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Old 05-27-2007, 11:16 PM
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At the risk of being stoned on here, I want to confess that both of my kids got tattoos yesterday. They are 18 and almost 25, so there isn't much I could say about it, and they forked over the money. When I first saw them, I was a little freaked otu, but they are both Christian symbols and they feel like they are a witness to their peers. I have very mixed emotions about tattooing; I can't really say that it's Biblically wrong, but I could never get one. I can't even pierce my ears; just a personal thing.

My son got a "chi rho" (Christian symbol) on his wrist and my daughter got "My God is Eternal" in Hebrew on her arm. They are thrilled with them. Maybe I'm just too old to understand the fascination. I told them it's a fad, and when they are fifty like me, it will not be so cute. How did these free-siprited non-conformist children come from my womb???? I know on here I am considered liberal, but actually I am a very conservative thinking, non-risk-taking, level headed person.

Oh well, I guess I should be thankful that they are good kids, totally in love with Jesus, and willing to tell the world. When I came home last night, they and two other young people were in the living room listening to a sermon on DVD by a youth pastor in Washington, and my daughter was just weeping. I thought then that I may not totally understand them, but they are sold out radical young people. They have both recently had such an influence on their friends in the world; way more than I ever did at their ages.

So, what's the big deal about tattoos anyway? I guess they can always have them surgically removed if they get old and wrinkled.
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:21 PM
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Well, you'll probably hear someone quoting from an Old Testament prohibition of making cuttings in your flesh to express grief but not hear that YHWH has His people tattooed in His hands (Isa 49:16).
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:22 PM
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Well, you'll probably hear someone quoting from an Old Testament prohibition of making cuttings in your flesh to express grief but not hear that YHWH has His people tattooed in His hands (Isa 49:16).
Hmmm...
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:24 PM
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I wondered if Ashley paid for Zacs for graduation cause she told me they went together to get them.....
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:35 PM
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I wondered if Ashley paid for Zacs for graduation cause she told me they went together to get them.....
No, he paid for his own and she paid for hers. Lovely bonding time. Ha! Rodney went with them for moral support. Ashley has one on her back already, but people don't really see it. This one is much more focal. She said they are personal reminders to her of the God of the nations. Whatever.....LOL!
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:43 PM
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No, he paid for his own and she paid for hers. Lovely bonding time. Ha! Rodney went with them for moral support. Ashley has one on her back already, but people don't really see it. This one is much more focal. She said they are personal reminders to her of the God of the nations. Whatever.....LOL!

Yeah right!! Just say I wanted a tattoo....lol I knew about the one on her back already. Tabo wants one but hasn't worked up the nerve yet. What did Pastor say about it?
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:48 PM
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Yeah right!! Just say I wanted a tattoo....lol I knew about the one on her back already. Tabo wants one but hasn't worked up the nerve yet. What did Pastor say about it?
"You can't fix stupid" was probably the first thing that came to his mind, but he didn't say it. He just thinks they're young and foolish! LOL! He tried to talk her out of it just from a professional viewpoint, but she's pretty set in her ways. Wonder where she gets that???
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:54 PM
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"You can't fix stupid" was probably the first thing that came to his mind, but he didn't say it. He just thinks they're young and foolish! LOL! He tried to talk her out of it just from a professional viewpoint, but she's pretty set in her ways. Wonder where she gets that???
Hhhhmmmm, I can't imagine.....
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Where is Elder Epley when you need him ....????
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:28 PM
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Where is Elder Epley when you need him ....????
probably out at the tattoo parlor
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