THE TRUTH ABOUT TATTOOS

[Runningman]

This is my view about tattoos. There is no such thing as Christian tattoos. The Bible declares that all tattoos are of the devil!

This is what I wrote 10 years ago, and I still stand by it! So please read! (May God enlighten your eyes!)

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"The present article is more comprehensive, and should enlighten the open-minded reader about the ‘dark truths’ behind tattoos.

Historical Aspect

'History shows that tattoos have always been associated with paganism, shamanism, heathen (Baal worship), occult mysticism and demonism. The tattoo has never been associated with Christians, until the present decadent religious times. Wherever the Christian faith made its entrance, the tattoo made its exit.

'Tattoos where associated with shamans or magic-men (witch-doctors). A shaman is an intermediary between the natural and the supernatural worlds, who is in direct contact with spirits who are invariably evil. Tattooing was often a magical rite, linked to scarification and blood-letting, and the tattooing process involved complex rituals and taboos, known only to the shaman and his tribe. In tattooing the skin is punctured and the blood is drawn. Licking the blood during tattoo operations is not unknown. The puncturing was considered the ‘opening of inlets for evil to enter’. Tattoos were therefore channels for demonic possession. Even today, certain tattoo artists burn incense and light candles during tattoo operations, while others allow ‘demons to guide the tattoo needle over the client’s body’.

'Tattoos have always reflected a note of unabashed rebellion and marked deviancy. Hence tattoos were used to mark criminals, adulterers, traitors, deserters, the deviant and the outcast. Even the ancient Greeks and Romans did not tattoo themselves, but they branded slaves and criminals with tattoos. The Latin word for ‘tattoo’ is ‘stigma’ – which is a distinguishing mark cut into the flesh of a slave or a criminal, and was considered a mark of disgrace or reproach. By the early 1900s public opinion against tattoos was so strong that tattooed persons were considered freaks and found mostly in sideshows and circuses.

The Psychological Aspect

'It has been observed that criminals, drug addicts, sex perverts and social outlaws are the overwhelming majority of the tattooed. Hard rock bands sport sick and lewd tattoos. Gangs encourage tattoos to instill a sense of ‘belonging’. Tattoos carry a streak of aggression and anti-establishmentarianism and are subversive of morality. Death (inclusive of skulls, snakes, demons, flames) and pornography (lewd pictures, nude figures) are popular themes of tattoos. Psychologists have considered tattoos to be marks of personality disorder which is manifested later in criminal behavior. Low self-esteem, lack of self-control, sadomasochism, bondage, fetishism, bisexuality, antisocial personality, mania and bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia – are reflected in self-inflicted multiple tattoos. Studies have linked tattoos to homosexuality, lesbianism and gross sexual perversion.

Tattooed youth are more likely to engage in sexual intercourse, take to alcohol and drugs, and exhibit violent behavior, and drop out of high school – by as much as 4 times compared to non-tattooed youth.

The Christian Aspect

'Carnal Christians side-step the injuction in Leviticus 19;28 by arguing that the commandment is for Old Testament Israel and not for New Testament Christians. Does that mean that bestiality and child sacrifice which are forbidden in Leviticus are for Old Testament Israel and not for New Testament Christians? The New Testament does not have to spell out all sins. Smoking, for instance, is not mentioned in the Bible anywhere; but does it mean that smoking is not a vice or sin?

'Reputed Bible scholars and commentators have made in clear that the moral commandments in Leviticus are for all time and not just for Israel in the Old Testament age. Leviticus 19:28 says, ‘You shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am the LORD.’ On this Matthew Henry, Merrill Unger and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown have made it amply clear that tattoos are forbidden by God. It is to be noted that while ‘cuttings’ are qualified by the phrase ‘for the dead’, ‘marks’ (or tattoos) have no such qualification. Which means that all tattoos (Christian and otherwise) are evil in God’s eyes.

'One of the arguments made by carnal Christians is that Lev 19.27 forbids haircuts. What Leviticus 19.27 is talking about is ‘rounding the corners of your head’ and ‘marring the corners of your beard’. These were heathen practices. One such practice was to cut the hair so that the head resembled a celestial globe. It is called a ‘tonsure’, a practice of heathens to honor their gods. The cutting of the flesh was demonstrated by the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. It is not to be forgotten that the demon-possessed man in Mark 5 was in the habit of cutting himself with stones. Cutting and masochistic self-flagellation is also practiced by Muslims during their festival of Muharram. In short, the injunctions in Lev 19:26-28 are a strong condemnation of heathen practices – witchcraft, astrology, cutting, tattooing, tonsures, etc.

