More Christian tattoo artists a positive development?

[farouk]

I know that we both pray that whatever she chooses in life, she’ll do as if unto the Lord.

@Waiting on him Indeed; and in this respect tattoos are maybe irrelevant; Hebrews 12.2 is the key...

 

[farouk]

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll!

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[farouk]

... I thought I'd like a bluebird.

@CharismaticLady

Nice. For a lady.

 

[CharismaticLady]

@CharismaticLady

Nice. For a lady.

Unfortunately, the artist didn't know what a bluebird looks like. The chest would be orange on top, and white below. Also, that bird can't fly with those tiny wings. But, thanks anyway.

 

[farouk]

Unfortunately, the artist didn't know what a bluebird looks like. The chest would be orange on top, and white below. Also, that bird can't fly with those tiny wings. But, thanks anyway.

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@CharismaticLady Okay, thanks!

So the way it is the the photo you supplied is how you would have liked your tattoo?

 

[farouk]

I agree that tattoos are a lot more mainstream.

@Prayer Warrior Above, @shnarkle mentioned not so long ago that a number of senior ladies at his local church had theirs done.

It really has become very mainstream.

 

[shnarkle]

@shnarkle I see! so did it seem to be for all of them their first tattoo?

There was no doubt they were all first tattoos. All three of them went out and got them together.

 

[farouk]

There was no doubt they were all first tattoos. All three of them went out and got them together.

@shnarkle Anyway, I guess it's not really surprising because it's a very widespread custom now. A few people might somehow find fault with it that they did it, but a lot of ppl wouldn't. Bearing in mind also that statistics apparently show that 59%-70% or more of parlor clients in North America now are female. So the individuals you know might not have felt free to do it when in their youth, but now that Christian women — including some who post on these threads — seem widely to do it with complete confidence seemingly without regrets, it may be that, being now motivated, the individuals you know for the first time in their lives felt free and confident to go ahead and do it.

However it might have been perceived by some ppl in the distant past, maybe these days it's often all about family identification and womanliness; FYI:

I got my tattoo 18 months ago as my daughters started to get those.

I'm 65 and got my first tattoo last year with my younger daughter. It is on my forearm near the wrist ..I will be getting another one when my older daughter comes to visit in a couple of weeks.

Source: sixtyandme dot com

 

[shnarkle]

@shnarkle Anyway, I guess it's not really surprising because it's a very widespread custom now. A few people might somehow find fault with it that they did it, but a lot of ppl wouldn't. Bearing in mind also that statistics apparently show that 59%-70% or more of parlor clients in North America now are female. So the individuals you know might not have felt free to do it when in their youth, but now that Christian women — including some who post on these threads — seem widely to do it with complete confidence seemingly without regrets, it may be that, being now motivated, the individuals you know for the first time in their lives felt free and confident to go ahead and do it.

However it might have been perceived by some ppl in the distant past, maybe these days it's often all about family identification and womanliness; FYI:





Source: sixtyandme dot com

No doubt about it. Although dykes are not known for their feminine tattoos. I think the greater issue here is with regards to tattoos marking Christ's crucifixion which is a direct affront to God's law forbidding tattoos for the dead. Someone else brought this up earlier, and it just dawned on me that so many of them are of Christ on a cross, etc. Seems a bit ironic, but then the church has been following the queues of secular society for hundreds of years.

 

[jshiii]

@jshiii So were you and/or your wife disappointed/shocked when your son first had it done? or were you serene about it from the start?

I was a little shocked! However, since I grew up with sooo much criticism from my Dad (which affected me negatively IMO), I decided not to show judgment and just love my son as is. ;)

 

[farouk]

I was a little shocked! However, since I grew up with sooo much criticism from my Dad (which affected me negatively IMO), I decided not to show judgment and just love my son as is. ;)

@jshiii Sounds like your wife was altogether more relaxed about the tattoo...

 

[farouk]

...a bluebird.

@CharismaticLady So was this design more settled in your mind than the placement?

 

[CharismaticLady]

@CharismaticLady So was this design more settled in your mind than the placement?

Yes, don't know where I would have put it.

 

[farouk]

Yes, don't know where I would have put it.

@CharismaticLady So I'm guessing that your urge to get inked in the bluebird design sort of faded somewhat before a really suitable placement crystallized in your mind...?

 

[CharismaticLady]

@CharismaticLady So I'm guessing that your urge to get inked in the bluebird design sort of faded somewhat before a really suitable placement crystallized in your mind...?

Yes.

 

[farouk]

Yes.

@CharismaticLady You probably didn't spend a lot of time looking at parlor portfolios for ideas; because this is how a lot of people are helped to come to their decision.

(But then the person does also need the initial fire in one's belly, so to speak, to go do it.)

 

[CharismaticLady]

@CharismaticLady You probably didn't spend a lot of time looking at parlor portfolios for ideas; because this is how a lot of people are helped to come to their decision.

(But then the person does also need the initial fire in one's belly, so to speak, to go do it.)

I really just like the art.

 

[farouk]

I really just like the art.

@CharismaticLady You probably simply want art to look good, rather than wanting it to feel good, as well. To be an active dermis participant there does need to be also that strong, personal urge that won't go away until the person grasps the nettle, so to speak, and receives the 'good and painful' needling (if this makes paradoxical sense?).

 

[farouk]

I really just like the art.

@CharismaticLady PS: So don't forget that parlors have portfolios which ppl can go look at with absolutely no obligation. (There's probably one near you; and there's unlikely to be any pressure on you whatsoever; it's unprofessional.)

 

[farouk]

No doubt about it. Although dykes are not known for their feminine tattoos. I think the greater issue here is with regards to tattoos marking Christ's crucifixion which is a direct affront to God's law forbidding tattoos for the dead. Someone else brought this up earlier, and it just dawned on me that so many of them are of Christ on a cross, etc. Seems a bit ironic, but then the church has been following the queues of secular society for hundreds of years.

@shnarkle Interesting, though, that Paul says: "Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body." (2 Corinthians 4.10)