Is it true Catholicism prohibits religious tattoos?

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(Of course I consider all you Pauline Christians to be misguided heretics, but that's beside the point.)

Huh?  A Pauline Christian?  As opposed to a Peterine Christian?

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(Of course I consider all you Pauline Christians to be misguided heretics, but that's beside the point.)

Huh?  A Pauline Christian?  As opposed to a Peterine Christian?

Yes, because us Catholics don't have Paul's writings in our Bible.  We are too busy worshiping the Pope.

oh, boy....my "Peterine Christian" comment had nothing to do with Catholics.  I thought he was trying to say Paul invented Christianity, so I pointed to another Christian (Peter) who had come before Paul, yet agreed with Paul.

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He means as opposed to people who don't follow the writings of Paul at all, i.e. Gnosticism or Ebionism.

You are quite weak on topics of Christology and general topics of Christian theology aren't you?

yep, keeps me from being influenced by the doctrinal errors of others.  I take it upon myself to watch my doctrine carefully and to keep it concise and in agreement with scripture.

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And yet, you embrace a notion that scripture rejects as clearly as the day.

Anyone reading our Bible would be able to see pretty clearly that the authors believed in Trinitarian doctrine, or at least there was something distinct about Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and yet, you invented your own doctrine to reject this.

Huh?!

For the record:

I believe in ONE God.  I believe God always existed.  I believe God is an invisible spirit who fills the whole universe.  I believe Jesus Christ always existed and was always God.  I believe that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh.  I believe the entire Godhead dwelt in the body of Jesus Christ.  I believe anyone that receives the Spirit of Christ (a.k.a. Holy Spirit) has received the entire Godhead.

In the Father, Son and Holy Spirit...I see three DISTINCT manifestations of a single invisible spirit supreme being known as God.

And all of those statements are easily supported by scripture, and are pretty much VERBATIM quotes from scripture.

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But, using a specific Godhead doctrine as a litmus test for Christianity that goes beyond the requirement for accepting Jesus Christ as Lord is contrary to scripture, which states that anyone acknowledging the Son possesses the Father as well:

1John 2:23 "whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also."

I, jmfcst, acknowledge the deity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  Therefore, I have passed God's litmus test and in so doing I have the Father as well.

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Judaism says no tattoos; it also prohibits all piercings except earrings.

Pretty much the same with Islamic behavioral code.

religion aside, I like earrings (as long as it isn't more than two per ear, preferably one per ear), but I've never gotten the tattoo thing.  It's an instant instant turnoff, no matter the location, no matter the size of the tattoo and no matter how good looking the girl.  They instantly become...UNDATEABLE!