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Originally Posted by JTULLOCK
I don't think that in anyway it is adorning so much as it is decorating it for your own pleasure. Not talking out both side of my mouth either. Think that we are too take care of our bodies no matter what. I know some that eat vegan cause they think that is the way it is to be done. I know some that don't. Not sure that God even cares about tattoos. Church people care. But for a strict adorning thing lots can be adorning. Fixing ones hair, getting a tan, losing a tan, etc. Ink or tattoos though they seem permanent they aren't so people can remove their regrets. It is like a outpatient surgical repentance. ha
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JT,
If you think injecting an image into your skin is not about personal adorning, involving a person seeking to be seen in some orchestrated light, I disagree.
People do not suffer the cost, discomfort and 'functional' permanance without some expectation that it will influence how others will preceive them outwardly. To me, that is unmistakeably a purposed, premeditated, adornment.
In the NT, grace teaches us that everything is about motive; the heart condition. IMO, if I want to alter the outward appearance of my skin with various man-made images, I have a circumstance at work in my heart that is not authored by God's Holy Spirit.
Actions are merely symptoms.
Isn't it great how we can all openly share our opinions!