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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/1/2009 7:58:25 PM | | totally agree. cigarettes and tattoes are awful on a woman. when did they become sailors? i love how some women like to act like men nowadays. i have no problem with women working, but to smoke, drink, cuss, have tattoes? yeah...i'm sure my mom would be proud to bring her home and my dad to. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/6/2009 3:24:18 PM | When I see someone with Tatoos it tells me at the time they got it they had little conection to the Creator. If you have diligently studied the Bible we are as Christians supposed to obstain from Paegan practices.
Of course some people want to look like Circus Freaks or like they are runners up for Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/7/2009 1:22:59 AM | | I'm 33 and just got my "half sleeve" and one on each of my upper arms. That makes...well a lot all together...I got one when I was 18 and the rest when I had a career and money which was after 30...oh well. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/7/2009 11:19:33 AM | When I see someone who is this self righteous it tells me they have little connection with others or any creator.
If the creator you are referring to is the god in the Christian bible, then that also tells me that youare ignorant to both history and your own religion.
In the old testament, tattoo's are mention in the book of Leviticus. The levites were priests, and were forbidden to mark themselves in remeberance of their dead. This has been translated and interpreted by the weak of mind as "Jesus hates tattoo work".
I'm not a priest, I'm not a levite, none of my tattoo's are in honor of the dead, so where do I fit in to this? Which brings me to another paradox.
If a person get's a tattoo of Jesus on their body, does that mean they are bound for hell? If so, who wants to worship anyone who condemns you for it? Makes no sense to me. I'm very thankful for all of my tattoo work, and if it makes me to be a circus freak in your eyes, then so be it. You look like a shallow, empty fool who was too afraid of the after life to live the live you have been given now.
ohhhh p.s. Judge Judy, It's spelled Pagan, not Paegan - your welcome. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/7/2009 5:54:26 PM | | I love my tattoos and wouldn't give them up for anything. Each one is my sentinel, there to watch over me. They are there to remind me of the sadness I've been through and overcome. I can hide them and don't have to show anyone if I don't want to. They belong to me so it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of them. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/7/2009 7:14:46 PM | The most interesting thing I've seen happen with tatoos over the course of my lifetime (I am 40) is their shift as a marker of economic class. Once was tatoos were pretty much the province of military people, sailors, convicts, bikers, etc. In short, the were most popular among groups where lower income people were more likely to show up.
That's 180 degrees opposite nowadays. About 1 in 8 Americans now has a tatoo, and they are actually more common among people in higher income brackets. Tatoos have gone from being a working class thing to more of an upper-middle class thing
AND YES, I KNOW THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/8/2009 7:41:45 PM | I have one on my ankle and getting another one here soon. It is going to be on my left shoulder blade....It doesnt bother me in the least. If you can handle it go for it I think.
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Posted: 10/8/2009 11:11:04 PM | The three biggest "fads" in America today, were considered rebellious acts 30 yrs. ago.....Harleys, Piercings and Tatoos......You're now "trendy" for getting any of the three.... To be "normal" is to be original these days. Everyone is trying to be so damn original, that they don't realize they are simply another clone. | |
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Posted: 10/9/2009 8:43:40 AM | Not a fan of tattoos but the people on here trying to make it out to be some religious no no are idiots.
Especially the woman whose profile pics are nothing but half naked breasts posting to other people about morality. What a joke! | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/10/2009 4:01:52 AM | None -
My friend though, seperated from her husband as he suddenly became fascinated with them - I can see it's sensitive subject for people
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Posted: 10/11/2009 8:25:57 PM | I find it amusing that those tattoos on the lower back above the butt that were all the rage among the ladies for a millisecond in time a few years ago. Now is referred to as a “Trash Stamp” by guys as a tie in to the less than flattering label, Trailer Trash. The shame of it is think a lot of gals may have got those tattoos to attract men not repel them.
