Tattoos and piercings and the Bible.

Having tattoos or piercings is not a sin.
There, I said it folks. You may, or may not know a lot about me, but I'll tell you this. I have stretched earlobes, at this current date they are at a size 00g- which means I have big holes in my ears. I also have my nose pierced. Whether or not I will get more piercings is undecided. As for tattoos, I don't have one-yet. I want a few tattoos. But to honor my parents, since I can't afford to move out yet and they don't like tattoos- I'm waiting. Now, you may be someone who's going to argue back at me with this scripture: ""You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD." Leviticus 19:28. Yet, do you know the context of this verse? When they tattooed themselves in those days, they would tattoo varies gods onto their bodies. It was against God, for it was honoring other gods above Him. They would get tattoos to honor the dead. Other than that, the Bible says nothing more about tattoos. And piercings- in those days when women got married, they would get their nose pierced. So, I think that clears it up pretty well. As long as the tattoo isn't of something that goes against God, then I believe it's okay. And if the tattoo has something to do with God- even better. A way to witness. We're not defined by what we do- so we aren't defined by our tattoos or piercings. We're who God says we are, regardless. Piercings or not, we're still who God made us.