I’ll buy that from a Christian who follows all 613 commandments of the Law.
Otherwise, he’s picking and choosing the ones he likes, usually to denounce what someone else, preferably another Christian, is doing, and ignoring the rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/613_commandments
Only about 300 of those commandments can be practiced today noting that the Temple system is not currently in operation.
I consider myself Noachide, and so am beholden to the Seven Laws of Noah. Though a few years ago I searched out the 613 and found that I either followed or agreed in principle with 356 of them, which is roughly 3/5.
I fully appreciate your take on this however, knowing that the United States could never have been founded without Christianity.
Relative to the original subject of carvings and tattoos, I do subscribe fully to #253, which is Leviticus 19:28, and am glad to know that you personally seem so disposed as well.
May God Bless You and Yours....