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Poll - Tattooing: from male military and biker ethos...to viable witness means for both genders?
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Helen
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Total waste of good money.
Tattoo's are addictive...she is just addicted to them...nothing to do with God or faith.
In fact, I think all tattoo's are all about 'self' ...not really about witnessing or faith at all.
I like those small crosses that are placed somewhere on the hand...
but I'd still be afraid to get one due to possible regret...
One has to be really sure they want to do this.
Acolyte
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Honestly, I would never have gone on my own. :) The 2 of us that didn't have one, probably still wouldn't have one.
....but maybe your son in contrast didn't need any encouragement to go for his ink?
Acolyte
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He jumped right in. Could be why the grand kids aren't into them. Like my husbands hair is long and both boys shave their heads. Lol
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But maybe for those of your group that had had it done already it wasn't so hard to have more inking done?
It used to be a man thing years ago but now it seems women participate fully in tattooing, doesn't it? and it's now generally not such a hurdle to attempt, to have it done for the first time.
So have you maybe been looking mainly Online for designs? or perhaps you've been to a local parlor just to check out portfolio designs, without obligation?No, we don't talk much about tattoos but if I do get one it is going to look like this....
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PS: Maybe like so many young ppl - especially young women, now - being needled with ink was for her like a sort of compulsion to express that she was now an adult?
(Even though she didn't subsequently feel the compulsion to get more.)
A lot of Christian young people do get faith based ones done, anyway.
@Waiting on him PS: It seems now that getting some ink on reaching adulthood is really not very different from the way 30 years ago they would have gotten (and maybe still do) double/triple ear piercings, really. Something that they typically do because they see themselves as growing up/having grown up, don't you think?
So it would have hardly been an unusual response from either of your daughters.
So it would have hardly been an unusual response from either of your daughters.
Waiting on him
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Yes, for both of them getting their ink injectings done for the first time probably simply made them feel comfortable as adults.
It's certainly been used by young Christians as a witness tool, anyway.
Waiting on him
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Well, it's what nurses do, now.
ErikadawnRN said:
allnurses dot comgrinnurse said:
In and of itself, I'm not sure of its value.
But among the young Christians that have it done with Scripture-related designs, it certainly proves to be a pragmatic and effective way to spur testimony discussions; and even as a silent witness.
Well, yes, but — like both your daughters have proved to be — a lot of young Christians now seem to have proved to be a lot more open to it.
forums dot thewelltrainedmind dot comQueenCat said:
I'm not sure of its inherent value, per se. Your daughters probably did find it an exhilarating experience, right? as it happened, but I guess this is not the main point, from a testimony perspective.
But at least when Christian young people are more open to it with Scripture related ink designs, it does pragmatically advance a lot of witness opportunities.
