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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or is that so Old Testament that modern Christians can ink away?[/quote]

Where in the OT are tattoos even discussed? [/quote]

Clear as day. Per Leviticus 19:28, “You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves.[/quote]

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I love how bible thumpers get tattoos of the cross but don't know the above is in the bible.

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Christian here. I knew that was in the Bible.

Reformed Protestant Christians (my tradition) believe that when Jesus Christ came, lived a sinless life fully fulfilling God's entire law to ancient Israel, died, and was raised again that was that for the law. The old covenant between God and his people was finished, completed by Christ himself. Now there's a new covenant. Under that new covenant the ceremonial law (like that verse in Leviticus) and the civil law (all the rules governing the government of Israel) no longer apply. Since the moral law - which is best spelled out in the 10 commandments - existed in the covenants before the old covenant, then it still applies. But the rest of it doesn't.

Before mocking Christians, you should check to see if we've actually...thought about stuff. You do realize entire PhDs exist in theology, right?[/quote]

NP. This. Jesus brought in a new covenant. He discouraged religious bean counting and emphasized just two OT rules: love God, and love your neighbor. In fact, he said to go beyond loving your neighbor and love your enemy too. He also broke other specific OT rules, for example re consorting with unclean people (tax collectors lol and prostitutes) and specifically said that dietary rules were unnecessary (“it doesn’t matter what goes in your mouth, it matters what comes out of it”). [b]So Christians are adhering to Jesus’ message by not getting fussed about Leviticus’ rules about clothing or tattoos. [/b][/quote]

Or homosexuality, or miscgenation, or feeding the poor, or abortion, or... [/quote]

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