this is who i am and what i do

If i were to say one question or comment that comes up the most for me, is "How can you have piercings and tattoos as a Christian?" (now mind you i do not have a tattoo, but in 4 months or so i will)
so i think im going to say my point of view here.

tattoos and piercings have had a very long love hate relationship with the church. and because of that, it has become such a big debate "is it a sin?" "are you destroying the temple?" "does God like them?" and so on and so on.

i have been in the piercing and tattoo seen for 4 years and i have 6 piercings(3 stretched holes 1cm, 9mm and 8mm in size. two upper cartilages and a conch), and tomorrow it will be 7(im getting my nape pierced). and before i started i wanted to know if it was wrong or if its ok. so i do what i do best, asked questions and did research. and after a lot of question and a lot of research here what i have come up with (im not going to throw any bible versus or anything like that at you im just going to tell you the conclusion)




I look at it as being in the clear, people have asked me how do you wanting piercings and tattoos work for the glory of god. and i remind them of the people who have tattoos and piercings and have been turned away by other churches or felt unwelcome, because they "damaged" their temple or their tattoo is viable. when they see that im like them, and i enjoy and share something that really does become a part of your temple (and not destroying it) they then would see they have been accepted in the eyes of god because i have been. 

I have put a lot of thought into this, and i have prayed about every piercing and that is the conclusion i have come up with. im not justifying anything, im not doing it for a fake god. I'm doing it for my love of the art (that is piercings and tattoos)- god created everything, including art or all kinds. 
im not saying "your wrong and im right nanana booboo" im just giving my side of the story as well, but in the long run, im christian, and your Christian and jesus would have died for just me, just like he would have died for just you :)