not have to spell out all sins. Smoking, for instance, is not mentioned in the Bible anywhere; but does it mean that smoking is not a vice or sin?

'Reputed Bible scholars and commentators have made in clear that the moral commandments in Leviticus are for all time and not just for Israel in the Old Testament age. Leviticus 19:28 says, ‘You shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am the LORD.’ On this Matthew Henry, Merrill Unger and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown have made it amply clear that tattoos are forbidden by God. It is to be noted that while ‘cuttings’ are qualified by the phrase ‘for the dead’, ‘marks’ (or tattoos) have no such qualification. Which means that all tattoos (Christian and otherwise) are evil in God’s eyes.

'One of the arguments made by carnal Christians is that Lev 19.27 forbids haircuts. What Leviticus 19.27 is talking about is ‘rounding the corners of your head’ and ‘marring the corners of your beard’. These were heathen practices. One such practice was to cut the hair so that the head resembled a celestial globe. It is called a ‘tonsure’, a practice of heathens to honor their gods. The cutting of the flesh was demonstrated by the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. It is not to be forgotten that the demon-possessed man in Mark 5 was in the habit of cutting himself with stones. Cutting and masochistic self-flagellation is also practiced by Muslims during their festival of Muharram. In short, the injunctions in Lev 19:26-28 are a strong condemnation of heathen practices – witchcraft, astrology, cutting, tattooing, tonsures, etc.

'In 1 Samuel 15:23 we are told that ‘rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft’. Tattoos sported by today’s youth have been the mark of rebellion and hatred of authority (besides, rejection of all moral values). In God’s eyes, the sin of tattooing is like witch-craft. We have already seen the origins of tattoos in witch-craft and shamanism. It remains to be researched whether this ‘witch-craft’ has also led to widespread demon-possession. No, tattoos are not ‘body decoration’; they have nothing to do with fashion and beauty; but rather they are sinister signs of moral decay and infiltration by evil spirits into modern society.'


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Did you know many things in Christianity over took pagan holidays and or used from the culture to bring the message of the Gospel... Nothing supernatural happens when you needle a cross in your arm.

Your argument carries a lot of holes.

It's almost always an act of rebellion, and as the Bible says is equivalent to witchcraft. You never see a true believer Christian as a tattoo artist, it just doesn't happen. Some of the scariest, most hellish figures and scenes are plentiful at a tattoo shop. It's like saying you want to cross over to the dark side. There could be exceptions to this but regardless the tattoo shop is like a massage parlor or whore house, it's walking into the darkness and is one of the gates to Satan.

I don't have any tattoos and are not really concerned about those that chose to do so.

My understanding is the tattoos are very expense, sooo
Would not that money be better spent on helping hungry kids?

Do you not care about your brother???

Rosemary, why are you trying to defend the indefensible? Tattoos are Satanic in origin. See my latest thread.

And I do have a humble heart. I am trying to help people understand that God is holy and righteous, even as He is gracious and merciful.

Isn't it better to confess our sin and repent and cry to God for deliverance? Even from this 'disease' of tattoos?

Why are you so touchy about tattoos? The Bible declares that tattoos are WICKED.
Why God says they are evil, why are you beating about the bush? Confess your sin and get right with God.
So tattoos are a trivial matter? Don't you know that your body (IF you are a true Christian) is the temple of the Holy Spirit?
Don't defile your body! Don't be a stooge of Satan.

Why this long discussion? Just REPENT and you will have the guilt rolled away. The blood is still available for cleansing.

It's not just about the information that God gives you, it's how you use that information. Has knowing the Laws ever kept anyone from breaking them? We all know the Law, we all know right from wrong inherently, but does knowing the Law keep us from breaking it? Maybe instead of condemning people who have gotten tattoos maybe it would be more helpful if you talked about some of the Laws you've broken and the consequences of that?

The life of any who believe and emulate Jesus-Yeshua cannot be based on the law or seeking out the sin of another.

There are lesser sins than others, and I do not see anyone with a tattoo as being innately bad, now mass murderers are another story, not to mention thos who abuse family members.
A tattoo? Satanic? Only if it depicts giving glory to Satan, but as a simple embellishment it is no different than wearing lipsticks, and will no longer be come the resurrection, neither.
Let us practice sharing the mercy we have received and that which we have.
Share the Good News and do not search for bad news.

you are a terribly judge mental person and speak in such a boastful tone you really shouldn’t speak this way about people
... what Jesus taught he is pretty wise and able to teach us salvstion but he never condemned anyone for a tatoo God bless

It's not just about the information that God gives you, it's how you use that information. Has knowing the Laws ever kept anyone from breaking them? We all know the Law, we all know right from wrong inherently, but does knowing the Law keep us from breaking it? Maybe instead of condemning people who have gotten tattoos maybe it would be more helpful if you talked about some of the Laws you've broken and the consequences of that?

Jaume, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
You claim to get direct messages from God the Holy Spirit.
You seem to discount the Word of God.

Your half-knowledge may suit some of the folks here, but one day you will have to stand before God and explain why you misled people, leading them away from the truth. Be a man! Stand for the truth! You are to live to please God, not those who are stubborn in supporting a Satanic practice.

May the Holy Spirit convict you in this matter. (P.S. I am praying for you, that you stop being a people-pleaser, and start living to please God. Study the entire Word, including Leviticus, my man, and God will help you!)

Roughsoul, tattoos carry a lot of holes! And according to the thread, Tattoos and Demon Possession, those holes do enable evil spirits to come in and take over. That's why you have such gross and nauseating tattoos and piercings multiplying all over the Western world.

No, I did not say earrings are satanic! I am talking about perverse modern-day 'piercings'. Like lip-piercings, which are really terrible.

Jennifer, just a suggestion. John Cleese, poor man, ended up losing his wife. Monty Python arguments are just media propaganda.
Learn to think for yourself.

Did he lose his wife to death or divorce? Sad, either way.

Everything can be propaganda. What's interesting is Monty Python often made fun of the things that, nowadays, would get them "canceled". Like the skit where Cleese tells another man he can't have babies because he "doesn't have a womb". They were occasionally vulgar, true. But they weren't afraid to be non-pc.

Think for myself? Just because I share an amusing clip doesn't mean I don't. Boy, you sure have a lot of false assumptions.