Tattoos and Piercings

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Tattoos and Piercings

• According to the Laws of God

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Tattooing

• The Bible does address the subject of tattoos.
  Lev. 1928 says, "Do not cut your bodies for the
  dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the
  LORD."
• "Ye are the sons of the LORD your God you shall
  not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness on your
  foreheads for the dead."Deuteronomy 141

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Roots of Tattooing

• TATTOOING HAS WITCHCRAFT "ROOTS
• Tattooing was started by pagans and followers of
  witchcraft to remember their dead.

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Motivations of Tattooing

• Many young people get tattoos in order to follow
  worldly trends.
• Tattooing was most notably popularized in the
  rock n roll movements in the 70s 80s as a
  form of rebellion towards authority.

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Health and other Issues with Tattoos

• 1. Permanent is a long, long time. The majority
  of people who get tattoos regret it later.
• 2. Tattoos are exceedingly painful and expensive
  to have removed. The removal process is not
  covered by any insurance and is much, much more
  painful that getting a tattoo and must be done
  over several sessions.
• 3. Some tattoo inks have metal in them, so if
  one's health is threatened, an MRI can be
  complicated (and there can be some discomfort) by
  a tattoo.

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Health and other Issues with Tattoos

• 4. Many tattoo inks have carcinogenic compounds
  that cause many types of cancers.
• 5. On a more spiritual note, God does not want us
  to permanently mark our bodies because it is
  disrespectful to the body He fashioned and gave
  to us to steward. The fact that a tattoo cannot
  be undone completely reflects the sad truth that
  some decisions are one-way and we box ourselves
  into a corner. Tattoos make a statement
  physically, but God intends that the purity and
  beauty of our lives make the statement, rather
  than "I was young or drunk, or on drugs and did
  this to myself."

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Piercing

• Again, The Bible warns us against cuttings in our
  flesh in Leviticus 1928 which says, "Ye shall
  not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,
  nor print any marks upon you I am the Lord.
• The Lord admonishes us in 1 Corinthians
  619-20,
• "What? know ye not that your body is the temple
  of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have
  of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are
  bought with a price therefore glorify God in
  your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."

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Piercing

• There is no moral incentive behind piercing.
  Furthermore, it does not glorify God.
• Not all piercing is the same however. Ear
  piercing is not strictly condemned by God.