Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?

[farouk]

@Ferris Bueller FYI....did you see/vote in the poll, above?

(Sorry if I already asked you...)

 

[farouk]

I do think they are fine for whoever wants one. It's just not something I would do again. :)

@Acolyte Yes, the fact that ppl do it and it feels good (and some are faith based and witness friendly also) doesn't mean that they will necessarily do it again, does it?

 

[soul man]

@soul man Thanks for your vote; maybe it's just my screen, but your vote doesn't seem to be showing, above...

Ok that was a new poll correct my mistake, I voted.

 

[Ferris Bueller]

@Ferris Bueller FYI....did you see/vote in the poll, above?

(Sorry if I already asked you...)

I'm staying out of this one, lol.

 

[farouk]

@Christophany FYI...did you see/vote in the poll, above? (Can't remember if I asked you before, sorry...)

 

[farouk]

@AlsoAnne FYI...did you see/vote in the poll, above?

 

[farouk]

I suppose, depending on where the tattoo is placed.

@Michiah-Imla Some ppl think a wrist is a good placement for a tattoo, especially a faith based one (Bible ref., Christian fish sign <><, etc.).

 

[Michiah-Imla]

@Michiah-Imla Some ppl think a wrist is a good placement for a tattoo, especially a faith based one (Bible ref., Christian fish sign <><, etc.).

I suppose.

Tattoos themselves don’t offend me; only the image if it’s evil in nature.

 

[farouk]

I suppose.

Tattoos themselves don’t offend me; only the image if it’s evil in nature.

@Michiah-Imla

It seems anyway now that it's done so widely and confidently that many Christians choose to use the medium to express something faith based.

Rita said: ↑

I have never regretted my tattoo.. I love the tattoo..the tattoo was not liberating - the tattoo represented the liberation and freedom that the Lord had brought me through..The tattoo in of itself was merely the means of expression and the reminder.

FHII said: ↑

I don't regret it.. . .. Probably 75% of the congregation have tattoos, including myself and the Pastor

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 arisen as a result of her willingness to have it done.

Thanks for your poll vote, BTW.

 

[farouk]

@Michiah-Imla

if someone see’s a faith based tattoo on another, they might ask them about it? And the tattoo’d person should be ready to answer

1 Peter 3.15: "be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear". This probably lies behind the motivation of a lot of Christians' tattoos.

 

[farouk]

Some is beautiful, that's for sure.

@CharismaticLady A lot of young Christians seem to head for the tattoo parlor, anyway, often for the faith based content as much as for the aesthetics.

Did you vote in the poll, above?

 

[farouk]

I have several tattoos, and while I do not regret getting them I do not know that I would get them were I able to go back in time.

@John Caldwell From back; a lot of young Christians seem to head for the tattoo parlor and have it done without seeming regret, especially if it's faith based. The numbers of those getting it done shot up when women also started doing it more widely.

Did you vote in the poll, above, BTW?

 

[farouk]

@ReChoired FYI....did you see/vote in the poll, above? (sorry, don't remember if I asked you before)

 

[farouk]

You should be able to edit it (but it might reset the votes when you do so).

@Sabertooth So how do you think the poll votes are going so far? :)

 

[John Caldwell]

@John Caldwell From back; a lot of young Christians seem to head for the tattoo parlor and have it done without seeming regret, especially if it's faith based. The numbers of those getting it done shot up when women also started doing it more widely.

Did you vote in the poll, above, BTW?

I did vote in the poll.

 

[farouk]

I did vote in the poll.

@John Caldwell Thanks; maybe it's my screen, but your vote doesn't seem to be coming up in the poll results, above...

 

[Sabertooth]

@Sabertooth So how do you think the poll votes are going so far? :)

I don't know how to interpret them.
While it's fine that you are an aficionado --I certainly am of other things-- I think (like mine) it will become "strangely dim" as we get closer to 1 John 3:2.

 

[farouk]

I don't know how to interpret them.
While it's fine that you are an aficionado --I certainly am of other things-- I think (like mine) it will become "strangely dim" as we get closer to 1 John 3:2.

@Sabertooth Oh I indeed agree about what the hymn writer meant in writing, 'the things of earth will grow strangely dim / In the light of His glory and grace'. :)

 

[Paul Christensen]

If I see others will tattoos, I don't comment or give attention, because their tattoo is none of my business. All my attention is on trying to get a view on God's will for my own life and how I can better serve Him with the gifts I have. When it comes to commenting on the personal lives of others, the echo of the Scripture, "What is that to you? Follow Me".

 

[farouk]

If I see others will tattoos, I don't comment or give attention, because their tattoo is none of my business. All my attention is on trying to get a view on God's will for my own life and how I can better serve Him with the gifts I have. When it comes to commenting on the personal lives of others, the echo of the Scripture, "What is that to you? Follow Me".

@Paul Christensen Good point! thanks for your poll vote also!

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 verse and mine also; and I'm sure that other conversations will have arisen as a result of her willingness to have it done. Undoubtedly some Christians do use the medium as a conversation-starter in witness.

I do agree that inward and spiritual matter come first, before the Lord.