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Question: I'm considering having some bodypiercings and would like to know if piercings to display rings, jewels and earrings uphold Christian standards? Does it make a difference whether one is male or female?
Piercings for both men and women have become common in many cultures today. While women have been piercing their ears to wear earrings for quite some time, it has recently become popular in much of Western society for both males and females not only to pierce their ears but other body parts as well. Some feel it is stylish to have a piercing for a ring or jewel.
Yet many who get piercings don't consider that styles and fads change and that piercings can leave small but permanent scars long after the fad has passed, or after one changes his or her mind about the style. Additionally, piercings can become infected and may even have other serious repercussions on one's health—especially when a piercing is not done in clinically clean conditions.
The Bible records that both men and women wore earrings (Genesis 35:1-4; Exodus 32:1-3), but there is no comment in these particular cases as to whether this practice was appropriate for people of God. These passages simply record that this was the custom at the time. Both scriptures represent adornment—the firstshowing that earrings represented idols and the second showing how the earrings were used to fashion an idol.
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