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Originally Posted by Thad
So we allow those within the church to go get a tattoo because those coming out of sin and into the church already have one?
we wouldn't want those raised right to feel left out would we ??????
There is a LOT of things that are rapidly becoming the Norm- is that how we gauge what is right and what is wrong ???????
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Not exactly.... But the problem with a tatoo is its permanence. Rather we like it or not; most NEW converts are going to have tatoos. It isn't something they are going to be able to easily change.
So why create an environment; where someone would feel ashamed to raise their tatooed arm to praise the Lord?
Finally, Thad, I might have agreed with you about tatoos 25 years ago; as being a mark of prison or gang affiliation. If that was the sole association of tatoos; I would find them wrong according to
1 Corinthians 11.
However, we are long past the day, where tatoos are only a part of the seamy side of life. Consequently, I find no condemnation in Scripture toward them; although I think that most people are going to regret the choice they made at some time in their future. Who would want to wear the same thing every day?
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