Steve-

 

I beg to differ.  The article's title is not "Should Christians GET tattoos" it is "Should Christians WEAR tattoos"

 

I am a Christian.  I wear a tattoo.  The fact that I got the tattoo prior to my conversion is the part that I draw a line in the dirt with many people.

 

The author is careful to ssay that tattoos gotten prior to conversion are covered by Christ's blood.  We all agree on that.

 

But what of a new believer that comes from a different lifestyle than you or I?  What if that person goes out and gets a cross tattoo?  Is their salvation in question, or just their judgment?

 

Like I have repeated - I have been told that heaven is closed to me because of my tattoo, but thanks be to God that I don't still wear that earring...

 

Do you see what I am getting at?  Are we willing to wander into legalism to the point where we apparently are trying to bar the doors on those we disagree?

 

I know you, and I know MrW - I know you both embrace God's grace.  That was never my point.  My point is now and always has been that God loves each person where they happen to be.

 

Still muddy?