Tattoos, sin against God or church cuture?

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

BUT wasn't that part about "the dead" a clue to what it means?

This was against the pagan act of cutting/marking the body for the dead

Lev 19:28 You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.

The huns used to wail and cut themselves at funerals. I believe something like that was what it was talking about. Not tattoos.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

There is a special place in hell for those that only dot their skin..ask Bro Epley

Yup. Right next to the saints with beards.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by endtimer

Not an argument for tattoos or an accusation directed towards Dave, but I find it interesting how we cherry pick through scriptures for what fits our church cultures. The verse sited follows a command for men NOT to trim their beards. No tats because of an Old Testament scripture and no beards either, but we will ignore the scripture about that.

Yup. I was going to say the same thing.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by bishoph

In reality many tats today ARE in worship of some other God even when the wearer may not realize it. Also, I think the origins the modern day tat craze in most cases were the "bad boy" look/rebel etc.....that is not something a child of God should want to portray.

Lastly, while it may not be a scripture, I think a principle is certainly to be found in the following example. If you were to come home and find someone spraying graffiti on your house/car etc....you would probably be real mad/upset ( I know I would....and they better hope they can out run me....cause if I caught em, I'd probably put a woopin on em before the cops got there....just joking.....sort of)

But why would you get upset? Because they had marked up something that you had bought and invested in. Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Ghost and we are NOT our OWN we have been bought with a price......so IMHO when we tat up our bodies it is similar to putting graffiti on God's property.

Weak argument. Same thing with the beards. So because hippies and bikers had tats and beards they are bad. blah blah blah blah! My body is the temple of the holy ghost. Just like modern temples that put nice artwork in them, statues on the outside, beautiful stain glass windows on them, I put tattoos on my body. Its body art. I am not a bike or a rebel bad boy either.

[Abiding Now]

When you get used to marking yourself, the next step will be easy.

Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

χάραγμα
charagma
khar'-ag-mah
From the same as G5482; a scratch or etching, that is, stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): - graven, mark.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

When you get used to marking yourself, the next step will be easy.

Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

χάραγμα
charagma
khar'-ag-mah
From the same as G5482; a scratch or etching, that is, stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): - graven, mark.

So because I have tasteful religious tattoos, I am going to get the mark of the beast?

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by Fionn mac Cumh

So because I have tasteful religious tattoos, I am going to get the mark of the beast?

Tasteful? Oh WOW!

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Tasteful? Oh WOW!

Who are you LOLing at? Your the one who is acting stupid. You said anyone who has tattoos will make it easier for them to get the mark of the beat.:laff atu:

[Abiding Now]

[endtimer]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Skinniness is a curse from God. Isaiah 10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Funny right there.