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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2011, 09:44:PM » |
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I have a personal issue with religious tattoos; they might be fine for other people, but I find something wrong about it, and would never do it myself.
But, that's a great tattoo!
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2011, 09:50:PM » |
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I have a personal issue with religious tattoos; they might be fine for other people, but I find something wrong about it, and would never do it myself.
But, that's a great tattoo!
Actually, I find it tastelessly vulgar. |
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"THE LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 26:1)
"And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness, or works which we have wrought in holiness of heart; but by that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified all men; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." — Clement, bishop of Rome
"I love truth," says he, "and not sects. I am sometimes a peripatetic, a stoic, or an academician, and often none of them; but—always a Christian. To philosophise is to love wisdom; and the true wisdom is Jesus Christ. Let us read the historians, the poets, and the philosophers; but let us have in our hearts the gospel of Jesus Christ, in which alone is perfect wisdom and perfect happiness." — Petrarch
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2011, 09:51:PM » |
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I suspect that devotion to St. Michael is probably served just as well through faithful recitation of the Prayer to St. Michael, if not more.
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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2011, 09:53:PM » |
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I have a personal issue with religious tattoos; they might be fine for other people, but I find something wrong about it, and would never do it myself.
But, that's a great tattoo!
Actually, I find it tastelessly vulgar. If it were wall art instead of a tattoo, what would you think? I like the art, I don't like it as a tattoo because of my personal vibe with that. In fact, I hate fancy religious jewelry as well except on clerics where it adorns an alter-Christus. I have difficulty taking a diamond-encrusted gold cross worn outside the clothing as a symbol of piety. Gimme a brown scapular instead. |
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« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2011, 09:55:PM » |
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There's probably a reason why no Marian apparition ever endorsed tattoos.
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« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2011, 10:02:PM » |
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I have a personal issue with religious tattoos; they might be fine for other people, but I find something wrong about it, and would never do it myself.
But, that's a great tattoo!
Actually, I find it tastelessly vulgar. If it were wall art instead of a tattoo, what would you think? I strongly dislike wall "art." I like the art, I don't like it as a tattoo because of my personal vibe with that. In fact, I hate fancy religious jewelry as well except on clerics where it adorns an alter-Christus. I have difficulty taking a diamond-encrusted gold cross worn outside the clothing as a symbol of piety. Gimme a brown scapular instead. I like religious jewelry. As long as it's worn properly (soberly), it can be an outward sign of inner piety. Personally, I wear a golden necklace with a crucifix around my neck - a baptismal gift from my late grandmother - but it's always inside the clothing so that it's not flashed around. It would be a bit inappropriate to wear it outside the clothing and unnecessarily dangerous, since it's made of actual gold. |
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"THE LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 26:1)
"And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness, or works which we have wrought in holiness of heart; but by that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified all men; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." — Clement, bishop of Rome
"I love truth," says he, "and not sects. I am sometimes a peripatetic, a stoic, or an academician, and often none of them; but—always a Christian. To philosophise is to love wisdom; and the true wisdom is Jesus Christ. Let us read the historians, the poets, and the philosophers; but let us have in our hearts the gospel of Jesus Christ, in which alone is perfect wisdom and perfect happiness." — Petrarch
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« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2011, 10:04:PM » |
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Wearing such things so that they are easily visible to others strikes me as not unlike widening phylacteries. Mass notwithstanding, I endeavor to keep my devotions in my inner room.
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« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2011, 10:14:PM » |
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There's probably a reason why no Marian apparition ever endorsed tattoos.
I think tat's are a bad idea, but your reasoning is flawed. |
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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2011, 10:17:PM » |
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Wide phylacteries and praying in public to be seen?
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« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2011, 11:35:PM » |
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There's probably a reason why no Marian apparition ever endorsed tattoos.
The converse is also true. There's probably a reason why no Marian apparition ever condemned tattoos. |
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God be merciful to me a sinner.
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