Apocalypto was a film portraying the clash between two religions in a highly graphic style. To the Aztecs, tattoos and piercings were part of their faith. | |
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Posted: 10/12/2009 7:47:31 AM | | I have to laugh a little at anyone that uses the christian route to say a tattoo is wrong in some way. Well isnt it wrong to judge someone else. Yes as christians we should think of our bodies as temples. Well I also as a christian believe in free will. And secondly isnt the saying, "He who is with out sin shall cast the first stone!" All I am saying is that Tattoos are a preference, some people like them some do not. Now to judge someone because they have them is absolutely crazy to me. I personally have a tattoos so I dont see anything wrong with them and I look at as decorating my Temple (for all those religious people out there). The point I am making is to each his own. | |
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Posted: 10/12/2009 8:43:49 AM | As to the Christain thing: Jesus himself had no opinion on tattoos. You see it in later in the New Testment in the writings of Paul. However, there is a question where or not that Paul (the Apostle) wrote that Epistle or not. If Jesus did have an opinion on tattoo's I would say that he would be understanding since Roman Soliders were Tattooed with SPOR on there left arm. There were several instances in the bible where he Jesus aided soliders and commented on their faith. As a matter of fact the first Gentile convert was Cornielus, a Roman Centurion sent to Peter, in Joppa. Read it in Acts of the Apostles. It leads me to beleive that Jesus might look past the tattoo.
I have a phoniex on my left arm. It has several meanings to me. I was a solider when I got it. I doubt that my Lord and Savoir will damn me to hell for ink. There are many warrior cultures that place tattoos on themselves after battle.
Oh my ex-wife had 3 tattoos. They were tasteful and well covered. It doesn't matter. Its her body at the end of the day. They were there when I met her. | |
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Posted: 10/12/2009 2:21:26 PM | In RESPONSE to POSTER # 2564:
I have to laugh a little at anyone that uses the christian route to say a tattoo is wrong in some way. Well isnt it wrong to judge someone else. Yes as christians we should think of our bodies as temples. Well I also as a christian believe in free will. And secondly isnt the saying, "He who is with out sin shall cast the first stone!" All I am saying is that Tattoos are a preference, some people like them some do not. Now to judge someone because they have them is absolutely crazy to me.
It always amazes me how people take the Bible out of context and preach about things they know very little about, in this instance that age old cop-out about misusing the word JUDGEMENT:
As this does pertain to the debate in that we are making judgments ........ I list a few scriptures according to the New Testament that are PRO Judge or rather making judgments since the apparent superficial have missed this or rather choose to twist the scriptures for their ungodly agenda!
So many like to edit the Bible and exclude scriptures they would rather NOT hear nor do they care to follow!
John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
John 8:26
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
John 8:50
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Acts 7:7
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Acts 13:20
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts 17:31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Revelation 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Matthew 12:18
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Matthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
John 5:22
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
John 5:27
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John 8:16
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
AND....there are many more scriptures regarding positive usage of JUDGING that I have omitted. It is my judgment that many like various denominations highlight what they would like to emphasize while omitting like crossing out scripture with a black magic marker of that which they care NOT to follow. And on this TATOO issue is that exactly what many Carnal Christians do so often and what is their fate at the end of this life for not following their Lord's precepts and teachings?
Sister in Christ, could you have missed the scriptures regarding the body is the TEMPLE OF GOD in your very devout Bible Study regarding the TATOO Pagan culture?
Same with the 'cast the first stone defense'; you evidently missed that Jesus was NOT codoning the woman being a whore, rather he was pointing out they(the accusers) failed to bring in her male counterpart in that sexual crime!
The problem with this tatoo argument is how many people who claim to be Christians would feel comfortable also putting 'GRAFITTI' on or in a Jewish Temple or on a Christian Church! Do you get the PRINCIPLE of that action?   | |
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Posted: 10/12/2009 3:42:25 PM | Its sad that you know the words but you don't understand them. You my dear are like the Pharasies, and Sagises that Jesus was critiqueing. They were concerned with the letter of the law, and ritual that they lost the message. The message in all that you wrote that the only person fit to judge is God. Not Human kind. And as a Christain Jesus is God.
