My advice is if it’s a tattoo of something you’d possibly want removed at some point then don’t get it at all. I think it’s a good rule of thumb when it comes to tattoos, and it makes you really think about the meaning of what you’re putting on your body.
Only for women, and only if it is a butterfly. Man, those get old fast.
Oh no, I wouldn’t put any tatoo on my body if I wasn’t 110% OK with the design, I just mean I’d want to get rid of it when it (or I) got too old and faded for it to continue to look good.My advice is if it’s a tattoo of something you’d possibly want removed at some point then don’t get it at all. I think it’s a good rule of thumb when it comes to tattoos, and it makes you really think about the meaning of what you’re putting on your body.
Peace and God bless!
Honestly, my body is MY temple, and I will decorate it as I wish.
Yeah but think about how those tattoos will look when you are75…One more thing to think about.
Tattoos are better than jewelry, as you will never lose it, break it or have it stolen.
My tattoos are part of my history. I even refer to them as “battle scars from the world”. But the Lord did overlook them when He came to help me. Like kids with crayons. Tim
Don’t know anything about it being in the bible. I know some say God made us this way, so we shouldn’t change it, we should learn to be happy with the way we are, but I don’t really understand this statement at all. I don’t think it has anything to do with not being happy with ones self.
The Catholic Church has no official position on tattoos. This prohibition from the OT was given to Moses for the Israelites.
I thought there was a law against this.
Huh???Another aspect here.
We were at a water park yesterday. Now if an adult has tattoos it is their business. I am now noticing 10 and 11 year old children with tatoos (not the fake ones) on a regular basis. But yesterday was a new one a baby held in her fathers arms with a small butterfly on ther leg.
Just look around you. Tattoos are very common. I do believe they are becoming the secular norm.
Despite the rising commonality of tattoos, the argument cannot be made that it’s culturally common (in the United States) to be tattooed. This specific point was covered recently by my parish priest and the general gist is that getting a tattoo (or excessive body piercing for that matter) is a violation of the fifth commandment (self mutilation). There are exceptions (Catholics in Ethiopia typically have a cross tattooed on their forehead; sailors who have “sailed the seven seas” get one of their ears pierced) but those exceptions are just that: exceptions. The guiding principle is that our bodies are temples of the Holy Ghost and our outward comportment should be a reflection of our inward disposition. Besides, our bodies belong to God anyway – not us.Just look around you. Tattoos are very common. I do believe they are becoming the secular norm.
I would never get one.
I believe they are an abomination. I asked if they were prohibited on the very young. I have said they seem to be a secular norm and accepted in society.