Why are Christians are getting TATTOOED?

There are some very bad reasons to get a tottoo. Gang initiation, cult initiation, mental illness, obsession, occult initiation, etc. There are some mildly bad reasons for getting tattoos. Peer pressure, club initiation, vanity, atheletic bonding, etc. There are some slightly bad reasons for getting tattoos. Military bonding, little tiny hidden ones for personal reasons, etc. Don't pick on me because of the particular category I put these in, I just made them up to make a point. There are many reasons for getting a tattoo, some worse than others, but, all of them are bad. There are NO good reasons for getting a tattoo.

 

I didn't say they were proper, just significant to them.

 

The wearing of jewelry is seen as satanic/worldly/flaunty in some church
groups. The wearing of blue with red was a mark of a gang
in the Midwest at one time...maybe still is. Pantsuits for women
and flowing or short hair for women are signs of worldliness
for other closed minds. The display of the cross of Jesus is
said to honor his death in stead of his resurrection. Have you
heard that some gangmembers buy crosses to wear around their
necks but they ask for those "without that little guy on it"...!!!!

I suppose if we were to stick to our body the way God made it,
we'd refrain from eyeglasses, falseteeth, medications, surgery,
hearing aids, blood transfusions, braziers, steel toes shoes,
....................... clothes???

Strictly fig leaves, boys. Back to nature

 

Too cold around here.

 

Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. If any man defile this temple him will God destroy. Why put a mark on something that is not yours?

 

I have a tattoo of a cross on my back. I got it at a point in my life when I had lost everything in my life. I got the tattoo because it was one thing that could never be taken away from me. The cross was a symbol of the God who would never leave me. It's not large, about 1.5" tall.

Am I ashmed of it? No.
Would I do it again? I don't know.
Was it a sin? No.
Did it help me get through what I was going through? Yes.
Would I recommend anyone else doing it? I don't know.

 

Why was/is their a trend for tatooing and piercing among the youth of today? Peer pressure. Everyone is doing it, and so a person must do it to fit in. It is "cool". And that is the reason. Plus many people don't think it has any far reaching meaning other than a form of individual decoration.

There are many scriptures in the Bible about taking care of the body and not tatooing or peircing. But those scriptures would also preclude glutony and slothfulness which are also unhealthy to the "Temple of the Holy Spirit" How many christians do you know that are at a healthy weight? I'm not sure why certain things in the Bible are taken very seriously, while other things which are as important are ignored.

 

I have three tatoo's; one on my left arm, two on my chest. I got all three when I was unsaved.

Do I regret my tatoo's? Yes, as a Christian, now I do.
Would I do it over? Sure would if I was lost. As a Christian, no.
Am I ashamed of them? As a Christian, I am ashamed of the tatoo's. We are in this world, not of this world. The world says tatoo's are cool and are a way to express ones self. We as Christians have a better way to express ourselves: "let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven."

Does a tatoo bring glory to God? No, it shows you are conformed to this world. Even if it is a Christian symbol? It is still conforming to this world.

As a Christian, our body is God's temple. Is tatooing a sin? If it is not of faith, it is of sin. To me a tatoo is wrong. Just as an earring shows that a guy is conformed to this world, so too does the tatoo and long hair of this generation. When the Lord saved me, He made me a new creation in Christ. Old things were past away. The old man loved tatoo's, piercings, long hair, etc. The new man loves the Lord, his God and Saviour.

This is IMHO, Kenneth

 

Just as an earring shows that a guy is conformed to this world, so too does the tatoo and long hair of this generation.

Why can a woman have a pierced ear, but a guy can't? Why can a woman have short hair, but a guy can't have long hair?

I don't these are issues of sin, they're issues of societal norms, which continually change. It may often be sinful to step outside of societal norms when done to an extreme, but that is not always the case in every time or culture.

 

It's interesting to me that you would word this as you did. A woman "Can" And a man "Can" do anything their hearts desire. You are right though, society has determined that fad's and styles dictate how a person looks, what is "normal" or more accurately "commonly accepted to be normal by societal standards"

It's always "easier" to do what is commonly accepted. If a person has a tattoo, and is saved, does this tattoo change anything? What does the Bible say about what makes a sin a sin? Knowing. I personally won't judge a persons heart by their appearance, and believe me in my flesh this is not always an easy thing to do. I think the issues of appearance were created to be a stumbling block to Christians to deter them from the things that really are important. Who is the author of confusion?

 

None of those are permanent alterations of the original (except surgery) - Apples and oranges comparison! Besides, I was just relating why and what I choose, not proposing a Christian referendum!

 

Tattoos can be removed. It may be expensive and uncomfortable, but they can be removed.

 

None of those are permanent alterations of the original (except surgery)

Actually, laser eye surgery is a permanent scarring which results in improved vision. I had it done.

The wearing of a brazziere often results in shoulder pits from years of having straps on the shoulders.

 

A former coworker of mine had a life size tattoo of Jesus' face on his back, it took 6 months to do, and he got photos of it in all kinds of magazines, told me he was using it as an evangelistic tool, I am not sure of its value, especially given its very high cost, but hey, it was very lifelike, if you believe that Jesus looked like a hippie!

 

Evidently this is another one of those unproductive debates which can incite passion, but has no real value... like contemporary Christian music, KJV-onlyism, women wearing pants to church, et al et al. Some people just don't like something so they will take parts of scripture and perceive through their filter of likes/dislikes.

There is no scriptural teaching against tattoos other than in accepting/supporting pagan deities or the "mark of the beast." If whether someone has a tattoo comes before whether they are generous to the needs of others and whether they are praising God and sharing the gospel, then we should all get tattoos to make everyone the same in that way. If it does not matter whether one has a tattoo, then why stir up another bogus issue?