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The bible DOES NOT say "Don't get a tatto" It says do not cut yourself "for the dead."
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It also says "Nor print any marks upon you:"
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The purpose of tattoes is usually for beauty reasons...i.e. it is a cutting but not for the dead.
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Hmmm, I would disagree with you...I have yet to see tatoo's done to bring about a person's beauty, or even to make them 'more' beautiful.
granted in some tribe in Africa it may be sign of beauty for a women to get a tatoo, but even then what is the motive behind why they are getting the tatoo? Is it not the same...to draw attention to themselves?
You may say, well, it's the same thing as a woman in the states wearing make-up to look more beautiful, and in some ways it may be, but in most cases make-up is not permanent (though it is becoming more popular) and can be washed off where a husband will see the full beauty of his wife without all the make-up and artistry done on her outward appearance..with tatoo's that is not the case..
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The question is not about marking on the body but WHY we mark the body.
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To which I would agree...but again what is the purpose other than to draw attention to oneself?
Say a tribe in Africa it could be 1) a way to find a husband or wife; 2) a sign of wealth or affluence in a tribe...and even then aren't they still drawing attention to themselves after they get the tatoo as everyone comes to look at it? To see that new tatoo? Or the new piercing?
And as circumcision was commanded by God at one point as a sign of covenant, and is no longer used as a sign, that arguement would be moot..(Acts 15)