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Hayes Our readers asked:  I’m thinking of getting a tattoo. Does
the church have any restrictions against this?  Fr. Joe Answers:
It is certainly true that many people consider excessive tatoos
to be wierd and disgusting, especially those which cover 50-90
percent of the whole body. There is a reference in Leviticus 19:
28 that says, along with a number of other prohibitions, “you
are not to tatoo yourselves.” That is the only place in
scripture which mentions the subject. It was part of many
prohibitions given to Moses and it is likely mentioned because
tatoos are images and the Israelites were forbidden either to
make or worship images because pagans did so as objects of
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