how do you make sales then? wait for people to call. I'm a commercial insurance agent. most of the time i have plenty of work to do, but i don't feel like it. it's much more interesting around here.
i got a bunch of element shirts, sweat shirts and a board or two, i think you need to hook me up with some more stuff for free :)
i'll see what i can do my man....it'll be a bit as i am hooking my man ty up first...
he doesn't need anymore nice clothes his game works even if he looked like a hobo, i dropped lots of money on their stuff already :)
well thanks for supporting the cause! =)
Now you got the hook-ups....
*listen to bob marley*
seriously, if we didnt have these pesky rules about tattoos i wanted to get earth wind water and fire ones. both ankles and both wrists, each one of the elements on them
What Rules? There are no Rules.
guidelines whatever u wanna call them, ill just say it comes off with water :) yeah that will work!
WOW, i'm going to pass that message onto Johnny (prez of element)
Try the henna tats
*so you CAN'T get a tat? OOPPS, should i get mine removed?? (totally kidding)
i dunno i think we cant right? can i say its a conscious matter? I wanted to get them and send a pic in one day or somethin, i have seen a few other people get tats of their fav skate companys
From what I understood (this matter was approached in a recent awake) it's a conscience matter
do you remember which awake it was?
Pretty sure it's the one with two swams on the front of it? When you read it tell me what you think.
swams? lol
Swans..those pretty white birds. Hmm..maybe the one with the Farmer then? I'm almost postive it's in an Awake. Actually..maybe not too recent. It could be anywhere back to september actually..
oh wow, now i really gotta go searchin no fun :/
hmm im not finding it
There's an article on tattoos in the 8/8/2000 awake. My understanding is that getting a tattoo is certainly a matter of conscience, *however* brothers who do so may be held back from serving as elders/ministerial servants/pioneers in the congregation and sisters may be held back from pioneering.
There is a new-er article on it from 2003 though.
Found it. It's in the 9/22/2003 Awake!. The import of the articles seems to be the same, though, so I don't think anything has changed.
wow, i didn't know that. i would never get a tatoo though. i think they just look so ghey
It said "think before you ink" in that one. It tickled me.
ha, I member that
and i thought and did, and thought again and did again, and am thinking and want to do again,, AAAHHHHHHHH
im guessing it states the same thing though, ah well time to get the ankles done
just use henna, it comes off after a few weeks and you're sparing your conscience.
We have a wall of pics like that, we call it our wall of fame. one guy had the element "tree" tattooed on his back that's on the wall and it's cute cause little groms send in their little drawings.
if you're ever out this way i can give you a tour and hopefully we'll have our ramp done in our warehouse
I really enjoy henna! Its so fun.
isnt that the indian junk where its all red?
It's kind of brown (the black one is bad for you!). You could always just use magic markers.
hmm ill pass on that then, i like full color :)
the deal is it is a conscience matter however, if u have one VISABLE, you can't have privledges in the congragation... if its not visable- its a conscience matter.. thats how my dad explained it to me anyways haha
Yeah..that's how I thought it went.
if you are wearing a suit the only way it could be visible is on your face or somethin :p
It's a conscience matter in either case. Having privileges is just that, a privilege. In order to have them you must be "exemplary", as in, above and beyond what is required. You can be a perfectly fine witness in good standing in the congregation with absolutely no privileges whatsoever.
Oh, and as far as visible/non-visible tattoos go, unless they've gotten specific direction from the Society, that sort of thing is up to the local body of elders to decide on. So while the body in your congregation has decided to do it that way, the body in another congregation might decide on something completely different.
My dad is an elder in my hall, and he has a tattoo right on his arm (he DID get it when he wasn't in the truth) of a skull with a knife through the eye that says "death before dishonor"... and he's been an elder for like 15 years
well, i think being in the truth or not when you get it makes a big difference. You can change, and still be considered exemplorary
here is the shirt with prolly my favorite of them that i wanted, prolly change it a little bit but start with wind starting on my left ankle then water left arm then follow arround
