*Kails*:
lol.

well that makes me evil then.
NOT!! I am probably one of the kindest, warm-hearted, and compassionate people
on this planet despite being inked!!

tattoos don't make us.
our minds, hearts and deeds do.

musKeeto: Is shaving a sin too?

musKeeto: Leviticus 19:27 "'Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

FXKing2012:

Pls stop quoting old testament and the Mosaic law; we dont live in the old testament neither are we under the law. We live in the new testament and we function by grace. But for obvious reasons I dont expect you to understand this.

jacobscros: leviticus 19:28

musKeeto:
Good, good, now post NT verses regarding tatoos...

FXKing2012:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”

1 Timothy 2:9 "Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire."

Simply because people do these things don't make them right before God.

musKeeto:

I'm out of this thread. Not a sucker for hypocrisy, deceit, pride and envy.

2good:

You still did not quote where the bible was specific about tatoo. What also happened to people whose body was disfigured by accident? Or those who were born deformed from birth? Why did thesame god allow them to have the accident or be born deformed? Try and reason well before you respond to people's post.

FXKing2012:

It is not possible for the Bible to mention every sin by name; smoking is not specifically mentioned in the Bible but we as Christians know it's a sin based on the verses I quoted earlier.
Those who were born with marks, had surgery which left them with marks or had accident leaving them with marks on their bodies can not be considered as sin because it was not intentional and not even their own doing.

The Bible is not a story book or a novel; it's a spiritual food from God which requires a certain level of spirituality to understand it, that is why I laugh whenever I see scholars or atheists trying to interpret the Bible.

2good:

I'm also out of this thread because your intelligence is just too low for me to engage with you in a rational discussion.

FXKing2012: Those of you with tattoos on your body, pls note that it is evil and could land you in hell. The Bible says your body does not belong to you and thus you must not do anything to tarnish it. So it is evil to do anything that damages your body such as tattooing, smoking, drinking too much, etc.

TerryCarr: it is if your a Sikh . they don't cut their hair EVER!


if he did cut her hair he will be rich. lots of weaves for black women

FXKing2012: @snowwy, truthfully I question your understanding of the Bible. Do you really know why we even have the OT in the Bible when we actually live in the new testament? Many of the things in the OT dont apply to us today such as animal sacrifice, the Mosaic law, etc.

The OT was written and included in the Bible for our learning; it is there for us to know where we are coming from as Christians.
There is the need to fully understand why we have the OT in order to know how and when to quote it.

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

You need to pray for the Spirit of understanding.

Snowwy:

2 Timothy 3:16
ALL Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

Please refrain from creating a new doctrine of not quoting the OT. It is a doctrine of the devil.

FXKing2012: Those of you with tattoos on your body, pls note that it is evil and could land you in hell. The Bible says your body does not belong to you and thus you must not do anything to tarnish it. So it is evil to do anything that damages your body such as tattooing, smoking, drinking too much, etc.

Mr_Anony:
My dear friend, I am afraid I disagree with you on this one. I used to be in your shoes before especially in the Nigerian context where we reduce christianity to people that don't smoke, don't drink, don't plait weavon e.t.c. but in my journey with Christ I have come across Christians that do all the so called "bad things" and I can't biblically reprimand them. For instance in some of the christian fellowships I've attended, we drink and smoke while we share the Word. I don't smoke and drink personally but I can't put a burden on people when the Holy Spirit has not put it on them.

I once met a guy who recently got born again so in his excitement, he went and got himself a tattoo of a cross on his triceps. Another guy got himself a tattoo of the whole of Psalm 23 on his back. What would you say to them? "You were saved last week but now your salvation is revoked because you got yourself tattooed to the glory of God" Is that what your bible teaches you? Is the sacrifice of Christ now reduced to body ink?

musKeeto: ^^^^
Finally, a true Christian. One who abides by the Word.

FXKing2012:

[b]It's ok to disagree with me bro, but the fact that people say the world has changed and so we must change with it is something I just dont buy. The Word of God is the same yesterday, today and forever so it does not matter what people think or say, or how they try to twist the Bible to suit their way of life, cravings and desires. I'm an ardent believer in the Word and we must not allow changing times to affect our interpretation of the Bible.

For example,1 Timothy 2:9 says "Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire."
The fact that people dont obey this scripture does not make it ineffective cos the Word of God remains true for evermore.

Another example,Matthew 23:9 says "And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven." Now people call our pastors "Father" despite Jesus expressly and explicitly telling us not to call anyone father here on earth. He was talking about spiritual father which is what people call our pastors. Now, the scripture remains true whether people abide by it or not.

Now why would anyone tattoo the cross or the scripture on his body when we have been told not to damage our bodies. How does it even glorify God? So does bowing to the "image of Jesus" or bowing to the Bible glorify God? Pls we shld be careful how we twist the interpretation of the Word.

I'm not here to judge cos God is the only Judge, but I just believe it is best to abide by the Word whether it is convenient or not, and not try to twist the Bible to suit us.[/b]

Joagbaje: What ever you do with your body by the reason of decoration or whatsoever does not constitute sin.

Goshen360: Okay, FXKing2012,

I fully understand you and I believe you're right. Our body doesn't belong to us ANYMORE ONLY AFTER we come to Christ. Personally, I'm tattoo craze on women because I personally love it but I don't see any biblical reason why any Christian AFTER being born again will wear tattoo, I mean AFTER born again experience. That will be against scriptures according to the verses you raised.

Apostle Paul said, "the life I NOW life, that is AFTER BEING CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, is no longer my life but Christ that lives in me, I only live in my body by faith.

Those who say Christians can do whatever they like with their body errs in the very face of the New testament scriptures you quoted.

That being said, we need to address two issues here:

1. Tribal mark isn't done by people who carry it but most of them by the parent when the child is young. Therefore, when such child(ten) come to Christ, they're not responsible for such tribal marks. God is not going to punish them for such before and after they come to Christ.

2. Those who have tattoos BEFORE they're born again. God is not going to punish them for such. Why? Old things are gone if anyone be in Christ, all things are now new. That's new creation and in new creation, we're not given a new or another body, it's still the same body if the person if tattooed.