Tattoos

Hey Joss,

Thanks for the PM, sorry for the delay in replying, busy week (break in at our block, velodrome on Wednesday, organising a tournament next weekend). Yes I'd be on for a drink sometime to discuss further - but I dont go to the pub much in the evenings any more as I have a one year old at home. I do go to a brewery in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning with him once every three weeks or so, you live south east right? I am not concerned if people on this thread dont want to listen to a debate about religion and tattoos. As I've said before they've other options, put me on ignore if you want, I wont be offended.

Just an advance warning though - I think all religion is ridiculous and I'll definitely snort with derision if you say something like "if God tells me that I should stop then I will" (he doesnt really exist so he cant tell you anything, it's only a simulacra / manifestation of what you think is a supernatural being, its just your own conscience). I hope you're mature enough to not take offence to that... remind me to tell you about the trouble I ran into in a previous job when I said "Islam, Christianity, and other religions are fairy stories for gullible adults" in the canteen at lunch.

What does the Bible say about tattoos? Do you give any weight to what's in there?

I am going to check this out soon, it's free, runs until October.
http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/time-tattoo-art-today

Hey man,

No worries life is hectic.
Yeah man, brewery could be cool. Maybe try work something out at somepoint.

Mate your totally entitled to believe what you want init. As am I. That's one of the few good things about living in England.
Conversation may be a bit flat though as you may end up snorting a fair bit haha. But whatever man. Whatever your up for.

As for the bible, the verse in Leviticus is one of the only verses that discusses tattoos. When looked at it on its own it may look like it says dont get tattooed but when you read around the context you realise that it really isnt.
It talks about how people at the time were marking their bodies in order to worship and attempt to speak to the dead and God was saying don't do that pretty much partly because worshipping them was wrong as well as simply people were poisoning themselves by using weird stuff to create inks and stuff to 'tattoo' themselves.