Tattoos, piercings, etc

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Do you eat pork or shellfish? Do you keep the Sabbath on Saturday? Do you wear clothing of mixed fabrics? Unless you keep all 600+ mitzvot, your argument is invalid. That was commanded to a specific group of people. Read Galatians. We gentiles who are grafted in are not beholden to the Law of Moses. Full stop. End of conversation.
 
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Jesus came and we do not follow ceremonial law of OT anymore. Unless you are priest living in era of this law.
Law is because of man (for Israelites in this case)
 
I’m not worried about “not being about to get a good job” with tattoos. Here in Portland, OR there are probably more folks with tattoos than without. The financial industry (banking, etc) seems to be the main conservative hold-out as far as aversion to tattoos. I went to the mall with my wife yesterday and when we sat down to sip some coffee saw a sixty-something year old “grandma” type with a tattoo on her ankle. Dependingw here oyu live, tattoos aren’t really stigmatized outside of certain socially conservative industries.

As for the arguments about God saying to “not mark your body”. He also says not to eat pork or shellfish. Or to wear clothes of mixed fabrics. Or to do any work whatsoever on Saturdays. Or to have any physical contact of any kind with your wife when she’s on her period… There are 613 mitzvot (Commandments) in Judaism. Unless we Catholics are beholden to all of them (hit: We aren’t), we’re not beholden to any of them. It’s not a Chinese buffet where you pick and choose which Old Testament commandments you want and then you can leave the rest. God’s commandments to the Jews were to and for the Jews. Paul and Peter argued this point about gentile converts needing or not needing to be circumcised upon conversion to Christianity. We non-Jews don’t have to adhere to that. Period.
 
You may certainly have your opinion.
All the pro-tattoo folks might want to be aware that the anti-tattoo cultural vibe is still around. To some people they are mainstream, to others they are counter-cultural:
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27lw said:
You may certainly have your opinion.
All the pro-tattoo folks might want to be aware that the anti-tattoo cultural vibe is still around. To some people they are mainstream, to others they are counter-cultural:
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Well, frankly, as the stodgy older folks currently getting their underloos in a twist over it pass away, it will become acceptable throughout culture. There are already a lot of areas, like teaching and clerical work, that are allowing things like tattoos and colored hair where they didn’t before. It’s just a matter of time, and I’m more than happy to be on the front lines of this particular aspect of culture war.
 
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I even posted a few links that tattoos can be linked to mental illness.
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That’s asinine.
And insulting to those of us who have a Christian tattoo or one commemorating a deceased loved one.
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All the pro-tattoo folks might want to be aware that the anti-tattoo cultural vibe is still around.
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In the last 20 years of my career, the only place I’ve felt this “vibe” in US or Europe is from people like you posting on this forum.
I’ll be retirement age soon enough and it won’t matter then in any event.

Also, if I gave a hang about “cultural vibe” I wouldn’t have the career, life and religious beliefs I’ve had in the first place.
 
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I’ve seen a similar sitch with a friend of mine who once worked as a secretary at our police department. She’s got the wild hair, tattoos, Goth fashion, but she was good at her job and good with people. All the captain ever had to ask her to do was avoid skirts and jeans with tears in them, as an old dude in a high place complained about that specifically, but they were all fine with her look. Her (affectionate) nickname around the office was something like “Dark Princess”.
 
Thank you. One of our mutual friends designed the name tattoo as part of a tribute to deceased people from our friend circle. That makes it all the nicer to me as it reminds me of all the other people who also loved my husband.
 
I think it’s foolish to say that this sentiment (or any other) is a function of progressiveness.

The ancient Levitical prohibition on tattoos has been there for thousands of years, because tattoos themselves are even more ancient. So which came first? Perhaps the world is full of anti-tattoo sentiment because of the Judeo-Christian ethos. Are there others which prohibit tattoos? IDK.

But it is insulting to say that tattoos are the new normal and everyone should get with the program and eventually opposition will be swept away and we’ll be in a utopia where everyone accepts them. For all you know there could be a resurgence in opposition and they will be widely outlawed. Just sayin’.
 
Could someone explain the concept of memorial tattoos to me?
Scenario - my loved one dies. I am really sad, yet I want to keep their memory alive.
Do I:
  1. Put a gravestone on my loved one’s grave?
  2. Commission an artwork, or even create an artwork myself (poem, song, etc)?
  3. Plant a tree in their honor?
  4. Put a memorial sticker on my car?
  5. Get the loved one’s name tattooed on my skin?
I mean, I guess it’s a mourning custom like a Victorian hair locket or something, or even a death mask, I just don’t understand why people are like “oh yes, of course, a memorial tattoo.” It still just seems really odd to me.
 
Do not let anybody confuse you with opinions about your faith as a catholic.
 
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Okie…please name jobs over 200k.
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I have a friend who is a cardiologist who makes well north of 200k a year and has a visible tattoo.

I have plenty of other friends in good jobs with tattoos, although their tattoos generally aren’t visible in work attire.

I have a tattoo, although you generally wouldn’t know it because I don’t walk around the office with my shirt off, and I earn a quite comfortable living.
 
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Anesti33 said:
But it is insulting to say that tattoos are the new normal and everyone should get with the program and eventually opposition will be swept away and we’ll be in a utopia where everyone accepts them. For all you know there could be a resurgence in opposition and they will be widely outlawed. Just sayin’.
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I think we can safely say that tattoos aren’t going to be outlawed anytime soon.

And no one is saying that people have to like tattoos. It’s totally fine if someone says “not my thing.”
 
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