Библейские дебаты: Являются ли татуировки грехом?

What does the Bible say about tattoos? In Leviticus 19:28, we read: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.” This verse appears in a context of laws given to the Israelites to set them apart from the surrounding pagan cultures. I must point out that the practices referred to here were likely associated with pagan mourning rituals and idolatrous worship, rather than the decorative tattoos…