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Common errors readers make when complaining about our articles on tattoos and body-piercing

A lot of teens have written to us about our article on body piercing — some for, some against. For four years we let our readers have their say until many of them starting spamming us. We were happy to publish any reasonable comments for or against our anti-piercing article, which is more than many of the websites promoting bodypiercing do. But we can't spend day and night sifting through spam, so sorry guys, we have dropped our forum.

Blow is a list of complaints we commonly received from people who didn't read our article properly. We asked them to read it before submitting to our forum. But we no longer have our forum, so this page is not necessary any more. It has only historical interest now.

Complaint: “Your article is wrong when it says that the Bible forbids piercings.”

Answer: We do not say the Bible forbids piercings. In fact we say the opposite. Our body-piercings article says “the Bible does not forbid piercings …”

Complaint: “You say the Old Testament forbids tattoos. But that law doesn't apply to Christians. Do you also not wear certains types of cloth that is forbidden in the same section of the Bible?”

Answer: Our tattoos article clearly says that the Old Testament law doesn't apply to Christians. It says: “We know Christians who have tattoos, and think no less of them for this. The Mount Sinai law doesn't apply to Christians, and there is no compulsion for Christians not to have tattoos. Tattooing has no bearing on salvation either.”

Complaint: “Piercings and tattoos don't cause cancer. Your article is a lie.”

Answer: In most cases they won't cause cancer, but there is abundant evidence that in some cases you can get cancer from tattoos or piercings, or hepatitis C, which can lead to liver cancer. The New Zealand Ministry of Health website says: “Some blood-borne infections you can get with tattooing and body piercing: hepatitis C — can cause long-term illness, liver damage and cancer of the liver — no immunisation, you can be infected without knowing, easily passed from person to person by invisible amounts of blood.” An Invision article on liver cancer says: “To avoid contracting Hepatitis C, which can lead to liver cancer, adhere to the following: Be cautious about blood products in certain countries; Avoid body piercing and tattooing.” The Mayo Clinic website says: “If the equipment used to do your piercing is contaminated with the blood of an infected person, you can contract a number of serious blood-borne diseases. These include hepatitis C, hepatitis B, tetanus and HIV — the virus that causes AIDS. ”

Complaint: “There are no dangers in body-piercing.”

Answer: The first paragraph of our piercings article gives a coroner's report about a teen in England who died after getting his lip pierced. His girlfriend became seriously ill after her piercing. If death is not a danger we don't know what is.

Complaint: “I don't believe that having piercings is sinning and that it will send me to Hell.”

Answer: We don't either. And our article doesn't say that. Please don't accuse us of saying things that we don't say.

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