Backwards Tattoo?

[Benjamin Hamill]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

 

[Darkhorse]

Of course it's OK, but you will get some strange looks from anyone who sees it...

 

[Benjamin Hamill]

Of course it's OK, but you will get some strange looks from anyone who sees it...

Because they wont be able to read it?

 

[Darkhorse]

No, they can probably read it; it's just odd.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea...

 

[Sketcher]

Not sinful if you are not of Jewish descent (Acts 15:28-29). Though it's not something I would choose.

 

[bèlla]

I don’t have any body markings. I considered getting Ani L'Dodi, v'Dodi Li (Song of Songs 6:3) in Hebrew on my ring finger but decided against it.

Tattoos are used for identity purposes. I think its best to avoid them. But to each his own.

 

[Cimorene]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

I just write verses that I want to read every day on sticky notes & stick them on my mirror. It's the same concept but a lot cheaper & way less painful.

 

[Sabertooth]

Hello & welcome.

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror.

You really take this "living epistles" thing seriously...!

(The driver in front of you will be able to read it correctly, too, in their rear-view mirror, like "Ambulance...")

 

[Lost4words]

I had a tattoo done on my shoulder. Thing is, when my fur grew back it couldnt be seen anymore!

 

[Aussie Pete]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

Go with your conscience. If you are the only one seeing it, who cares? You could ask the Lord to write the truth on your heart. Once it is there, nothing can remove it.

 

[Job3315]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

Ask God, He answers.

 

[Speckofdust]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

The LORD says making tattoos is a sin. Besides you’re not treating your body as the temple of the Holy Ghost if you do one for it harms your health.

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 19:28 (KJV)

 

[ViaCrucis]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

No, looking things backward isn't satanic. This is likely some sort of funky idea based on the nonsense claims made by some that certain vinyl records when played in reverse have evil satanic words in them. This sort of thing goes back to the Beatles where some people claimed that if you played one of the songs backward said "Paul is dead" as "evidence" that Paul McCartney had died and secretly replaced by someone else. If that sounds stupid, it's because it is. The thing about the human brain is that it is a fascinating bit of machinery, and we as humans are experts at pattern recognition. It's what makes us so good at many things, such as learning language, keeping calendars. But we're so good at it, in fact, that we often see things that don't actually exist. We see patterns when there aren't any--seeing images in the moon, or the clouds, or the various constellations of stars. Or even that crazy lady that swears she saw the Virgin Mary on the back of a slice of pizza.

The phenomenon of hearing messages in backward music is fundamentally the same phenomenon of mishearing lyrics. Usually in order to "hear" it you have to be primed to hear it. Once someone tells you that Elton John's lyric of "hold me closer tiny dancer" sounds like "hold me closer Tony Danza" you'll never un-hear the misheard lyric again (trust me).

But, no, a backward tattoo isn't evil. Backward isn't an evil thing, it's just backward. And as such if you want a tattoo that you can read in the mirror, well that's just an artistic, personal choice on your part. Nothing more, nothing less.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ViaCrucis]

The LORD says making tattoos is a sin. Besides you’re not treating your body as the temple of the Holy Ghost if you do one for it harms your health.

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 19:28 (KJV)

"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." - Leviticus 19:27

-CryptoLutheran

 

[JIMINZ]

Tattoos are the Graffiti of the ungodly, written on the walls of the Temple of God.

Making it a Bible verse doesn't make it any better.

Oh yeah and this too.

Lev. 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

 

[Emmylouwho]

I was thinking of getting a Matthew 23:12 tattooed on my chest but backwards so it would be read properly when looking in a mirror. I've heard that things backwards are sometimes viewed as satanic so I was wondering what the general consensus was with my idea? Okay to do? Or no good?

Thanks

Are you talking about this tattoo for a man or a woman?