– Kingsley Okonkwo Defends Tattoo – No Scripture Forbids It
Renowned relationship coach and pastor, Kingsley Okonkwo, has addressed the growing online debate surrounding tattoos, stating that there is no scripture in the Bible that explicitly forbids tattoos.
The pastor made the clarification while responding to reactions and criticisms that followed his recent appearance with a tattoo, a development that stirred
intense conversations within Christian and social media circles. According to Pastor Okonkwo, many of the objections raised are rooted more in tradition and personal convictions than in clear biblical commands.
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Dismissing the argument against his decision, Pastor Okonkwo said, “There’s no scripture that says a child of God cannot have tattoo. So, people are (just) doing personal preference, or what the Holy Spirit told them, or their church’s preferences.
“They want to impose this on other people, and that’s not how this works. Everyone needs to know Christ and the word of God.
“Somebody needs to sit me down and say tattoos are bad because if somebody draws ink on their body, their brain goes bad; if somebody draws ink on their body, their character suddenly goes bad. They must give me scriptural or scientific proof, or something to back this up.”
“Nobody can tell me why tattoo is bad. It’s just bad because… no reason. This kind of thinking is saddening for me because how is Africa going to catch up with development if we are still thinking ‘oh, somebody wore jeans and went to rob, so jeans are now bad.
Kingsley Okonkwo Defends Tattoo
“Pastor cannot wear jeans because last week somebody wore jeans and went to rob a bank’. What are we talking about? So, I don’t see the basis.”
