Dyed hair? (Unnatural or natural?)no
Multiple hair colors or color streaks?
Piercings? (other than earlobes)
Tattoos?
Should men have an earring in one ear or both ears or none?
Should women have nose studs? (Yuck)
I've seen people with these at my SSPX
Of course they should.Is this satire? :fryingpan:
Dyed hair? (Unnatural or natural?)
Multiple hair colors or color streaks?
Piercings? (other than earlobes)
Tattoos?
Should men have an earring in one ear or both ears or none?
Should women have nose studs? (Yuck)
If someone was foolish in youth or pre-conversion, these days, it’s quite understandable. We should refrain from condemning the person until we get to know them. In general, Catholics should refrain from extreme and bizarre appearances out of a desire for humility. Those who do these things, at the time, demonstrate their wanting to stand out and make a statement of some sort, be it, “I’m a tough guy,” or “I’m proud to announce I’m LGBTQ.”Well said!
Most often, it actually reflects insecurity. “I WANT to be seen as a tough guy.” “I’m upset and confused about my sɛҳuąƖity. ACCEPT, no, CELEBRATE my chosen identity.”
In a few instances, these things are cultural, not any type of desire to stand out.
As Matthew says, hair can grow back, be cut, or restyled. Hair dye depending upon the type, can be washed out, wear off, out grown, or colored over in a more natural tone. Piercings usually close up. Tattoos can be covered with clothing. If not reasonable, can sometimes be removed or even re-tattooed to fade or blend more with natural skin tone. One can sometimes use makeup to cover them.
Many of these things would fall, imo, into the category of making reasonable adjustments out of respect for God, others, self. Unless the person is someone over whom we have considerable influence, it is best to MYOB.
In very extreme cases, like someone with a split tongue and tattoo of Satan on his face, or a person whose body art is immodest, blasphemous, the priest should handle the matter.
Dyed hair? (Unnatural or natural?)Dyed Hair: only for women and only natural hair colors; men when they go gray should stay gray and when men go bald they should stay bald...no dying hair or wigs for men. For any man to do either is a sign of a lack of masculinity and or humility when it comes to aging gracefully.
Multiple hair colors or color streaks?
Piercings? (other than earlobes)
Tattoos?
Should men have an earring in one ear or both ears or none?
Should women have nose studs? (Yuck)
I've seen people with these at my SSPX
Dyed hair? (Unnatural or natural?)Hesitating backlash, I would say no. I've seen tattoos on people in remembrance of loved ones, which I think are a different story, but on the most part I think we should resist modern trends. I sincerely doubt they lead to any good.
Multiple hair colors or color streaks?
Piercings? (other than earlobes)
Tattoos?
Should men have an earring in one ear or both ears or none?
Should women have nose studs? (Yuck)
I've seen people with these at my SSPX
Dude, I'm just happy they're going to Mass, period. That's the long and short of it.Would you not agree that once they are traditional Catholics, people should not actively get any of these?
And don't dye your hair unnatural colors. The bleach and the hair dye from the upkeep will ruin your scalp.
Is this satire? :fryingpan:Yes.
I wrote the above. TLDR: Men should NEVER have any piercings or have dyed hair or wear a wig; women should only have pierced earlobes, and only wear dyed hair and wigs that are natural colors (i.e. no militant man-hating lesbian colors like purple or fire-engine red). Men who have been in the service can have a tattoo related to their time in the service as well as biker-type guys and hard blue collar laborers but Women should NEVER have ANY tattoos whatsoever. It totally degrades them and makes them look absolutely trashy.Men have started getting earrings for many decades now, also I don't think anyone should get tattoos because of health reasons (lymph nodes), same with hair dye, going blonde is one of the most damaging things someone can do to their hair. In terms of health earrings are less dangerous.
I wrote the above. TLDR: Men should NEVER have any piercings or have dyed hair or wear a wig; women should only have pierced earlobes, and only wear dyed hair and wigs that are natural colors (i.e. no militant man-hating lesbian colors like purple or fire-engine red). Men who have been in the service can have a tattoo related to their time in the service as well as biker-type guys and hard blue collar laborers but Women should NEVER have ANY tattoos whatsoever. It totally degrades them and makes them look absolutely trashy.Just curious. In your opinion, why are men in the military and biker guys allowed tattoos?
I've seen people with these at my SSPX
Would you not agree that once they are traditional Catholics, people should not actively get any of these?Yes. Maybe people of certain ethnicity may get little girl’s ears pierced.
Men have started getting earrings for many decades now, also I don't think anyone should get tattoos because of health reasons (lymph nodes), same with hair dye, going blonde is one of the most damaging things someone can do to their hair. In terms of health earrings are less dangerous.I’m old, so when I see a man with earring(s), or other pierced body parts, I still find myself looking at which ear it’s in, or both. As for guys with pierced noses, cheeks, eyebrows, lips, tongue rod…I think he’s into punk rock and pain.
Frankly I think men's tattoos also look trashy, and once they are old they are just an old man with tats...
