I was raised to believe tattoos are a sin

And indeed a lot of tattooed people are big gay

They're pretty haram under most circumstances

You're effectively turning your skin into a place for idols

They're also ostentatious and promote vanity and pride

but if you already have them and you convert it's like whatever

but there are some extreme cases, like with the Coptics, where at some point they had a tradition of tattooing a cross on their wrist

so that they had no choice but to confess Christ in martyrdom when under violent islamic persecution

@󠀂 󠀂 What the heck? What denom again?

Yo

That sounds badass

Is it haram to tattoo crosses then

@Quarantine_Zone AoG

They believe tats are sinful?

I didn't know that...

Probably hold literal views of Leviticus 19:11

**Leviticus 19:11 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

```Dust


<11> You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; and you shall not lie to one another. ```

Leviticus 19

The tattoo verse

Leviticus 19:28

**Leviticus 19:28 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

```Dust


<28> You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord. ```

I find those types laughable since this exists too:

Leviticus 19:27

**Leviticus 19:27 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

```Dust


<27> You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. ```

Well shit, I keep short hair and I don't trim my beard

What is tounding off the hair

I don't have a beard lol

Keeping it trimmed around the head

I have a beard

I have short, professional hair

I'm a professional alcoholic

I keep my hair short and bald

Helps keep the bandanas on

Why bandanas

You a biker?

Welder

Plus bandanas look cool

i can't grow a beard

i can get scraggly patchy facial hair that doesn' t look good

it's not about looking good, nerd, it's about letting grow the hair God gave you

There is some mito-something that actually works