On a side note I have a problem with the version of the bible you used "The King James Bible" simply because there are many mis-translations of the orginal Greek into English which changes the meaning. The KJV is popular with many Protestants because it was the frist bible translated into English. Also, widely used by Clavinists.
As far as what Jesus was doing with the prostute. Do you now claim to know the mind of God for I don't. And he didn't say. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/13/2009 11:53:52 AM | I'm NOT going to lower the debate to namecalling just state the facts from scripture against this heredical tatoo concept.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/watkins_tattoos/bible.html
Leviticus 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
By the way that was a Law given by Moses that is supposed to be inspired by the Lord!
But by far the Christian tattooers favorite excuse for disobeying Leviticus 19:28 is the "that means nor print any marks upon you ñ for the DEAD". Itís ok, as long itís not for the dead". See the "for the dead!!! . .for the dead!!!!".
Is it ok to practice satanic bloodletting, self mutilation or cutting of the flesh as long as itís not for the dead? Itís in the same verse. . . Hmmm. . .?
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:28
Notice also, the phrase "for the dead" is ONLY referencing the "cuttings in your flesh". The condemnation of "nor print ANY marks upon you" is not qualified by the phrase "for the dead". Also, if youíll notice the verse clearly says "ANY marks" period.
Merrill F. Unger's, very popular and authoritative, Unger's Bible Dictionary under the definition for "Mark" includes the following reference for Leviticus 19
"In Lev. 19:28 we find two prohibitions of an unnatural disfigurement of the body: 'Ye shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor any print any marks upon you.' The latter (Heb. qa aqa, incision) refers to tattooing, and has no reference to idolatrous usages, but was intended to inculcate upon the Israelietes a proper reverence for God's creation."
(Merrill F. Unger, Unger's Bible Dictionary, 1974 ed., p. 696)
Notice that Unger teaches that tattoos were forbidden without any reference to pagan, heathen, or idolatrous usages. In other words, the tattoo itself, regardless the reason, was forbidden. Amen. Brother Unger.
Wycliffeís Bible Encyclopedia under the definition for TATTOOING distinctly says:
"While ëcuttings in the fleshí have reference here to mourning customs [for the dead], the tattooing does not appear to pertain to such practice."
(Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 1975 ed., p. 1664)
BUT WHAT ABOUT ISAIAH 44:5 & EZEKIEL 9:4?
I've seen several references by Christian tattooers who claim Isaiah 44 and Ezekiel 9 are examples of God-ordained tattoos in the Bible.
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 9:4
One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isaiah 44:5
The following excellent explanation of Isaiah 44:5 and Ezekiel 9:4 came from a Jewish web site:
1) In Leviticus 19:28 the term used is "k'thoveth qa'aqa." "K'thoveth" means "writing or inscription." "Qa'aqa" comes from a root whose meaning is "to insert or to stick in." Together, "writing that is stuck in"(see Rashi's commentary on the verse). Jewish oral tradition explains that the verse is talking about what we refer to today as tattoos, i.e. scratching or piercing the skin and filling it in with pigment.(see the tractate "Makoth" 21a).
2) Isaiah 44:5 uses the word "yichtov" which means "will write" without the word "qa'a'qa" "to insert or to stick in." Isaiah is not talking about tattoos. What he is saying is "...and he will write with his hand to the L-rd..." like someone who signs a contract to express his utmost commitment and obligation(see Metzudath David's commentary on the verse).
3) Ezekiel 9:4 uses the word "tav" which means "a mark or a sign." The man clothed with linen is going to mark the foreheads of the righteous with ink, not tattoo them!
Someone who read the verses (Isaiah 44:5 and Ezekiel 9:4) in the Hebrew original would never dream that they are referring to tattoos.
(www.geocities.com/mnlerner2000/let007.html, used with permission)
Some Christian tattooers go so far as claim that the Lord Jesus Christ has a tattoo!
