Okay, please give us all spouses of reasonable sexual reliability that aren’t fat so we have the opportunity to do this

We have one line, Lev. 19:28, about marking the body in the Levitical Law in context to Jewish nation not copying rituals of pagan culture in wilderness and in Promise Land. Laws on clothing, grooming, diet, provision for poor, specific to Jewish nation. It is stretch to apply it to the Church today, one made based on bias in today’s culture.

Point of the law was to show nation that they were not holy, could never live a holy life, and needed forgiveness and a messiah.

Christ life demonstrated to the “religious” of his day that it is not about religion but about relationship. By living a life not violating a single regulation in the Law Christ fulfilled it and his resurrection brought it to an end.
New Testament made it pretty clear (if you use common since and study scripture in context, context, context) which laws were cultural pertaining to the Jewish nation BC and which moral aspects of the OT law carried over after Christ resurrection to the church.

Tattoos, body piercing, etc. are issues for modern day Pharisees to debate over. As a pastor my tats, motorcycle, clothing gives me an in to share the Gospel with a group that most of the people writing against tats on this forum try to avoid and have no voice with.

Now if you want one think long and hard before you put something on your body that is permanent. I spent over three years researching designs and placement before putting my first tat, a crown of thorns, around my ankle. And I spent three hours witnessing to the artist and everyone in the shop while I was getting inked.

If you don’t like tats, don’t get one. If you are under age 18 or living at home and your parents don’t want you to get one then respect their wishes. When you are old enough and can financially support yourself then you can think about getting a tat. Like most issues the “church” waste valuable time and resources hashing out these topics.

Everbody also me is saying stuff what u cant do and what u can but we all do things that we are not suppose to do . The human brain is making us doing all this stuff its the evolution its how we see things how we experience things on Tv or in life. Nobody is living 100% how the bible wants it because The human brain changes everything thats how we made , God gave us a brain 2 do new stuff 2 make the world better for our farfarfar children . Just think about some hundred years ago they didnt even know what a Car/Pc was how easy things can go if human use their brain . if u get old ur skin is getting ”ugly” so what does a tattoo change on that in Gods eyes. I dont think that u go with ur body to the life after this , a 90 year old skin isnt that beauty 2 have in heaven wouldnt u think ? so the tattoo will vanish also. Sorry for my bad english hope u understand me a little

-ian +
(Latin: suffix form of -an from -ianus, a modifier of the main word to which it is attached: belonging to, coming from, being involved in, or being like something)

ChristIAN means to be like Christ.

Jesus Christ is kind; loving; forgiving; selfless; honest; humble; patient….

Anyone that does not exemplfy these traits (Primarily Love because “God is Love” 1 john 4:8)is not living the life of a Christian, or one who is like Christ.

Psycosocial: your experiences and pain are real there is no doubt about that and unfortunately screwed up things like the things you have experienced happen everyday without explaination and the Christian community has failed to step up and do it’s best to show God’s love because most people claiming to be Christians do not themselve understand it.

Unfortunatley for us human kind is naturally wicked and God gave us all free will. God allows things to happen because if he breaks his word to stop a child molester from kidnapping a 4 year old girl because we asked him to – someone could just as easily turn around and ask him to stop a law abiding gay citizen from marrying their true love so that they can use their medical insurance to treat their partners illness.

Give em a foot and they’ll run with a mile – God cannot go back on his promise of free will or he will be called a liar and God is true to his word no matter how painful the result.

I am sorry for your loss espeacially at such a young age when you need your parents the most. My cousin was 19 when she lost her mother to cancer, she was 22 when she lost her father to multiple sclerosis.

There’s no justifying why things happen, but our anger about it doesn’t resolve our pain. The only thing we can do is surrender that confusion to soemthing large enough to turn it into something that can work for our good.

I encourage you all to consider believing not in endless happiness – wealth and prosperity but rather in a God that no matter the circumstance continues to love you. You can spit in his face – curse his name but whenever you are ready to accept that this life is way too big for you to handle alone, God is waiting with open arms.

I would rather live with faith and hope than to not.