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)**

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<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)**

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<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

God can bend the rules for baptisms but we cannot

>it's not about looking good, nerd, it's about letting grow the hair God gave you
I've heard of some monks who have something to say about that...

I doubt that

Look up the movie *Into Great Silence*. It's about a monastery in France. I think it's Carthusian, but I might be wrong. Anyway, they completely shave their hair, because hair can be a source of vanity, while they don't bother to do anything about their beards.

Well they're autists