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#156227 - 02/10/08 03:03 AM Tattoos Forbidden
Gail I have many points... Registered: 12/10/02 Posts: 13579 Loc: Buon giorno, Principessa	Leviticus 19:28 "Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks (print any marks, KJV) on yourselves. I am the Lord." Both cutting and tattooing were heathen customs, and God forbade his people from doing so in imitation of them. Sometimes tattooing was accompanied by shaving of the hair from the forehead- see Lev.21:5, Deut.14:1; Jer.16:6, and 48:37. _________________________ Gail gail@adventistforum.com And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17
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#156235 - 02/10/08 04:06 AM Re: Tattoos Forbidden [Re: Gail]
Amelia Here Forever, by Request :) Registered: 07/30/01 Posts: 18424 Loc: Out standing in a field	Well I guess it's a good thing I never listened to that little voice that always said it would be kinda cool to have a little tat. As we know, many pick and choose which, if any, of the OT laws they follow. How do you think this should apply to our culture today? Especially with our young men and women in the service who find their tattoos marks of honor to their fallen breathern. _________________________ "Earth - insane asylum for the universe." - Maxine " Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him..."1 John 2:15-16 Fairview Or
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#156236 - 02/10/08 04:09 AM Re: Tattoos Forbidden [Re: Amelia]
Redwood Swiss n Swedish American Registered: 12/09/06 Posts: 8966 Loc: A citizen of Heaven	Wow ... Good question. Culture and the Bible. Almost as good as culture and Ellen White. Well ... not quite. _________________________ Another one of Woodies Goodies Love WON Another. Redwood the tree
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#156277 - 02/10/08 06:12 AM Re: Tattoos Forbidden [Re: Redwood]
Gail I have many points... Registered: 12/10/02 Posts: 13579 Loc: Buon giorno, Principessa	Yes- good question! But in Bible times, the practise was forbidden. _________________________ Gail gail@adventistforum.com And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17
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#156324 - 02/10/08 12:38 PM Re: Tattoos Forbidden [Re: Gail]
Nan Benevolent Physician Registered: 04/07/00 Posts: 6021 Loc: Sydney,Australia	Not arguing for or against the relevance of the Biblical prohibition to now - but it does make certain practical sense. How many regret the tattoos that refer to a former time of their life when things change!
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#156441 - 02/11/08 04:55 AM Re: Tattoos Forbidden [Re: Gail]
carolaa Registered: 03/22/05 Posts: 1672 Loc: Texas	That is such an interesting subject! It sounds like maybe it was a cultural thing, like eating meat offered to idols, and not really a sin. I just read an article today about a couple that got tattoos in honor of their dead baby. Somehow, I can't believe God would condemn them for that.
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