We have pagan rituals today as well as in the past. Nothing is new under the sun. The same Satanic rituals that were happening back then are happening today. Just go to almost any horror movie today for a demonstration. Go find someone in your church with teaching ability and ask them these questions. Arguing with me on FR isn't going to change your heart.
On almost every discussion on FR, when someone quotes Scripture, someone else will say they don't want to be preached to. Well, stop going to church, I guess. Reading and hearing the Word is where conviction comes from. You obviously are frightened you may be wrong and just want to argue with God. Arguing with me does nothing. No one here, including me is trying to change anything. I'm just stating the obvious. If you want a tattoo, great, go show it to your fellow church members and about 40%-50%, will probably quote you the same Scriptures discussed here. The others haven't studied the Bible. It isn't unusual( unfortunately) to find people of influence, people that teach, people that even preach, that have no background in Scripture. I've met many Sunday school teachers that haven't read the whole Bible, and some even admit they don't believe half of it. That is why so many Christians fall away. They are starving and there isn't enough to feed them. Many deacons are promoted because they tithe the 10%, but have no clue what their job is. Christianity is suffering today because the churches put up with lukewarmness, ignorance, and apathy. If I was apathetic, I would just ignore the tattoo verse and say, "Go for it". What permanent harm can it possibly do? I'm just saying what God has said about it. You have free will to accept it or deny it.
If nothing else, our discussion got you into God's Word to read about the forbidding of partaking in blood. Reading His Word is always a good thing, and questioning a poster on FR is always a thing to check out to make up your own mind. If you are "born again" you now have the Holy Spirit that gives you discernment. The Spirit will teach you. If you don't have the Spirit, then you will fall for lies and be sure you are right. That is the human condition. None of us here are lemmings, or we shouldn't be. That is how people believe the verse is actually in the Bible that says "God helps those that help themselves". They've never questioned it, someone told them it's there and they have never read the Bible. If they had read it, they would know God helps those that can't. You will have people here tell you that "Money is the root of all evil." When you actually look it up and study the verse, it says the LOVE of money is the root of ALL KINDS of evil. What that means is the poor guy in the trailer park could be in as much trouble as the rich guy that owns a yacht. They just want to believe it's the rich guy and somehow the poor guy is exempt by God to having evil thoughts. The Bible is a LIFETIME study. Don't think a quick run through will get you up there with the Apostles. All of us, need more Bible education. But it must come from someone qualified to give an answer for your questions. The beauty off the Bible is that one verse proves another. Anyone, including Satan and demons can take a verse out of context. If you read Genesis, That is what Satan did in the Garden to Eve. He twisted what God said, to make Eve believe God meant something else. He did the same to Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus wrote it, so He knew Satan was wrong and trying to trick Him.
All I would have to do is tell the writer of the thread is God doesn't care, and would be pleased if he got the tattoo of the cross. But that wouldn't be "loving" him. It is easier to say homosexuality is OK because some guy you know is gay and you think he is a good guy. You might as well tell him murder is OK. Lying to someone isn't an act of love. The Word of God is confrontational to a fallen creature. When you are born again, the Bible is beautiful to you and you dwell on it and ponder it's wisdom every day. Me quoting Scripture shouldn't be confrontational to you unless you are still in rebellion to God. I have nothing to do with it.
No my argument is not with God, it is with your interpretations of His word and my heart.