'In 1 Samuel 15:23 we are told that ‘rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft’. Tattoos sported by today’s youth have been the mark of rebellion and hatred of authority (besides, rejection of all moral values). In God’s eyes, the sin of tattooing is like witch-craft. We have already seen the origins of tattoos in witch-craft and shamanism. It remains to be researched whether this ‘witch-craft’ has also led to widespread demon-possession. No, tattoos are not ‘body decoration’; they have nothing to do with fashion and beauty; but rather they are sinister signs of moral decay and infiltration by evil spirits into modern society.'


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None of your posts seem to end with a solution. Just a bunch of "you're a sinner going to hell if you do X thing. The end."

No message of grace, forgiveness, mercy, or the gospel of Christ is found anywhere in your conclusions.

 

[Wansvic]

When I read the verses that discuss the 7 things God hates, I don’t see tattooed mentioned. Is this something that can be forgiven?

Yes! God forgives those who repent.

Jesus said the only unforgiveable sin is to blaspheme the Holy Ghost. (Mark 3:29)

 

[JaumeJ]

Yes! God forgives those who repent.

Jesus said the only unforgiveable sin is to blaspheme the Holy Ghost. (Mark 3:29)

So many in these forums tend to overlook this truth preferring to condemn in place of extendign the mercy they believe they have.

Your succinct response is refreshing. God bless you always.

 

[CharishHaroon]

None of your posts seem to end with a solution. Just a bunch of "you're a sinner going to hell if you do X thing. The end."

No message of grace, forgiveness, mercy, or the gospel of Christ is found anywhere in your conclusions.

Runningman, I strongly believe in the message of grace, forgiveness and mercy. The point is: Are you willing to confess your wrong and come to Christ? If we confess our sins He is faithful to forgive us, 1 John 1.9.

Don't get upset. Many so-called Christians carry a lot of 'sinful baggage'. We have to shed that baggage in order to come to Christ. You can't have your sin - whether it is idolatry (images of Christ) or whether it is tattoos or whatever - and have Christ. You have to choose! No point in finding excuses or trying to justify a 'bad habit' - or that 'sinful baggage'.

Thanks! Remember, GRACE and TRUTH came by Jesus Christ, John 1:17.
No, I am not being legalistic. I know what it is to be in bondage to legalism.
I have tasted grace and mercy in the most wonderful way.
I pray that you too will taste God's grace and mercy abundantly.

 

[DWR]

My understanding is the tattoos are very expense, sooo
Would not that money be better spent on helping hungry kids?

 

[CS1]

News flash

TATTOOS does not send you to hell. anything you do came from 1. pagan practices 2. worldly acts.

many sports played today were done in pagan and heathenistic events
the Aztecs played a type of basketball where after they cut you to pieces
Football is modeled after an arena of Rome as most were.

Yet many watch both of those and send their children to school so they can play them and hope they are picked up as pros.

Tattoos are wrong and it is a sin, yes, but they are also an outward look of what is going on inside. Yet many Christians today wear the scares of sin in their body and on their body. I do wish I never gotten mine And I was wrong for doing so

And it was a sin That I did. I grieved the Holy Spirit. But I have been forgiven and I do not suggest one get it to help their witness as I hear some say.

But they do not send people to hell, rejecting Jesus Christ does that.

 

[shittim]

My understanding is the tattoos are very expense, sooo
Would not that money be better spent on helping hungry kids?

So often we see this don't we? People who can't afford to care for their kids will smoke, drink, get tattoos, unwisely spend of frivolous things. None of which honors the Savior.

 

[DWR]

So often we see this don't we? People who can't afford to care for their kids will smoke, drink, get tattoos, unwisely spend of frivolous things. None of which honors the Savior.

See it every trip to Walmart.
Makes my blood boil.

 

[listenyoumust]

I PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TATTOOS BUT FROM THE BIBLE AS I UNDERSTAND WHEN ZION GETS ITS NEW BODY SCARES WILL NOT DISAPPEAR BECAUSE CHRIST HAD HIS HANDS AND FEET PIERCED AND HOLES WERE STILL VISIBLE. I DON'T NEED SCARES EXCEPT SCARES OF THE BATTLE ..

 

[tourist]

I don't have any tattoos and are not really concerned about those that chose to do so.

 

[JaumeJ]

It seems today tht being cool with others of your peer group is enhanced by having tatoos. This is sad, but I do not believe I should be looking for sin in others if I believe I have mercy.

No one with tattoos will ever be condemned by this one, nope, from the instant of my own salvation I have looked to others with the same mercy for all, even some (no all) who have attempted to kill me. May all be forgiven by all; this is what Jesus-Yeshua would do, and He does do.

All too many look for something to criticize others for rather than to understand their plight.

