Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?
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My oldest said she wanted them because it was to-quote her "to mark myself with things that are special to me." Youngest " because it was cool. " Haha
Thanks, @soul man !
There seems to be overwhelming evidence, anyway, that among Christians — let alone those of other persuasions — it's so widespread and regarded as an opportunity for personal expression that so many do not want to miss.
The evidence of this seems overwhelming:
FHII said:
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justbyfaith said:
So in this era when it's used overwhelmingly as a means of expression, it seems very clear also that it offers a lot of scope for faith based, witness conversation-friendly designs, Scripture quotes and artwork, etc.
atpollard
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Getting a tattoo is equivalent to worshiping the golden calf or burning your child in the stomach of Molech ... anyone that gets one will have it burned off in the fires of hell ... and rightly so! (I didn’t see a choice on the vote that matched my opinion.)
[actually, I’m just kidding. Given what is happening in the world around us, this is a “don’t sweat the small stuff” question. In essentials unity. In nonessentials liberty. In all things charity.]
[actually, I’m just kidding. Given what is happening in the world around us, this is a “don’t sweat the small stuff” question. In essentials unity. In nonessentials liberty. In all things charity.]
atpollard
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As a purely practical matter, I doubt that anyone ever got hired for a job because of the exceptional quality of their ink work, but a lot of candidates never made it past the first interview because they had a visible tattoo.
@atpollard I think that - so to speak - the lines are a bit blurred now... :)
source: vcita dot comSarah Weisbrod said:
These days genteel people of a certain maturity may also be inked up.
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@atpollard PS: Feel free to vote in the poll, above; there is quite a comprehensive set of response options and more than one vote is possible... :)
@FluffyYellowDuck Saw your comments also about Christian rock music just now; I wondered if - whether or not you happened to like the aesthetic a lot - a similar comment might apply, that, namely, both Christian rock lyrics and tattoos have a potential as witness tools for those who are exercised to use them as such?
It's not so much pursuing the rock music or tattoo aesthetic for their own sakes — even though a lot of Christians do appreciate both — but, if one becomes thoroughly acquainted with them and with their potentials, seeing how they can really be sanctified for use in Christian testimony.
(If the point makes any sense?)
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@Adoration But also I think that for a lot of Christians something tasteful is instead a way of expression and witness, right? :)
As a couple of the OP quotes said:
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@Pearl
So do you agree that it's on the whole better now that both sexes can confidently have them done, if they want them?
(Thanks for posting that photo, BTW. Let us know if you see any more that you think are worth posting also.)
cc @Heart2Soul :)
Yes it is so wide spread now. I think I said it before but I like the art work that is done today, I don't think I would do it because like I said 'i would rather have new tennies' so to speak. And don't forget I have snake eyes haha not good to long ago.
@soul man I added your last response to your quote which I used in the OP; thanks.
Evidently both your daughters entered their tattoo experiences with plenty of confidence, right?
It used to be such a man thing, almost exclusively; but I guess you agree it makes sense for both genders to be able to have it done confidently?
It's certainly opened up the potentials for faith based tattoo designs that witness conversation-friendly.
True, we have billboards, posters, handbills, why not a body message. You never know who or how you are going to reach someone.
@FluffyYellowDuck Thanks indeed for your vote participation, anyway; and of course multiple votes are possible, only if desired.
These days it's not at all unusual for genteel people of a certain maturity to be tattooed, who can be real naturals at having it done; very much an individual thing, naturally. Though it used to be very much almost exclusively a man thing, this has really changed hugely.
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@soul man If the Scripture content can be communicated effectively, some Christians would regard the tattoo parlor cost and measure of short term discomfort as a small price to pay.
I think I mentioned that 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 a arisen as a result of her - seemingly a quite shy person - having been willing to undergo the injecting in that way.
@Mayflower
Did you see this quote?
source: allnurses dot comjuliannenw said:
Clearly those who want to do it - including very conservative, well mannered, well educated people - can find the confidence to do it.
Apart from anything else, it opens up a lot of scope for faith based tattoo designs, I think.
(Just thought you would appreciate this quote, anyway. There's something just nice about the way the person put it, I guess.)
