tattoos

Mrs Jason Whittaker · Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:33 am

Well, I have one tattoo, on my foot, and I was thinking about getting another one. Does anyone have any opinions? ideas? testimonies? suggestions?

Rio · Post by **Rio** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:06 am

no tattos here and there wont be a tatto.

Laurie · Post by **Laurie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:29 am

Oreo wrote:no tattos here and there wont be a tattos.

Same here. I think they are dumb.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:11 pm

My new tattoo! $\:D/$

Mrs Jason Whittaker · Post by **Mrs Jason Whittaker** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:05 pm

That's great, Top. Where is it?

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:33 pm

Just gonna say, imagine a really wrinkly, stretched out picture on an old person. *SL*

Basically, I don't like tatoos, and I will never get one.

Azariah Ben Yaakov · Post by **Azariah Ben Yaakov** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:08 pm

I have a tattoo on my left arm. It is a "tav", the last letter of the hebrew alphabet. It actually looks like a pi symbol, exactly like one

. I have pictures, but I need to find them. I ended up doing it myself.

hubcap · Post by **hubcap** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:49 am

Ryan wrote:I have a tattoo on my left arm. It is a "tav", the last letter of the hebrew alphabet. It actually looks like a pi symbol, exactly like one . I have pictures, but I need to find them. I ended up doing it myself.

I remember that... That was amusing.

V-lady · Post by **V-lady** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:43 am

I probably wouldn't ever get one, but I don't mind them on others if they're done right.

DrummerChick · Post by **DrummerChick** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:24 pm

I want to get one. I am going to get one of a heart with wings or on fire. they both stand for different things. But as for getting another is theree anyone or anyting that has impacted your life? that is how i looked at it.

King Butter Turtle · Post by **King Butter Turtle** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:43 pm

You should get the AIO logo.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:02 pm

Ryan wrote:I have a tattoo on my left arm.

I find the irony here amusing

Azariah Ben Yaakov · Post by **Azariah Ben Yaakov** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:26 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Ryan wrote:I have a tattoo on my left arm.
I find the irony here amusing

*cough* It has been a while since I have visited CCDS

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Buuut, I have never been against tattoos

. Don't tell Danadelfos

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:14 pm

*makes note not to tell him.*

Lev 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

That's the reason I would never get one.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:11 pm

So you're saying that people that get tattoos are getting them for the dead?

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:34 pm

J-man wrote:So you're saying that people that get tattoos are getting them for the dead?

I'm saying God doesn't want us to put marks on ourselves. I would take the second part of the verse, specifically in this instance, where it says, "nor print any marks upon you." That's pretty clear.

And, the passage where it says.

1Co 6:19 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?

The body's the temple of the Holy Ghost, and the Lord told us not to mark our bodies, it seems clear.

Anyways, if someone wants to debate this you can pm me, but I don't want this thread to fall into CCDS, and I don't even really have time for debating right now, as the people who hang out in CCDS have probably noticed.

Edit: Anyone who is interested in this topic, there was a debate that is in CCDS on piercings/tattoos. That sort of turned into a debate on the law. *cough* Which is the way these things always have a tendency to go.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:10 am

oh, lol, I missed that part..

Anyway, back to the topic.

Mrs Jason Whittaker · Post by **Mrs Jason Whittaker** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:59 pm

I thought I should address this, since I was the one who started this thread. I don't want to start a debate, since I'm not good at debating, but here's a little of the reasoning (from the Bible) that I used to get a tattoo.

I've heard one verse in Leviticus that condemns tattoo, set in the context of the Law among many other instructions that we as Christians do not follow. Why choose to obey this law?

The context of 1 Corinthians 6:19 is about sexual immorality. Paul tells us that we should not join our bodies (the temple of God) with a prostitute. He is not talking about marking our bodies. Which is a good thing, because if he was telling us that we cannot mark the temple of God we would have to stop remodeling churches, or painting them, or decorating them in any way.

However, I have read in Isaiah 49:16 "See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." and in Revelation 19:16 "On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords." Sounds like God has a tattoo? The Scripture uses an anthropormorphism of God with writing on his body. Interesting...

My tattoo comes from Isaiah 44:5 "One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord’; another will call himself by the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’ and will take the name Israel."

So, on my foot is the original Hebrew word for "The Lord's" and is a reminder to me of who I belong to.

As far as my next tattoo, the reason I want another one is to have something to symbolize the covenant I am about to enter into. I've been learning about how people in some cultures make a permanent mark for their covenant. Jesus has permanent marks on his hands from his covenant with us.

Narnia55 · Post by **Narnia55** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:10 pm

I get a fake one every now and then. Does that count? Haha. $\:D/$

Azariah Ben Yaakov · Post by **Azariah Ben Yaakov** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:11 pm

I love hebrew $\:D/$ . Awesome tattoo! *Feels like he should say something non-debate related to keep the ball from dropping into CCDS*