When the Holy Spirit came into my heart, I received a messaged. It is simple and not some kind of intelligence mumbo jumbo.

In the Spirit I understood, without word, "Everything is going to be fine." Now that is the understanding I have of my own salvation anad what I believe is the same for all. Praise God, He is worthy, not we.

 

[Genipher]

Thanks, John, for understanding the seriousness of the issue. Perhaps you would like to comment on each of the three sections in the OP? The historical aspect, the psychological aspect and the Christian aspect.

Blessings!

P.S. Here is how Satan ruined a handsome face! I am showing only the thumbnail. The full image will shock you! View attachment 228314

I get the point you're trying to make but you should remove this photo. She's clearly naked, her breasts are showing. Borders pornographic
What sites are you looking at to find these naked pics?? Yuck. 🤢 Might want to guard your heart and eyes a bit more carefully.

 

[Genipher]

No, I did not say earrings are satanic! I am talking about perverse modern-day 'piercings'. Like lip-piercings, which are really terrible.

What's the difference? Why is it ok to pierce your ears but not, say, your nose? Why is one more acceptable than the other? Seems inconsistent.

 

[CharishHaroon]

What's the difference? Why is it ok to pierce your ears but not, say, your nose? Why is one more acceptable than the other? Seems inconsistent.

Jennifer, if you have tattoos, all you have to do is to repent and ask God to forgive you. Clearly, God hates tattoos.

And don't side-track the issue; just focus on the 'terrible truth about tattoos'.

God will forgive!

 

[CharishHaroon]

When the Holy Spirit came into my heart, I received a messaged. It is simple and not some kind of intelligence mumbo jumbo.
In the Spirit I understood, without word, "Everything is going to be fine." Now that is the understanding I have of my own salvation anad what I believe is the same for all. Praise God, He is worthy, not we.

Jaume, I take it that you prefer the message direct from the Holy Spirit. Does that mean you don't have to read that big Bible of yours, which has over 1000 pages - with lots of commandments to obey, and with clear specific directions not to follow the world and its wicked ways, but be separate, be holy as God is holy?

 

[SophieT]

P.S. Here is how Satan ruined a handsome face! I am showing only the thumbnail. The full image will shock you!

how many photos did you have to look at before choosing this one? is that a naked woman?

ps...I don't have any tatoos and I don't care for them.

 

[Rosemaryx]

Thank God for all the people who have had a tattoo , or are covered in tattoos , and have piecing's where they should not have , and have become a child of God , who have been saved by GRACE through faith...
God accepts them just the way they are...

Christians can have filthy thoughts , but never would dream of having a tattoo ...
...xox...

 

[SophieT]

constantly dwelling on sin and negativity, condemnation and judgement

oh yay. like the devil does not already try to make Christians feel guilty all the time

well praise God! We are a new creation in our Lord Jesus Christ and our sins are forgiven

when we do sin, and the Bible says we will, we have our great mediator to go to and ask for forgiveness

a person who is rigidly trying to be 'good', does so in their own strength

I know that I have lost my taste for some things I used to enjoy and I attribute that to the power of Christ, by His Spirit indwelling my body. I am sure other Christians know what I am talking about.

this dude, wants us to stare at photos of tattooed people who desperately need salvation...these poor misguided people are the exception to what most would consider a tatoo and not the norm.

Do you suppose they have a heart in there? didn't Jesus die for them too? is a saved person going to hell if they get a tatoo?

yes, yes and no

 

[CharishHaroon]

Thank God for all the people who have had a tattoo , or are covered in tattoos , and have piecing's where they should not have , and have become a child of God , who have been saved by GRACE through faith...
God accepts them just the way they are...
......xox...

Yes, God accepts tattooed people who have repented of their sins and turned to the Lord Jesus Christ.
But if they think they can continue with their tattoos, or promote tattoos, or defend tattoos - then they have got another think coming!

And don't promote the absurd argument, "Christians can have filthy thoughts , but never would dream of having a tattoo". Are you trying to imply that tattooed people have pure minds?

The Bible roundly condemns Tattoes, and people should repent of their sin and turn to Christ for forgiveness. God is looking for repentance from those who defend tattoos.

Why not repent? Is that too much for your vanity, your pride?

 

[SophieT]

Jaume, I take it that you prefer the message direct from the Holy Spirit. Does that mean you don't have to read that big Bible of yours, which has over 1000 pages - with lots of commandments to obey, and with clear specific directions not to follow the world and its wicked ways, but be separate, be holy as God is holy?

you are being wicked towards Jaume.

you speak of people 'hounding' you, but you seem to consider what you are doing here 'fair game'

I call that hypocrisy and so do most others

how do you know he has a big Bible? you are being sarcastic and showing us what is really in your heart here