
My question is about tattoo's.
My father (used to be a devout christian, has since decided that while he's faithful, he's not quite sure that what he believes is christian, is anymore) is highly against the art of tatoo-ing. It's his firm belief that you should return your body to God in the same condition it was sent to earth in... Meaning no earrings, no peircings, no permanent make-up, no tattoo's. Pretty much, anything that permanently and physically alters your body is spiritually wrong.
I, as stated, have a tatoo, and my Dad's opinion on it was, "Don't force me to acknowlage you have it, or peirced ears, and I won't tell you my opinion it.".

But it suddenly occured to me, that many of us have tattoo's and consider them spiritual.
In my own personal religion, tatoo'd or not is a personal choice. There is nothing spiritually right or spiritually wrong with getting one. That said, I do look down on people who get tattoo's of Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny, for no better reason than "I wanted one, and I love the character."

What are your opinions on the "right" reasons to get a tatoo, are they connected spiritually to your faith or simply spiritually to you, and what do you think of people getting tattoo's simply for amusements sake?
Yes, I know I'm potentially opening a can of worms, but this should be an interesting discussion at the very least.
