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 Faiths Debate Whether Tattoos Are Appropriate Author: Peter Smith Source: Courier-Journal.com (KY) Title: FAITHS DEBATE WHETHER TATTOOS ARE APPROPRIATE Can devout Christians or Jews get tattoos? That’s becoming the subject of a debate spreading nearly as quickly as body ink. It wasn’t that long ago that tattoos, if they had any religious meaning, were viewed mostly in the West as pagan. In “Moby Dick,” Herman Melville describes the pagan harpooner Queequeg as having covered his body with tattoos depicting “a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of attaining truth.” But now there are Jews tattooing words like “Zion” and kabbalistic symbols on their bodies, while Christians are tattooing crosses, angels and other symbols. Tattoos covered the body of faith healer Todd Bentley, who had a meteoric rise in Pentecostal circles last year before his scandalous fall. Some of his critics said his display of tattoos itself should have been a signal of someone seeking too much attention. Jews and Christians opposed to tattoos point to a biblical prohibition in Leviticus 19:28 against printing marks upon oneself. | |
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| I Figure... | Nov 15th. at 11:41:06 am EST |
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me that it should be a matter of personal choice whether or not one wants to get a tattoo, no matter the faith. |
| Tattoos Yes... | Nov 14th. at 5:17:23 pm EST |
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Doom Diva (Chicago, Illinois) - Email Me - Web ... but specifically Pagan, erhmmm... not so much. They're all nature-based though, if that counts. hehe The other "theme" is they almost all have to do with flight, which is kind of odd, since I hate flying and scared of heights! The most significant one I have serves as my wedding ring, which is two thorny vines intertwined. My husband has pretty much the same thing, and the running joke is they can't be taken off at the bar ;) |
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