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...but don’t all person wanting to be youth pastors have to sport tats so the youth can think they are hip.

Yeah, that's what really bothers me. Isn't the Gospel enough? Or do we need to rely on things such as tattoos to draw people to Christ? Is the Holy Spirit no sufficient?

I think this is a weak excuse to act as the pagans act, or stems from the self conscious fear of being separate and different.

Went to a music fest over the summer and I could not believe the number of people young and middle-aged, men and women, with tattoos. I was stunned. How are we any different? Why do we yearn to resemble non-Christians.

I came away from that music fest sad for what might be emblematic of the church today.