When I was referring to tatoos and piercings, I did not mean to say that a Christian having those done could not be saved. Far from it.  Anyone can be saved, and I certainly do not judge people based on their tatoos or piercings - God saves from the uttermost to the guttermost, but once you are a Christian, I do not believe getting tatoos and body markings are pleasing to God, and I don't believe that Christians should participate in having them, nor do I believe they are hygenic. If someone is born-again and got all those markings and does not wish to have them removed, I can certainly understand that.  However, I do not believe a Christian has to get tatooed and pierced all over to witness to lost people who have tatoos and piercings all over their bodies, any more than I believe that a Christian needs to go stark-naked and live in a nudist colony for a month to witness to lost membes of a nudist colony. That would be like a born-again Christian believing they should join a satanic cult and drink blood to witness to unsaved satanists, or shooting up cocaine so that they can better influence and witness to other drug addicts, or taking up prostitution to better reach the lost prostitutes in their city, or promoting porn so they can reach all the pedophiles out there!  Common sense has to draw a line somewhere. It is great to be enthusiastic with a testimony of God's salvation regardless of where He brought one from. All of us should be ready at a moment's notice to give our testimony. I don't think if someone has a very difficult life and maybe God delivered them out of terrible bondage, that means they should then go and get tatooed all over just to emphasize what a hard life and background they've been delivered from.  However, if they got tatooed all over before becoming a Christian, I certainly don't believe they have to go get laser removal simply because they are now saved. I believe God expects Christians to use COMMON SENSE. We are supposed to witness to the lost, and set a good example to them - not join them in their devilment.
Agape,
Rene