Wizzard
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Patrick
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2016, 06:36:43 AM » |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2016, 02:40:56 PM » |
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Well, the Bible does say they would be put to death. At least on the cited verse Lev20:13 it does not say by stoning. Not to say that could well be the mode of execution, it just doesn't say it is.........but it is a timely twist on words.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2016, 02:44:03 PM » |
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LOL! Only tangentially related, but I just did some googling, and it seems it's become a bit of a trend to get Leviticus 19:28 tattoos now... GENIUS!
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2016, 03:03:48 PM » |
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LOL! Only tangentially related, but I just did some googling, and it seems it's become a bit of a trend to get Leviticus 19:28 tattoos now... GENIUS!
Not genius, silly. To reference a requirement of God placed on the tribe of Levi to insure purity and holiness for those that would be high priest in the Lord's tabernacle. It's not a violation of Lev 19:28 to get a tattoo today, but if you think it so not only should you not get one, you reeely shouldn't mock the commandment |
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2016, 04:04:31 PM » |
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Chris - Although I don't share your faith, as a general rule I do try to not mock it or denigrate it, sorry my comment came across that way, I just found the dichotomy of getting a statement saying "Don't get tattoos" as a tattoo funny...
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2016, 05:02:51 AM » |
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Chris - Although I don't share your faith, as a general rule I do try to not mock it or denigrate it, sorry my comment came across that way, I just found the dichotomy of getting a statement saying "Don't get tattoos" as a tattoo funny...
Serk that was nice of you, for the life of me I didn't get the first joke about being stoned for awhile, but I find them both kind of amusing. Tattos are not forbidden, but we are a Temple of God each one of us, why would you have graffiti on a holy building? I like to look at it as the same as wrong thoughts or baggage of life. So I think you may have been correct, when you said its kind of like putting no graffiti on a building that is supposed to have no graffiti. LOL Jesus said a very interesting thing, destroy this temple but in three but in three days I will rebuild it. NO one knew what He was referring to and thought Him to be a madman. But man looks at buildings but Jesus looked at His body and the Spirit within. |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2016, 05:54:55 AM » |
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Chris - Although I don't share your faith, as a general rule I do try to not mock it or denigrate it, sorry my comment came across that way, I just found the dichotomy of getting a statement saying "Don't get tattoos" as a tattoo funny...
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I did not mean that I thought you were mocking anything.....Im sorry you took it that way. I was saying anyone getting that Lev 19:28 tattoo would be silly and mocking God |
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2016, 06:57:34 AM » |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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Willow
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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2016, 07:22:45 AM » |
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Chris - Although I don't share your faith, as a general rule I do try to not mock it or denigrate it, sorry my comment came across that way, I just found the dichotomy of getting a statement saying "Don't get tattoos" as a tattoo funny...
... Tattos are not forbidden, but we are a Temple of God each one of us, why would you have graffiti on a holy building? I like to look at it as the same as wrong thoughts or baggage of life. So I think you may have been correct, when you said its kind of like putting no graffiti on a building that is supposed to have no graffiti. LOL ... Just so everyone has the value of multiple perspectives I'll tell you that I don't agree with my friends from Florida. Leviticus 19:28 does, in fact, specifically forbid tattoos. That forbidding was directed toward the people of Israel. The reason for that was likely because of the heavy emphasis upon the use of tattoos in the worship of pagan gods and spirits in the lands into which they were migrating. There is a fair amount of difference of opinion over whether that restriction should apply to modern Christians. I happen to be one that leans toward it does. I apply that to me, not necessarily to anyone else. Over half of my children have chosen to be tattooed. It's worth noting that we are living in the first time in over 4,000 years that people believe that it's alright for followers of God to put ink on their skins. I do see the point of one having Leviticus 19:28 tattooed upon one's flesh. Perhaps on a cheek would be most meaningful. I do not find it particularly genius.  |
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Wizzard
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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2016, 07:59:33 AM » |
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Chris - Although I don't share your faith, as a general rule I do try to not mock it or denigrate it, sorry my comment came across that way, I just found the dichotomy of getting a statement saying "Don't get tattoos" as a tattoo funny...
