Faith based tattoo question

[farouk]

On 9/13/2024 at 8:56 PM, Debp said:

No, but the priest that heads up Homeboy and Homegirl Industries got a presidential award recently.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la-based-non-profit-founder-father-greg-boyle-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom/ar-AA1o6m2t

Hi @Debp.

Rehabilitating ppl with a prison record can be quite a hard lot of work.

Seems also that in this case the tattoo aspect is kind of secondary, right?

[Debp]

59 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @Debp.

Rehabilitating ppl with a prison record can be quite a hard lot of work.

Seems also that in this case the tattoo aspect is kind of secondary, right?

Yes, the priest provides job training first.   

[farouk]

On 9/3/2024 at 8:34 AM, Ps37 said:

Hard to argue against that

@Ps37

This nurse's comment about how widespread it is now can serve to suggest how the thinking of so many Christian 18 year olds may be that the custom and opportunity to get some tattooing done - in their cases, faith-based witness tools that work - can seem so compelling, that the tattoo parlor offering a coming of age experience can seem to them to beckon rather strongly.

(Hard to argue that it's not rather prevalent, right?)

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Corgiverse RN

At this point- honestly it’s almost a requirement. Every single one of my coworkers is tattooed. reddit dot com

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[farouk]

@sistergrace Did you see the poll, above? FYI

[farouk]

On 8/14/2024 at 1:08 AM, LoveJoyHope-lady said:

I did meet a waitress a few weeks ago who had her baptism date tattooed on her arm, and I asked her about it.

 

@LoveJoyHope-lady So did you see any more faith-based tattoo designs lately?

[farouk]

NConly said (and it really rings true):

it does not take long before one learns just how many conversations are started by tats. I am always asking people about their tats.

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@NConly

So many ppl are realizing that for witnessing Christians also it can be a ready-made conversation-starter.

(If they realize also just how widespread it is anyway...)

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Paula Castle took up tattooing after being made redundant from a sales job ..."I really did not want to do it. ...But I’m a bit of an all or nothing person so I said ‘yes’ and really pushed myself and I’ve not stopped...About 97% of my clients are female and that is universal across the board."

James McCarthy, Mirror dot co dot uk

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[farouk]

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[farouk]

Thanks @NConly for the 'like' just now.

Since many young Christians know what you said is true - that ppl are always asking others about their tattoos - this is likely a real spur that drives them to go into a tattoo parlor and receive a favorite Bible verse, etc.

@debrakay said about her grandson:

I have a 21 year-old grandson who loves the Lord.  He is fairly quiet and not one who jumps into conversations like his Grandmother (me).  He is now on his 3rd tattoo which I do not have a photo of yet but blends in with these.  When he is questioned about his tattoos it opens the door to share Jesus.  ..He already knows I approve of his choices of tattoo's.  He had told me his plan and then when he texted the photo I told him it was beautiful.  He is reserved and quiet and I know it is his way of being a testimony to his buddies and those who might ask. 

[NConly]

5 minutes ago, farouk said:

Thanks @NConly for the 'like' just now.

Since many young Christians know what you said is true - that ppl are always asking others about their tattoos - this is likely a real spur that drives them to go into a tattoo parlor and receive a favorite Bible verse, etc.

@debrakay said about her grandson:

I have a 21 year-old grandson who loves the Lord.  He is fairly quiet and not one who jumps into conversations like his Grandmother (me).  He is now on his 3rd tattoo which I do not have a photo of yet but blends in with these.  When he is questioned about his tattoos it opens the door to share Jesus.  ..He already knows I approve of his choices of tattoo's.  He had told me his plan and then when he texted the photo I told him it was beautiful.  He is reserved and quiet and I know it is his way of being a testimony to his buddies and those who might ask. 

A Christian tat  does give more opportunity to witness to others that without it you may have missed.   

[farouk]

7 minutes ago, NConly said:

A Christian tat  does give more opportunity to witness to others that without it you may have missed.   

@NConly

This poster would agree exactly to what you said about the benefits of tattoo parlor visits for Christians, if indeed used in witness:

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I felt good about it. ..I was 50 when I had mine done, and two of my sons had various tattoos long before me.. their mum, at the age of 50, ..getting a tattoo - ..I made the decision with a mature head on my shoulders.

..shortly after getting my tattoo done .. the dentist ask me about it - it opened up a conversation that would not have come about at all..I honestly felt OK about getting the tattoo in the first place.( I had weighed everything up , talked to my pastor, reflected on scripture ) .. it did serve as an encouragment at the time. I have had quite a few conversations at work when people notice it. 

christianityboard dot com

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Tattooed Christians can indeed be witnessing Christians.