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Pastor Mark Driscoll's Tattoo

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Many Christians are wondering if getting a tattoo is alright for them, or if they should stick with the Bible’s command to oppose body ink. Pastor Mark Driscoll of the Trinity Church in Arizona has shed some light on the issue in a new video newsletter. Pastor Mark Driscoll says he is not against tattoos, but he also said his whole family does not have body ink. Quoting Leviticus 19:26-30 in the Bible, the Arizona-based pastor said God forbade Christians in the Old Testament times to participate in the pagan practice of marking their bodies to be counted among the “realm of the dead.” Driscoll clarified that God was opposed to pagans branding themselves by cutting their flesh and printing marks on their skin to declare that they belonged to

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