I know so many Christians who say that tattooing is wrong... but why? Most Christians refer to this verse
lev 19:28 "you shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead, or tattoo yourselves; I am the Lord."
But I think that it's out of context the verses before it say
verse 26 says "you shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it". So philipinos, no more blood pudding and for the Irish folks you've got to give up black and white pudding (which actually might be a good idea anyway). verse 27 says "you shall not round off the hair on your temple or mar the edges of your beard." got that guys? no more trimming your beard or the hair on your temples, you've gotta let it grow like the hasidics.
So why does that verse get so picked upon when we clearly don't follow the rest of the rules?
I don't have tattoos just because i don't like pain, not because i think it's wrong. Do you think that Christians can have tattoos that are glorifying to god?
2006-09-11
19:13:40
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