I guess it's not faith based; maybe if it were you would more actively pursue using it as a witness tool? as a lot of young Christian men and women do today.
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Wasn't in the message then. I wasn't thinking about being a Christian when I got it
Well, these days many young Christian men and women have it done after they believe, knowing that they are such effective conversation-starters. (Of course, the wearer then has to be prepared to use the opportunities that the faith based tattoo - John 3.16; Christian fish sign <><, etc. may occasion.)
My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also; and I'm sure other conversations have occurred also as a result of her willingness to become tattooed in this way. I was simply glad to see her willingness to use such Scriptural wording in testimony.
One way or another, a lot has to with motive, doesn't it? (In the case of the young woman my wife and I talked to, she evidently had a strong and irrepressible motive.)
You think a Christian young man or woman's strategic Bible verse inking can be part of a link in a chain that results in blessing? :)
The big 18 is regarded as offering a sometimes ideal opportunity for a faith based inking that will hold the wearer to account also for his or her witness, isn't it?
People talk about 'tattoo regret', as if it must mean regretting an existing tattoo.
But for some Christians, a deeper regret might lie in not having or having had a faith based, witness-friendly inking, that holds one to account, right?
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PS: I saw some posts on another site and they indicated just how widespread is the proportion of the nursing profession who are tattooed. The proportion was huge, it was claimed.
Maybe you have gotten some kind of impression of this also?
(I should try to dig up the quotes, some time.)
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@firstthings1st. : I guess neither you nor Ms. Deborah have any faith based ink? seems like it's gotten more popular in the last several years among Christians; it didn't use to be so popular when many of the more senior believers now were young.
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@Lady Crosstalk Thanks for your various comments about tattoos in recent weeks; what I wondered was, Do you find the gender aspect specifically objectionable? i.e., some conservative folk - maybe of the older generation (not that you belong to it :)!) might think that since it always was a man thing, rather than a woman thing, they prefer it were on men only, if at all.
Thank-you for your comment. I guess you mean you're not into tattoos, neither of you...
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