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Another commonly found tattoo of Christian meaning is the Sacred Heart. The heart symbol has special significance as a representation of the wound Christ received from a spear of a Roman soldier. The Sacred Heart can also serve as a reference to the visions of Jesus as received by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. According to the legendary account, this nun saw and heard Jesus as he told her to share the wonders of his love through a devotion to his Sacred Heart. While these are the historical beginnings of these symbols, many do not recognise the Christian meaning in tattooing today. A popular tattoo is the depiction of angels. There are a variety of ways to represent an angel, and almost all types have been tattooed onto someone as this is a very popular design. Often a cherubic angel is the chosen tattoo but people do have tattoos showing more stern and ominous Seraphim serving as warriors of God's will. Other people may choose to have a portrait of Jesus, Mary or a patron saint while some have religious text or passages inscribed on their body. Whatever image people choose, there are many Christian meanings in tattooing and they are undertaken for a variety of reasons. Although some Christians would see tattooing as cutting the body, which is not acceptable in their faith, others do not take the Old Testament so literally. The other controversy of tattoos is that it modifies the body which Christians believe was crafted by God. To some this may be an insult on the work of their God and so would be sinful or at least frowned upon. Others do not take these matters to literally as various other parts of the bible are written off as no longer relevant to our society, but instead consider the intent of these actions. Were a tattoo of Jesus placed on the shoulder to remind the Christian to be kinder to others then this could be an acceptable intention. Jon M Taylor is the founder of Blue Banana Ltd. Although Blue Banana is an alternative clothing company we pride ourselves on also giving valuable information to our customers on the things which they are most interested in. Now we have such a vast amount of information available we thought we should share it with the rest of the World Wide Web. So for those in the scene and beyond, Blue Banana are giving free access to our articles on a variety of alternative subjects. More articles and information can be found at our website, http://www.bluebanana.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jon_M_Taylor |