Many Christian tattooers claim that when the Lord Jesus Christ returns in Revelation chapter 19 on a horse ñ He has a tattoo on his thigh!
Revelation 19:11-16 says:
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
I know you donít believe Christians can be that deceived so hereís the proof:
"And what of Christ Himself? Twice in chapter 19, our Lord is depicted as having a name written on Him (verses 12 and 16). As unthinkable as it may be for some to picture our Lord Jesus as having a tattoo, the author of the Apocalypse had no problem with it."
(www.larryoverton.com/berean/tatoos.htm)
Revelation 19:16 clearly is referring to the "vesture his thigh" ñ ". . .he hath on his vesture and on his thigh. . ."
Can anyone with any spiritual discernment (and a brain) really believe the Lord Jesus Christ has a tattoo? Isnít it amazing how spiritually blind someone becomes when they began to justify their disobedience to the Word of God?
Still not convinced?
http://christianity.about.com/od/faqhelpdesk/f/tattoochristian.htm
http://www.ucg.org/teenstudy/tattoos.htm
http://www.bible.com/bibleanswers_result.php?id=230
I personally would NEVER go out with a Christian man who had a Alcohol problem, used Narcotics, or Smoked, until he proved he had conquered these vices!
Then should I date a man who harms the TEMPLE OF GOD by compromising the Bible and allows himself to wear a Pagan tatoos? | |
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Posted: 10/13/2009 2:31:03 PM | I have one what i would say is a large tattoo on my upper back, it was my fortieth birthday present to me, i love it, it has my childrens names on it and the pattern potrays what i want for my kids which is protection, luck and love. Would i have anymore thinking about it have grandchildren now so might add them somewhere  | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/14/2009 8:10:27 AM | to poster 2566
I am not here to get into a religous debate. And Secondly for someone SO Christian and SO devout in their faith you would think that you would not be so quit to judge me. No I may not carry a bible in my back pocket but that doesnt mean that I do not know what I am talking about. I may not be a minister child or a southern baptist. But that does not make me any less of a christian. I actually am Catholic and I had went to 12 years of catholic school and i do lead a very good and Christian life. But at the same time that is not what I am here for. I am not here to PREACH to people unlike some people.
All I was here for was to post that Tattoos are a matter of preference. Some people like them and some people do not. And it is your right to like them or not like them for whatever reason. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/16/2009 10:30:26 AM | I find them amazingly gorgeous, even the gory ones. Because its a rite of passage, each one has a story. Im planning a full back piece of a phoenix. My mate whoever I choose will like it, not because of it perse, but because he adores me, my body, my flaws, my past, present and future. I embrace all that is un-beautiful and strange because i find unique beauty in all.  | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/16/2009 6:54:24 PM | | Kiss I am not a Pagan. I don't even own a motorcycle. Some people in the room got that joke. Seriously I'm not a Pagan, you'd be surprised at my Christian background. I've even heard rumors that Rev. Fred Rogers (better known as Mr. Rogers) had sleeves on his arms from his Marine days, that's why he always wore a long sleeve shirt and sweater. Again God looks at the whole person, not just the exterior. As do I when I select someone to date. Tattoos or not, it about compatiblity in the end right? | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/16/2009 7:50:49 PM | | If you're over 21, it's your decision. If under? I'd say run like bloody hell from your parents. My niece came home one night with a huge Bugs Bunny on her. Can you imagine what Bugs is gonna look like in oh, 20 years? She's 17 and a bit of a fatty so think Mr. Bugs depending on her diet is goin to look more like Prince Charles ears. | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/16/2009 8:00:29 PM | | gross disgusting would never date a woman with tattoos ever,really trashy..honest opin..you asked you got lol | |
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| what is everyones opin on tattoos?
Posted: 10/17/2009 12:26:33 AM | | Women with no tattoos are classy. Sometimes a discreet tattoo or one of the lower back tattoos can be sexy, but most women ask other women what is sexy which is kind of retarded. | |
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