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Offline Nadir

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #155 on: August 26, 2021, 08:47:18 PM »
Quote from: MMagdala on August 26, 2021, 10:54:23 AM
Is there a valid Catholic reason why, in the 20th or 21st centuries, any Catholic not living in a Muslim country can justify choosing to get a tattoo?
Quote from: JOANORCM on August 26, 2021, 05:30:07 PM
My daughter's boyfriend has a tattoo on his forearm stating he is a Type1 diabetic.  His mom suggested it so that when he goes into diabetic shock and is in the ER unable to speak, medical professionals know why.
Here you have answered a question that was also in my mind.
In Rome I met a lovely coptic lady who had a small cross tattooed on her forehead.
Also some young Lebanese men, at least here in Oz, proudly display tattoos which show their allegiance to Jesus.
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Offline Nadir

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #156 on: August 26, 2021, 08:55:54 PM »
And in NZ https://www.newzealand.com/au/feature/ta-moko-maori-tattoo/

THE MEANING OF TĀ MOKO, TRADITIONAL MĀORI TATTOOS


Mount Hikurangi, Eastland, Tairawh

Tā moko – the art of Māori tattoo – is a unique expression of cultural heritage and identity.

In Māori culture, it reflects the individual's whakapapa (ancestry) and personal history. In earlier times it was an important signifier of social rank, knowledge, skill and eligibility to marry.
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Offline Marion

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #157 on: August 26, 2021, 09:02:59 PM »
Quote from: Nadir on August 26, 2021, 08:55:54 PM
And in NZ https://www.newzealand.com/au/feature/ta-moko-maori-tattoo/

THE MEANING OF TĀ MOKO, TRADITIONAL MĀORI TATTOOS


Mount Hikurangi, Eastland, Tairawh

Tā moko – the art of Māori tattoo – is a unique expression of cultural heritage and identity.

In Māori culture, it reflects the individual's whakapapa (ancestry) and personal history. In earlier times it was an important signifier of social rank, knowledge, skill and eligibility to marry.

Montini surely would have loved such praise of man and his personal history.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #158 on: August 26, 2021, 10:56:17 PM »
I don't like tattoos, I seriously doubt I would ever get one, but given that there are probable opinions either pro or con (mostly con), I cannot categorically condemn getting one.  Tattoos for purely medical purposes, such as a "Medic Alert"-type tattoo for diabetes, epilepsy, pacemaker, and so on, I can't see those as a problem (uniformity would be nice, so EMTs would know precisely where to look), and I also like the idea in the German military (IIRC during WWII) of tattooing a soldier's blood type under his arm (again, one uniform place).  I've also heard of putting a very small tattoo on the feet of identical twins, a small dot or something, to be able to tell them apart, especially useful for caregivers.  It could be placed inconspicuously so that it would be barely noticeable later in life.  I could get behind that too.  But a tattoo just for the sake of having one?  I'll pass.

Piercings seem unproblematical, in that they will gradually "heal up" if the jewelry, brad, etc., is removed and left out for a time.  So they're not permanent mutilations.  But I don't have any of those either, and would not want one.
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Offline Stubborn

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Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #159 on: August 27, 2021, 05:28:02 AM »
Quote from: Marion on August 26, 2021, 08:28:23 PM
The question should be, whether Tattoos are grave matter, or are per se grave matter, but not whether "Tattoos are a mortal sin".
Typically, speaking particularly of tattoos these days, getting oneself tattooed is a matter of exploiting one's own vanity by calling attention too or showing off their body or parts of their body, regardless of whatever other reason one uses for getting one.

By nature we are all subject to vanity, which is pride, perhaps excessive pride, but we are not supposed to give into it. It is for this reason primarily that so many (not all) people these days, who "give in" and finally make the decision to get only one small tattoo, end up getting more and more. They do this in order to feed their pride, and often they don't even realize that that's what they're doing.  

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