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Post by Johnny Edwards on Jun 9, 2011 16:26:16 GMT -5
I have probably ask this one before also, but what are you guys opinions on tattoos and the Bible??? Very mixed reviews although the ones who condemn them are just as much going to hell as anyone with a tattoo if they go by that law, seeing as how if you picking and choosing one you then have to follow them all. Opinions?  Leviticus is only book that says anything about something that can be interpreted as a tattoo |
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Post by Kyle Fitzpatrick on Jun 9, 2011 18:39:39 GMT -5
if tattoos are against the Bibles message, then i'll probably get sentenced to a couple dozen eternities in hell when i die. damn... i wonder if all my years in Catholic school and Church will even things out for me.
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jun 9, 2011 18:43:36 GMT -5
Hahahahaha don't even get me started Bill's watching. Hahaha
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Post by Jason "the SLASHER" Arnold on Jun 9, 2011 18:48:35 GMT -5
tattoos are ok i forgot where but it says if the tattoo does not show brag of sin or a memorial to a person living or dead its ok to ave one so like an animal or tribal design or symbols that arent devilish like crosses or whatnot or ok
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jun 9, 2011 19:05:22 GMT -5
That's not in the bible but I think I have an idea why you are saying that.
Paul told a people not to mark themselves for the dead.
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Jun 9, 2011 20:19:35 GMT -5
How is a cross devilish??? I think it all comes down to the meaning of what your getting it for. For me a cross represents salvation, I truly think it's a grey area.
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Jun 9, 2011 20:56:18 GMT -5
Even Christ's teachings, His parables, are filled with the application and celebration of the New Law. In the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-35), it is not the priest or the Levite—staunch followers of the Old Law—who help the man who was beaten by robbers. Why didn't they help him? Well, if he had died or was dead already, the priest and the Levite, being followers of the Law, would have had to undergo a rigorous cleansing process. Of course, this "process," part of the Law, left no room for compassion. That is why it was the Samaritan, someone outside the Law, who aided the helpless man. Christ is showing us here that love, working in us through the Holy Spirit, is what's important, not adherence to a Law that puts so-called cleanliness above compassion.
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Jun 9, 2011 20:57:52 GMT -5
Then, there are those who say, "What about Christ's proclamation that He did not come to abolish the law and the prophets but to fulfil them?" (Matthew 5:17) It is true that Jesus said that not one iota of the law will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. But Jesus accomplished everything. His life, death, and resurrection fulfilled the prophecies and brought to a conclusion the Old Covenant, opening the way for a New Covenant governed by a New Law. So, when Christ is talking about the Law remaining, he is saying to his contemporaries that they will not see a change while he is alive.
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Jun 9, 2011 21:03:19 GMT -5
IMO it all comes down to this verse. "Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats; it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble."
-Romans 14:20-21
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Post by David Owens on Jun 9, 2011 22:51:43 GMT -5
well, by Christian rule of thumb a tattoo is an easy sin to get past if you look at it as a sin since everything can be forgiven by discontinuing the sin and repenting
so even if it is a sin its an easy one to get away with ;D
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Post by John Byerley on Jun 9, 2011 23:01:14 GMT -5
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jun 10, 2011 0:24:36 GMT -5
Tattoos are sort of a grey area.... I personally think it's stupid.... Just my opinion. I have no desire for one. I can't stand writing on myself a pen much less permanent markings.
But morally or spiritually I don't give a flyin flip if you or anyone else gets a tattoo. Based on Davids logic.... God forgives sin if it is. If it isn't it doesn't matter.
But.... Number one reason I do not and will not endorse tattoos........ A tattoo design, choice or meaning stem from a thought in your mind.
Being that you are human.... You may change your mind. But a tattoo is for the rest of your earthly life.
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Post by Joey "TANTRUM" on Jun 10, 2011 5:48:42 GMT -5
people make big deal about nothing lol  its just a tattoo nothing more i dont have a single one on me that "means" anything Let me tell you something about these tattoos, okay? That is Buddhist. That is Nordic. That is Hindu. That's just gibberish. They are completely conflicting ideologies. And that does not make you a citizen of the world. It makes you full of crap. lol |
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Post by Ryan Thames on Jun 10, 2011 7:20:07 GMT -5
I don't follow your post buddy.....
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Post by John Byerley on Jun 10, 2011 7:55:16 GMT -5
Forgetting Sarah Marshall...
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Leviticus is only book that says anything about something that can be interpreted as a tattoo
its just a tattoo nothing more i dont have a single one on me that "means" anything 