Name: 關於紋身和穿刺的真相...紋身和穿孔的真相 (The Truth About... Tattoos and Piercings)
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In the last several years tattoos and  body piercings have become extremely

common, perhaps more popular than they've ever been in history.

The movie stars have them, the sports figures have them.

In fact, a news story dated April 30, 2009,  says that

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Barbie doll,

Mattel has created a new Barbie complete with tattoos

and a toy tattoo gun so that children can stamp themselves with washable tattoos.

The American Academy of Dermatology website references a 2004

which revealed that: "24% of the people surveyed reported having

A Harris poll dated February 12, 2008, stated that

it's a topic that young people have to deal with

and that Christians have a lot of questions about.

I personally have had people come to me and ask,

"Is that right for a Christian to get a tattoo?" Or, "Is it right to have multiple

And at times it's young people wanting to know the answers to these questions.

Other times it's parents who've been discussing it with their children and

they want to know what the Bible has to say about this subject.

I think it's appropriate that we spend some time trying to answer these

Is this a matter of right and wrong or is it purely a matter of opinion?

In this study, we're going to seek to answer these questions

and we want to be very fair in our approach.

Our goal is not to shame those who have tattoos,

nor is it to reach unwarranted conclusions.

Our goal is to examine this topic in light of relevant Bible passages

Now first, I want to discuss some misconceptions that people have

Frequently when discussing the subject of tattoos or body piercings,

you'll hear somebody say, "Well, the Bible specifically forbids that."

The fact is there's no passage in the Bible that says, "Thou shalt not get a tattoo."

people will go to a passage in the Old Testament that they believe addresses

Specifically, they will use Leviticus 19 and verse 28

"You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any

I want to suggest to you that I don't believe that's inaccurate use of that particular

You know, first we've got to be very careful

about trying to use an Old Testament passage as a proof-text for what we can

The Law of Moses has been mailed to the cross

and it's not the standard by which we live today.

this same chapter, which forbids putting marks on your body,

also gives instructions concerning animal sacrifices. It requires leaving

certain portions of your crops unharvested.

It forbids sowing two types of seed in the same field.

It tells the Hebrews that they were not to wear a garment with two different

There are also restrictions about how a man's hair was to be cut, and

ways in which he wasn't allowed to trim his beard.

why would you pick out one of these things and try to bind it

The context of Leviticus 19:27 and 28 is that of:

"Keeping the people away from heathen practices

you may remember from 1 Kings 18, verse 28

that that was associated with the worship of Baal.

And there's archaeological evidence that indicates that

some of the Canaanites would tattoo  themselves with the names or symbols

This appears to be what's being forbidden, not the modern practice

The idea is that the Jews were not to identify themselves with the heathen

or the idolatrous religions that surrounded them.

And so, Christian should be careful when making arguments from the Bible,

Because, number one, it hurts our credibility and the case that we're

It really isn't "handling aright the word of God."

in Leviticus 19 that we're not to associate ourselves with ungodly

but that would be all that we could get from that passage. And so, back to my

There is no passage that says: "Thou shalt not get a tattoo."

But you know, just because there's no direct

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