The bible says each animal that chews the cud and divides the hood is clean, and while this is not a post about kosher laws, I want you to note that it takes two qualities to qualify a kosher accessible animal and not one, scripture also says social crimes must be convicted on the testimony of at least two witnesses, Jesus himself said his two witnesses were himself, and the spiritual witness in Heaven outside his bodily form, so, I will argue most Christians are wrong in their moral monism.
What I mean is, most of the elite Christians I know are willing to pay almost any cost to upgrade their social, ideological, intellectual, professional, relational, paternal and societal performance and they think all this effort will qualify them for heavenly rewards and earthly boons, and they are often dead wrong. Why? They only understand half the picture.
Most of the elite Christians I know are just as bad if not worse as the ones who are far less driven then them, because the elite do not make themselves accessible to ordinary people and neither do they tolerate, accept, forgive, understand or soothe the flaws and short comings of others, Jesus described the pharisee who fasted twice a week as a very arrogant man, not because he lacked piety towards God but because he lacked respect for other human beings.
Jesus taught us, that the accepting and receptive person who welcomes others is better than the ambitious and hard working person who serves others. Being a religious snob isn’t just stupid and counter productive, it can stunt your progress and prevent you from going to Heaven after you die, so serving God is not enough, you must also accept others meaning you must harbour an inclusive attitude towards people, even those who smoke or have snake tattoos, God expects both inclusivity and effort and effort without inclusion is moral failure.
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People talk about acceptance and although we should be accepting, we must be careful how we go about it. If you read Romans 1, you see a subset of sinners and wicked people but the bible talked about a worse subset. It said "they approve and enjoy the company of those who do wickedly".
As christians we have more power than any president. We are God's representative. We must be very careful.
If you approve tatoos, on what do you stand to do this? The old testament condemns it and Jesus did not throw that part of the bible away.
We should not hate people with it but for those who have not got it, we can guide them into what the bible teaches, so they don't end with regrets.