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Tattoos - to ink or not to ink .... that is the question!

Tattoo - biblical or not, that is the age-old debate, so I am going to add my bit to it.
First of all, I do not have any tattoos, it will drive me crazy just knowing that I cannot wash it of my skin (suppose it is a bit of OCD).
Secondly, I do not have a problem with an artistic tattoo.
Thirdly, I think some tattoos are horrible,extremely distasteful and belong in a horror movie, not permanently inked into your skin.

So, Biblical or not?

Leviticus 19:28 (read in context) says:
“Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.”
So what is the context? Cut your bodies for the dead and tattoo yourself for the dead. But let us assume that you are a christian, then you are not under the Law of Moses any more because Christ came to fulfill the Law. Therefore the law is not applicable.

 But then later we get some advice from Paul in 1 Cor 10:23 where he says "all things are permissible, but not all things are beneficial". What he meant here is that just because we can do something, does not mean that we should do it.

When you get a tattoo consider it carefully, because to remove it takes a lot of time and money. Below some of the more tasteful tattoos, the first one from Hanlie (she had it enhanced later) that means re-birth.


Hendrik got a tattoo for Pikachu for Wehan (Wehan loves Pikachu, Pokemon was created by an Aspie and Wehan is an Aspie)

Then some random tattoos (I just wonder how they got tattooed in all the places).



Then, in the same vein, the type of tattoos on some people make me think that they are worshiping the dead or demons.

 My advise, from someone that does not have a tattoo is, think carefully about why do you want it, and how is it going to look in 20 years time.
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