Posted on 11/01/2013 8:21:51 AM PDT by DouglasKC
The Truth about Tattoos
I had written a hub earlier on 'The Dangers of Tattoos' - which was from purely a medical point of view. The present article is more comprehensive, and should enlighten the open-minded reader about the 'dark truths' behind tattoos.
Historical Aspect
History shows that tattoos have always been associated with paganism, shamanism, heathen (Baal worship), occult mysticism and demonism. The tattoo has never been associated with Christians, until the present decadent religious times. Wherever the Christian faith made its entrance, the tattoo made its exit.
Tattoos where associated with shamans or magic-men (witch-doctors). A shaman is an intermediary between the natural and the supernatural worlds, who is in direct contact with spirits who are invariably evil. Tattooing was often a magical rite, linked to scarification and blood-letting, and the tattooing process involved complex rituals and taboos, known only to the shaman and his tribe. In tattooing the skin is punctured and the blood is drawn. Licking the blood during tattoo operations is not unknown. The puncturing was considered the ‘opening of inlets for evil to enter’. Tattoos were therefore channels for demonic possession. Even today, certain tattoo artists burn incense and light candles during tattoo operations, while others allow ‘demons to guide the tattoo needle over the client’s body’.
Tattoos have always reflected a note of unabashed rebellion and marked deviancy. Hence tattoos were used to mark criminals, adulterers, traitors, deserters, the deviant and the outcast. Even the ancient Greeks and Romans did not tattoo themselves, but they branded slaves and criminals with tattoos. The Latin word for ‘tattoo’ is ‘stigma’ – which is a distinguishing mark cut into the flesh of a slave or a criminal, and was considered a mark of disgrace or reproach. By the early 1900s public opinion against tattoos was so strong that tattooed persons were considered freaks and found mostly in sideshows and circuses.
The Psychological Aspect
It has been observed that criminals, drug addicts, sex perverts and social outlaws are the overwhelming majority of the tattooed. Hard rock bands sport sick and lewd tattoos. Gangs encourage tattoos to instill a sense of ‘belonging’. Tattoos carry a streak of aggression and anti-establishmentarianism and are subversive of morality. Death (inclusive of skulls, snakes, demons, flames) and pornography (lewd pictures, nude figures) are popular themes of tattoos. Psychologists have considered tattoos to be marks of personality disorder which is manifested later in criminal behavior. Low self-esteem, lack of self-control, sadomasochism, bondage, fetishism, bisexuality, antisocial personality, mania and bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia – are reflected in self-inflicted multiple tattoos. Studies have linked tattoos to homosexuality, lesbianism and gross sexual perversion.
Tattooed youth are more likely to engage in sexual intercourse, take to alcohol and drugs, and exhibit violent behavior, and drop out of high school – by as much as 4 times compared to non-tattooed youth.
The Christian Aspect
Carnal Christians side-step the injuction in Leviticus 19;28 by arguing that the commandment is for Old Testament Israel and not for New Testament Christians. Does that mean that bestiality and child sacrifice which are forbidden in Leviticus are for Old Testament Israel and not for New Testament Christians? The New Testament does not have to spell out all sins. Smoking, for instance, is not mentioned in the Bible anywhere; but does it mean that smoking is not a vice or sin?
Reputed Bible scholars and commentators have made in clear that the moral commandments in Leviticus are for all time and not just for Israel in the Old Testament age. Leviticus 19:28 says, ‘You shall not make any cutting in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am the LORD.’ On this Matthew Henry, Merrill Unger and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown have made it amply clear that tattoos are forbidden by God. It is to be noted that while ‘cuttings’ are qualified by the phrase ‘for the dead’, ‘marks’ (or tattoos) have no such qualification. Which means that all tattoos (Christian and otherwise) are evil in God’s eyes.
