TATTOOS AND DEMON POSSESSION
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You are just digging yourself deeper into a hole. It is not my position but God's position, and I have just posted the meaning of the Hebrew word, which I am now posting again:
Strong's Concordance
qaaqa: an incision, imprint, tattoo
Original Word: קַעֲקַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qaaqa
Phonetic Spelling: (kah-ak-ah')
Definition: an incision, imprint, tattoo
Strong's Concordance
qaaqa: an incision, imprint, tattoo
Original Word: קַעֲקַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qaaqa
Phonetic Spelling: (kah-ak-ah')
Definition: an incision, imprint, tattoo
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
This is an Old Testament command given to the Israelites. A lot of us Gentile Christians eat pork, wear mixed fibers, etc. The apostles did not include not getting a tattoo in Acts 15, but does that mean we should do it?
I hate tattoos personally. I think they are ugly, like scribbling graffiti on a beautiful building. Back when I was a single young man, if a young woman had a tattoo, that put her out of my consideration set as a potential girlfriend or marriage partner. Aesthetically, I do not like them, and it speaks to an individual's mentality, especially the louder tattoos. But, while I do not like then, I do not say people who got them are sinning. I was raised with a very anti-tattoo mindset as far as religious beliefs went. When I was a kid, Hell's Angel's got tattoos, mainly, along with a few people in the navy or special forces.
I spent a little time in Hawaii and I found out that some of the people there get tattoos for dead relatives. I noticed this verse mentions cuttings for the dead and tattoo marks.
Be that as it may, I do not see any evidence that tattoos make someone demon-possessed. The OP did not prove his case at all. If it were done in an actual pagan ceremony, I could see how it could lead to someone being demonized. But if a beverage in one culture is drunk as a part of a demon-worshipping ceremony, that doesn't mean that someone who drinks it in another culture is worshipping demons.
Again, I still do not like them and would discourage people from getting them. They were associated with pagan practice in scripture. I have this kind of out-spoken, tell-it-like-it-is relative who said she was thinking of getting a tattoo in Hebrew. I said, "Why don't you get them to tattoo that verse from Leviticus in Hebrew on you that says not to get any tattoos?"
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
This is an Old Testament command given to the Israelites. A lot of us Gentile Christians eat pork, wear mixed fibers, etc. The apostles did not include not getting a tattoo in Acts 15, but does that mean we should do it?
I hate tattoos personally. I think they are ugly, like scribbling graffiti on a beautiful building. Back when I was a single young man, if a young woman had a tattoo, that put her out of my consideration set as a potential girlfriend or marriage partner. Aesthetically, I do not like them, and it speaks to an individual's mentality, especially the louder tattoos. But, while I do not like then, I do not say people who got them are sinning. I was raised with a very anti-tattoo mindset as far as religious beliefs went. When I was a kid, Hell's Angel's got tattoos, mainly, along with a few people in the navy or special forces.
I spent a little time in Hawaii and I found out that some of the people there get tattoos for dead relatives. I noticed this verse mentions cuttings for the dead and tattoo marks.
Be that as it may, I do not see any evidence that tattoos make someone demon-possessed. The OP did not prove his case at all. If it were done in an actual pagan ceremony, I could see how it could lead to someone being demonized. But if a beverage in one culture is drunk as a part of a demon-worshipping ceremony, that doesn't mean that someone who drinks it in another culture is worshipping demons.
Again, I still do not like them and would discourage people from getting them. They were associated with pagan practice in scripture. I have this kind of out-spoken, tell-it-like-it-is relative who said she was thinking of getting a tattoo in Hebrew. I said, "Why don't you get them to tattoo that verse from Leviticus in Hebrew on you that says not to get any tattoos?"
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