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Body art = ticket to hell
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One of my mates is a devout Christian and eventhough she would love to get a tattoo her folks believe that if she does, the consequence is that she will “most definitely go to hell”. I responded with “Welcome to the party!” However, it is interesting to see body art from a different perspetive. In today’s world almost one in five people has a tattoo. It doesn’t come across as such a big deal but apparently I’m wrong and it’s still a controversial thing to do especially in religious circles.
Take the Bible for instance: “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 19:28) This is from the Old Testament which the modern Christian is not strictly commanded by. The New Testament doesn’t mention anything about tattoos. A Christian website says, “In relation to tattoos and body piercings, a good test is to determine whether we can honestly, in good conscience, ask God to bless and use the particular activity for his own good purposes.” This still leaves the decision up to the individual. What happens if a believer gets a tattoo of Christ done to celebrate or express his/her faith in God? Does that still make them a sinful Christian?
1 Corinthains 10:31 says, “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God.” I think it boils down to the reason for getting the tattoo done. Is it because you think it’s going to look awesome on you or because it signifies something meaningful to you?
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Just came across this during random Googling and thought I’d point out the obvious with the post……the Bible is contradiction after contradiction, hypocrisy after hypocrisy. If anyone needed proof that it is not worth the paper it’s written on then this is one of a million reasons. A nice piece of fictitious work but not something that you should base your life around.
i thought the bible has fuck all to do with tattoos or piersings we are in 2009 time has changed since then move on bible readers get on with your own life and stop living some one elses that we arent even sure that existed realy pathetic lmfao.
I grew up in a Christian church my whole life. All of my immediate family are still devout Christians. I am no longer of that faith. When I was a Christian, I had a tattoo done and my Grandmother was quite upset. I scoffed at her for a moment and said “I’m sorry but my quest for beauty is no different than your extensive amounts of make up and lightly tattoo’d lip liner!” Which shut her up quite nicely. Some would argue that the reason you shouldn’t get a tattoo because “your body is your temple of/for God” but I know so many faithful Christians who ruin that “temple” by stuffing thir faces with McDonalds and PizzaHut. There is no hard evidence that supports that body modifications are indeed a way to send your soul into eternal damnation.
thats rite gettin a tattoo isnt goin to send u to hell i dnt think that i heard it thur out my whole life but still dnt believe it maybe its true but i dnt believe it it doesnt sound rite to me tattoos r just art people happen to put on there body in my book theres nothin wrong with havin a tattoo its just art to me art that cant never cum off unless u get that laser thing but real real tattoos isnt bad ass people makin it seem i mean yes u hav sum people who uses tattoos for bad gang signs n stuff but u got sum people who uses tattoos for gud people who puts god on there body and people who puts other people who died that they love n people put birds n cartoon n there kids names theres nothin wrong with that i think tha only people who should be judge with tattoos r tha ones who uses them for bad lik gang members
Stupid christians. XD
its not impt of wat i or u tink my frens, either u a for God or against him.u can’t serve both God n the devil.only 1. every action has a consequence.if u ar not sure whether as a christian getting a tatoo is ok, then instead of asking ur frens, y dun u refer to the word of the lord?! it says,tht ur body is a temple of GOD. if tht is the case then i urge u to keep tht temple clean.