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Originally Posted by Rico
Why should this person have to renounce tatooing in order to be allowed in a pulpit?
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It isn't about having to renounce tattooing, Rico..its about setting an audience at ease so they can hear what you have to say. Teaching 101: Connect with your audience first. Something permanently visible, and offensive by nature, will have to be clarified. Either that, or deal with the fact that some people will be offended, (especially since they dont' know if your tattoos came before or after conversion), and won't hear what you have to say.
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abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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