... Tattos are not forbidden, but we are a Temple of God each one of us, why would you have graffiti on a holy building? I like to look at it as the same as wrong thoughts or baggage of life. So I think you may have been correct, when you said its kind of like putting no graffiti on a building that is supposed to have no graffiti. LOL ... Just so everyone has the value of multiple perspectives I'll tell you that I don't agree with my friends from Florida. Leviticus 19:28 does, in fact, specifically forbid tattoos. That forbidding was directed toward the people of Israel. The reason for that was likely because of the heavy emphasis upon the use of tattoos in the worship of pagan gods and spirits in the lands into which they were migrating. There is a fair amount of difference of opinion over whether that restriction should apply to modern Christians. I happen to be one that leans toward it does. I apply that to me, not necessarily to anyone else. Over half of my children have chosen to be tattooed. It's worth noting that we are living in the first time in over 4,000 years that people believe that it's alright for followers of God to put ink on their skins. I do see the point of one having Leviticus 19:28 tattooed upon one's flesh. Perhaps on a cheek would be most meaningful. I do not find it particularly genius. I agree 100% you explain my position well |
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« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2016, 08:50:06 AM » |
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Chris - Although I don't share your faith, as a general rule I do try to not mock it or denigrate it, sorry my comment came across that way, I just found the dichotomy of getting a statement saying "Don't get tattoos" as a tattoo funny...
... Tattos are not forbidden, but we are a Temple of God each one of us, why would you have graffiti on a holy building? I like to look at it as the same as wrong thoughts or baggage of life. So I think you may have been correct, when you said its kind of like putting no graffiti on a building that is supposed to have no graffiti. LOL ... Just so everyone has the value of multiple perspectives I'll tell you that I don't agree with my friends from Florida. Leviticus 19:28 does, in fact, specifically forbid tattoos. That forbidding was directed toward the people of Israel. The reason for that was likely because of the heavy emphasis upon the use of tattoos in the worship of pagan gods and spirits in the lands into which they were migrating. There is a fair amount of difference of opinion over whether that restriction should apply to modern Christians. I happen to be one that leans toward it does. I apply that to me, not necessarily to anyone else. Over half of my children have chosen to be tattooed. It's worth noting that we are living in the first time in over 4,000 years that people believe that it's alright for followers of God to put ink on their skins. I do see the point of one having Leviticus 19:28 tattooed upon one's flesh. Perhaps on a cheek would be most meaningful. I do not find it particularly genius. Yes there is a fair amount of disagreement over how portions of the law (old Testament) translate to modern Christianity. The book of Leviticus was indeed written to the people of Israel and specifically to those belonging to the tribe of Levi for the administration of the Tabernacle. As Carl accurately stated, there were real reasons back then for some specific rules. All of these provisions were tied to the old covenant and directly related to the requirements God laid out that his people had to follow to maintain a right relationship with him after they sinned. (Sacrificial system) Here is a clear example that those provisions were not intended to extend into the new Covenant. Peter was living by Lev CH 11 where it said one could not eat certain animals. God needed to graphically show him in Acts 10:9 that it no longer applied. I believe the whole book of Leviticus is laced with these specific rules that were meant for a specific time and people and mostly was ended when Jesus died and rose again renting the veil and opening a direct path to God through faith in himself, ending sacrifices for sins forever. BTW the printing (tattoos) referred to in Leviticus were specific cuttings and printings used to mimic or participate in the worship of some "little g" gods as pertains to the dead. I would think whatever those tattoos are, One should not (to this day) try one of them, as I started with therefore mocking God or his commandment. |
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Robert
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« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2016, 09:32:14 AM » |
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We see many signs in peoples lives that they may not be living as God intended them to live.
I consider one sign the fact that people defile the temple of God with tattoos.
But I also ask myself, if tattoos are taboo then what about plastic surgery? If a woman has a boob job does that mean she wont make heaven. At what point under the new Covenant does it become legality rather than worship and honoring God. I have seen some tattoos that are a cross that they do to honor their relationship with God.
My son in law and daughter both have well done tattoos and I just don't see the benefit or the attraction.
Thanks Willow and Chris for commenting on this.
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2016, 11:57:31 AM » |
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For more explanation for why God did not want his children to participate in the mourning for the death of the people in question i.e. cittings and printings for the dead, you can read Jeremiah CH 16
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