SHOULD I GET A TATTOO?

 QUESTION? / COMMENT!

I have been thinking of getting a Religious tattoo and would like to have Jesse's opinion if
this is in accordance with our faith.

ANSWER! / COMMENT!

Fr Gabriel Amorth (Exorcist) – Tattoos? Piercing? These, as we know, are very common aesthetic practices among the young and the not so young. Tattooing and piercing, like non satanic rock, do not necessarily have an evil objective…Man from time immemorial has adorned his body. But I ask myself: Does adorning with indelible images on the skin embellish or disfigure the body, God’s creation and therefore already beautiful in itself? In our view (as exorcists) it is always necessary to look at the intentions. Some of the symbolism and the designs on the body can make explicit or implicit referral to monsters or demons, nearly evoking them. At times one can associate these forms of expression as signs of belonging to the devil: in this case, they are connected to the satanic rites of initiation. Other time, more simply, it is done to impress friends. Still other times, it can be done with explicit sexual references or to scorn one’s own body. All these examples do nothing good for the soul. In a few cases, sacred images are represented: these are licit (An Exorcist Explains the Demonic; Sophia Press; p.57).