Just curious. In your opinion, why are men in the military and biker guys allowed tattoos?Because it has been a traditional custom for men in the military (especially in the Navy) to get tattoos (just look at Popeye The Sailor Man as an animated example with the Navy anchor tattoo on the upper arm) whether they tattoo the number of their military unit on them or the Marine slogan "Semper Fi", tattoos worn by men in the military goes back as far as tattoos themselves (warrior men in Eastern cultures wore them as symbols near and dear to their hearts and Maori men wear them on their faces as part of a warrior tradition).
So what? Why'd you post this anonymously?SSPX tends to be more lax hence the questions on this forum to gage tradition Catholics consensus. Also anonymity does not equal cowardice. The internet doesn't have to be personal.
Maybe you should be worried about obtaining an actual spine before you worry about other people's tats, etc... While you are preoccupied with the externals of others, you are neglecting your own interior. Traddieland in a nutshell, unfortunately.
Godspeed to you and yours.
Yes. Maybe people of certain ethnicity may get little girl’s ears pierced.The OP explicitly stated they were not talking about ear piercings for ladies.
I have also read that Eastern Christians would get a Cross tattoo on their wrists when under Islamic persecution so that they would not be able to deny being Christian, therefore less likely to apostasize, and it would also allow entrance into churches to weed out non-Christians
The above was meThanks for the response. My grandfather was in the navy in the 1940s. He had a ship tattoo.
Dyed Hair: only for women and only natural hair colors; men when they go gray should stay gray and when men go bald they should stay bald...no dying hair or wigs for men. For any man to do either is a sign of a lack of masculinity and or humility when it comes to aging gracefully.
Piercings (other than earlobes) - not for women and men shouldn't have any at all.
Tattoos - only for certain men who have been in the military (e.g. a navy man or a marine who wants a tattoo related to his service) or a biker-type of guy or mere laborer. For any other man to have tattoos is unnecessary and projects a "trashy image." Ask yourself: would you trust any man to do a very important white-collar job for you (e.g. prepare your taxes or manage your investments) if he had any visible tattoos? Of course not. You would be a fool to do so. Would you trust them to do activities such as bag your groceries, wash your car, put a new roof on your house etc. If he haf any visible tattoos? Of course. Good luck trying to find anyone today to do those things for you who doesn't have at least one visible tattoo.
Tattoos on women? Never. They never belonged on women in the first place and for any woman to have any tattoo (e.g. even a small one on their ankle etc. which she thinks is "cute") is akin to putting a bunch of bumper stickers on a Ferrari or keying a prized automobile. In other words, it's completely trashy no matter what and it totally degrades the woman who has them.
No self-respecting man should ever even date (let alone marry) any woman with any tattoos.
Tattoos - only for certain men who have been in the military (e.g. a navy man or a marine who wants a tattoo related to his service) or a biker-type of guy or mere laborer. For any other man to have tattoos is unnecessary and projects a "trashy image."
Tattoos on women? Never...It's completely trashy no matter what and it totally degrades the woman who has them.
If someone was foolish in youth or pre-conversion, these days, it’s quite understandable. We should refrain from condemning the person until we get to know them. In general, Catholics should refrain from extreme and bizarre appearances out of a desire for humility. Those who do these things, at the time, demonstrate their wanting to stand out and make a statement of some sort, be it, “I’m a tough guy,” or “I’m proud to announce I’m LGBTQ.”Well said!
Most often, it actually reflects insecurity. “I WANT to be seen as a tough guy.” “I’m upset and confused about my sɛҳuąƖity. ACCEPT, no, CELEBRATE my chosen identity.”
In a few instances, these things are cultural, not any type of desire to stand out.
As Matthew says, hair can grow back, be cut, or restyled. Hair dye depending upon the type, can be washed out, wear off, out grown, or colored over in a more natural tone. Piercings usually close up. Tattoos can be covered with clothing. If not reasonable, can sometimes be removed or even re-tattooed to fade or blend more with natural skin tone. One can sometimes use makeup to cover them.
Many of these things would fall, imo, into the category of making reasonable adjustments out of respect for God, others, self. Unless the person is someone over whom we have considerable influence, it is best to MYOB.
In very extreme cases, like someone with a split tongue and tattoo of Satan on his face, or a person whose body art is immodest, blasphemous, the priest should handle the matter.
Well said!Didn't mean to post this as Anonymous...
As a former co-worker and I discussed years ago...the time is coming where those without tattoos will be the "odd ones"...are we there yet?
Didn't mean to post this as Anonymous...It’s very likely depending upon who is around us.
Well said!
As a former co-worker and I discussed years ago...the time is coming where those without tattoos will be the "odd ones"...are we there yet?
The better question might be:I think there is hardly ever a black and white answer when it comes to the questions of dying hair, piercings, or tattoos.
Should someone who is already a Traditional Catholic have/get x, y, z, etc.?
No.
those without tattoos will be the "odd ones"...are we there yet?
Didn't mean to post this as Anonymous...
Well said!
As a former co-worker and I discussed years ago...the time is coming where those without tattoos will be the "odd ones"...are we there yet?
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