Is a tribal crosses tattoos wrong if you don’t go to church?

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 at 2:00 am

Edgar asked:

I was going to get this tattoo i really like its this tribal design and a cross. I really like the tattoo and i believe in God all that i just don't go to church. I have been to church a few times in my life but I'm only 16 and my parents don't go.I used to attend a thing called overtime also online medicine without prescription which was like a thing where a bunch of kids could get together and hang out after friday night football games and for an hour there would be a man talking to us about church related things and i loved going because of that. But my question is, Would it be wrong of me to get the tattoo since I'm not strongly religious attending church on sundays?

Reply:

No...a tribal cross tattoo is fine regardless of what you believe.

The cross is an ancient symbol which just happens to have been picked up as symbol for the Christian faith. (On that note, the swastika was actually a traditional symbol used by native peoples long before Hitler ever assumed it as his sign...but you can see what happened then...)

Despite the fact that my own personal taste may direct me away from such tattoos, if YOU like it, get it. And don't let anything anybody else tell you otherwise. Good luck!