Tattoo

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• QIf tattooing is a sin, according to the Holy Book of Leviticus 19:28, " You shall make no cuttings in your flesh " is having a cross tattoo an exception, or is it to be…
• QIs it true that tattooing could be used as a fashion statement, but shouldn't be used as a sign for saying something? For example homosexuals pierce their right ear.
• QIs it true that tattooing is a sign of permanent enslavement (Exodus 21:5-6)? Why do we accept ear piercing? I have made a million mistakes in my lifetime. Thank God, He…
• QIn your lecture in Nashville, you answered a question about tattoos. God says that tattoos and piercings defile the body. I have the cross on my wrist and my ears are…

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