Tattoos

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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

So you have issue with someone doing to themselves what Todd Bentley did to himself, even after thier conversion.

••Yes, Todd Bentley has tattoos. What does that have to do with the price of cashews at Wal-mart? Are you saying that because Bentley is a nutcase, that we shouldn't get tattoos like he does? He uses a microphone, drives a car, drinks water, pees when he needs to....should we stop doing those things?

Tattoos all over the place peircings, chains haning from the lip to the nose to the ear, maybe get some of those disguting ear rings that make your ear like 4 inches in diamater (I think their called 8 cauge or something like that). All thats fine becuase theres no health risk involved?

••It's not my thing. However, I know Christ-Followers who follow such fashions who have been HIGHLY effective in reaching those of that genre. I would never attempt to tell them their "Look" should be changed. They are making too big of a difference in the Kingdom that neither you nor I could EVER make in a lifetime.

Note, I am asking POST conversion. I certainly don't believe any sin, or how we look can keep us from God's love or grace when we come to him, but I still believe that after we come to him, we are to offer ourselves up for his service, and to live holy.

••I do too, but this has nothing to do with getting a tattoo.

Just because some folks have misinterpreted what holy living is and made it clothes and haircuts, doesn't mean we should throw out all holiness living.

••But you CANNOT forget that "Holiness" has NOTHING to do with your appearance. Nothing.

We are still commanded to come out from among them and be ye seperate, and to be ye holy (2 Corinthians 6/7 & 1 Peter 1:16) in the new Testament. I will offer a more detailed post later.

••But again, it is a stretch the size of our galaxy to try to apply this to tattoos.