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OraProMe

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Do any of you have religious tattoos? If not would you ever get one? What would you like?

I've always wanted the sacred heart (in colour) on the underside of my left wrist and perhaps, depending how stuff works out, the words "fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum" (be it done unto me according to thy word) on my right. One for Jesus and one for Mary :D

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My son got this really nice Celtic Cross when he was in the Navy (I wouldn't let him have one before then). I can't imagine myself ever getting a tattoo. I have an old surgical scar on my stomach that is now 4 inches lower than it was when I got it, so that's probably just as well. I can't imagine anything looking good on a saggy middle-aged woman.

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[quote name='goldenchild17' date='28 August 2009 - 11:58 AM' timestamp='1251475088' post='1957191']
I'm going to get two shortly, but don't have any yet.
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oooooh. What are you getting?

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goldenchild17

[quote name='OraProMe' date='28 August 2009 - 10:59 AM' timestamp='1251475176' post='1957192']
oooooh. What are you getting?
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I'm getting the cross of the scriptures in a style like this (go to image 15): http://thinktanktattoo.com/index.php/patrick_shackley/tattoos/ (But with a rose intersecting it)

and a sacred/immaculate heart together

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+J.M.J.+
I have the sacred and immaculate hearts intertwined on my right shoulder, with relatives' names inscribed above and underneath.

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[quote name='goldenchild17' date='28 August 2009 - 12:05 PM' timestamp='1251475559' post='1957198']
I'm getting the cross of the scriptures in a style like this (go to image 15): http://thinktanktattoo.com/index.php/patrick_shackley/tattoos/ (But with a rose intersecting it)

and a sacred/immaculate heart together
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I want an Immaculate heart over my heart, but I don't think I'll ever get it.

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I've thought about it, a simple image of my own design, or the symbol on the back of the Miraculous Medal, but I'm so obsessive compulsive that even if I decided on a design I would probably hate it afterwards and want it changed...which would kind of be a problem.

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franciscanheart

i have a friend who has some really really awesome religious art on his arms - full sleeves. as for me, this is all i have:

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3877041558_fe5ca55f0d_o.jpg[/img]

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dauntingknight

Tattoos are permanet and they don't look good when you forty and your skin begin its cycle of small wrinkles that eventually turn into big wrinkles.
I knew a guy who had so many tattoos on that he was mistaken for a different race.

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[quote name='dauntingknight' date='31 August 2009 - 10:29 PM' timestamp='1251779389' post='1959303']
Tattoos are permanet and they don't look good when you forty and your skin begin its cycle of small wrinkles that eventually turn into big wrinkles.
I knew a guy who had so many tattoos on that he was mistaken for a different race.
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That's the big reason I wouldn't get one; the permanency. Changing your mind is easy, especially with something superficial like that. It would be a regret hanging over you for the rest of your life, getting even worse as it started to look saggy and gross. Removal is very painful, expensive, and very imperfect.

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Well, I've got a Triquetra (celtic symbol for the Holy Trinity on my lower back. I've had it for 3 years and I won't ever regret my decision. I love my tattoo!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/lateralus98/tattoo.jpg[/IMG]

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Here are some images I would consider:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/echo4lima/Ave_Maria3.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/echo4lima/papal_keys.gif[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/echo4lima/Mariansymbol1.jpg[/IMG]

All done in black ink.

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