Is It OK for Christians to Have Tattoos?

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“It’s a declaration of my faith that I can show to people every day and have them ask me why I have that – and it starts a conversation and helps me to be able to talk about God. I deal with a lot of inner-city young people trying to clean up their lives. So, we help them cover up tattoos they’re ashamed of. If you quit a gang and become a Christian, you can still be killed or not get a job because of that gang tattoo. So, we try to get them in here as quick as we can and cover those kind of tattoos up. A lot of times we help them pick a faith-based tattoo, but it doesn’t have to be. We want to change people’s lives for the better, not shove something down their throats.”

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The response from being on the show has been tremendous, according to Hill. “People from all over the country are writing to us to get tattoos covered up from before they were saved.” Even before the show, he said, customers would “come in here with tattoos of naked women and things like that, Satanic symbols. We help them get rid of that sort of thing.” Has Hill ever thought of getting into laser removal? “We have talked about that,” he admits. “In my personal opinion, I don’t think it takes away the tattoo. It leaves a funny looking spot on your body. I think we do better to give them cover ups or make something pretty. Removal is very expensive and takes a long time. It takes multiple times going back to really get them removed.”

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