Tattoos, sin against God or church cuture?
 

What says you... Or better yet, what says the bible? I have no tattoos and I'm not too crazy about them, but that's my opinion. Very interested to see what our on-line theologians have to say about them. How do you feel about a believer getting one? Please skip church, or organizational rhetoric and provide biblical back up for your stance? Thank you

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*crickets *

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"Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord." (Lev 19:28 NLT)

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My husband has three tattoos. They are tiny pin sized dots. He got them for radiation for cancer. Guess he's a sinner. LOL!

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Nothing New Testament? Didn't think so.

*crickets* yet again.

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Since the verse I cited (Lev 19:28) also included a prohibition against cutting one's body in honor of the dead, does that mean it's now okay to do so since that prohibition was not repeated in the NT? Really?

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Based on what you've said, it doesn't appear these "dots" fit the traditional definition and purpose of marking the skin. :)

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There is a special place in hell reserved just for people with Tats...:slaphappy

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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.