One of the arguments made by carnal Christians is that Lev 19.27 forbids haircuts. What Leviticus 19.27 is talking about is ‘rounding the corners of your head’ and ‘marring the corners of your beard’. These were heathen practices. One such practice was to cut the hair so that the head resembled a celestial globe. It is called a ‘tonsure’, a practice of heathens to honor their gods. The cutting of the flesh was demonstrated by the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. It is not to be forgotten that the demon-possessed man in Mark 5 was in the habit of cutting himself with stones. Cutting and masochistic self-flagellation is also practiced by Muslims during their festival of Muharram. In short, the injunctions in Lev 19:26-28 are a strong condemnation of heathen practices – witchcraft, astrology, cutting, tattooing, tonsures, etc.
In 1 Samuel 15:23 we are told that ‘rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft’. Tattoos sported by today’s youth have been the mark of rebellion and hatred of authority (besides, rejection of all moral values). In God’s eyes, the sin of tattooing is like witch-craft. We have already seen the origins of tattoos in witch-craft and shamanism. It remains to be researched whether this ‘witch-craft’ has also led to widespread demon-possession. No, tattoos are not ‘body decoration’; they have nothing to do with fashion and beauty; but rather they are sinister signs of moral decay and infiltration by evil spirits into modern society.
Do sit in your basement and do nothing but post personal insults on forums and make up nonsense rather than actually reading the actual posts?
I haven’t told you to do anything, I don’t even know why you keep making post after post of none relevant posts to me.
It’s like the old peace sign from the ‘60s. a lot of Christians said it was an ancient Satanic emblem. I don’t know. I never wore it, or anything, because I disagreed with the sentiments it was being used to express.
In fact, I found them somewhat inspired by Satan, in any event.
But the point is, sin results from intent. If you are not intending anything pagan when you get the tattoo, then you are not honoring Sata, At least, this is my belief, and I hope the Lord agrees.
That being said, decorations should be able to be taken off when the mood passes. I can’t think of anything, including “Mama”, that I wish to put on my body and carry to the grave with me.
LOL! Oh Please. Even your boy Barry sneaks out back for a smoke. Of course you never said anything.......
Yes we do and usually every day and this without knowing the individuals. To say otherwise is not reality in the world we live.
How we dress what we wear, or don't wear for that matter, will always ‘reflect’ who we are to some degree. How we make that judgment initially often depends on if we will pursue engaging the individual..or not. We do the same thing with who we allow our children to "hang" with.....and should. Appearances aren't everything...but they do give a starting point.
When I said “we,” I meant Christians.
It is tied to rebellion numbnuts. Go from there.
Why you are expending so much time and effort to personalize this and turn my posts into saying things that they don’t say?
You just quoted something that you could have challenged with facts if you had some, but instead you again try to personalize your input with some sort of truly bizarre nonsense.
“Smoking cigarettes is down to about 19% of people”
You’ll find that % increased for more than you realize if you count the “closet smokers” who because of the social implications now will not do so in public. They prefer now to smoke without being hassled by former smokers.
Additionally you are wrong to assume most want to quit....many enjoy smoking and for that reason choose not to quit.
Please understand your post. I highlighted it for you. You tried to explain that smoking was more prevalent when folks are poor.
I am telling you smoking can be a means of pleasure or a means of rebellion.
Get Smart.
That one girl never did find her cat. Maybe she sat on it.
I am sure that...er... person... is perfectly sane and rational.
not
I doubt that there are many people afraid to be known to a researcher or pollster as a smoker, or that many smokers are so indifferent to smoking or smoke so little that they succeed hiding it or want to hide it.
We know that people are interested in quitting because they admit it, and common sense supports the research, it is a rare smoker that wouldn't quit if there was a magic pill.
We all know why most smokers don't/can't quit, it is one reason that we see it as a weakness.
You seem to be one who understands things. Please share the information you have on Tobacco in America and explain how it was introduced to the masses and accepted as a way to relax.
Makes you wonder what makes people like that tick.
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