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I most associate that phrase with purity (like prostitution is a bad thing, etc.). I don’t associate it with a tattoo. However, since you do so associate it, do you feel you would be reducing your suitability as a dwelling for the Spirit by having a religious tattoo? In the case of a tattoo of Satan or something, I very much do see the relevance, but most Churches have nooks with beautiful art of some type depicting the saints. Not that you are a church building, of course.
I’ve wondered about that too. I also feel we won’t but as you say, we’ll see.I wonder if people keep their tattoos at the Resurrection? I would say no, but I guess we’ll all find out one day.
Hello!i still havent got a sure answer… is it ok for me since im catholic to get a tattoo ?? i wanted one of padre pio on my arm… and one of christ on my back… and one of our lady … i know the body is a temple for the holy spirit so some people say its wrong and some people say it isnt… im confused
.To be honest I don’t understand this argument. Temple of the Holy Spirit = Tattoos are bad? I too understand the passage in a spiritual manner but if you would try to destroy or hurt your body then I guess I would understand this argument. But a tattoo? Tattoo, if chosen wisely, is a decoration and it doesn’t hurt you. Even the Jews decorated their temples to honour God. You seem you want to decorate your body to honour God as well.
It would be helpful to know what exact verse he thinks proves this. There are in fact several verses that talk about some combination of temple or building or household and spirit or God or something. The only verse that has the body be a temple combined with the Holy Spirit that springs to mind is this one below. As you can see, the clear context of the discussion is sexual behavior, like fornication and prostitution. It would be some type of extrapolation to get this set of verses to be about decorating your body and not sexual behavior. In fact it seems to suggest that the only sin that is “against the body itself” (and not outside it) is fornication. I have given the verses in the NRSV. I’m not sure which bible version your friend might be using, so I picked this one.
If someone were to try to say that since our bodies are members of Christ (from the first line in the quote) therefore you can’t have a tattoo, I think this would be illogical (perhaps begging the question). You’d have to know being a member of Christ is somehow incompatible with having a tattoo from some other verse to get that conclusion. We do know, of course, that prostitution is incompatible, though, from these verses. I suppose you could try telling him that the tattoo is to “glorify God in your body”, but I usually avoid such remarks. It depends on how you two usually goof around together.
Thank you, sir :tiphat: