You are correct.
It was actually the holier-than-thou state senator who referred to the Bible to support keeping tattooing illegal in South Carolina.
You, on the other hand, said that you also wanted to keep the ban, because tattooing is heathen and pagan, and you want to keep our culture as Christian as possible.
Silly me, I thought you were agreeing with the senator's interpretation of Leviticus. Thanks for setting me straight.
I assume this means you cannot cite any Biblical support for your view; you just have a feeling that because it seems heathen and pagan to you, that's reason enough to ban it. Am I missing something?
-ccm
Where does Senator Knotts quote Leviticus? You didn't get that from the article. You are making assumptions, among them that tattooing is 'normal' behavior.
I can cite Biblical references to support my belief that tattooing is a manifestation of heathen and pagan behavior. I studied this subject in depth with others about 30 years ago.
There are posts on this thread have stated good positions on the subject.
No, my belief on this issue is not based on feelings.
People who get tattoos want to feel like they are a part of the world system and do not wish to be identified with Christianity, which overwhelminly rejects the diliberate disfiguration of the human body.
ICor. 6:19 "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"
I Cor. 3:17 "If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy..."
I find no indication in the Old or New Testaments that the righteous got tattoos. The only marks received on the body of these saints were from beatings from persecution.
In the end times, the heathen and the pagans will willing accept the mark of the beast. The Christians will reject this mark and die because of rejecting it.