No scripture forbids tattoos - Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo responds to critics

 The general overseer of David Christian Centre (DCC), Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo, had disclosed that no scripture in the bible that condemn tattoos 

Pastor Okonkwo made this statement while speaking on Take 3, a programme on News Central Television. He said that Christians who choose to have tattoos, should be judged by character and obedience to Christ’s teachings rather than outward appearance. 

“We should not judge others by their tattoos or outward appearance,” he said, adding that “there’s no scripture that says the child of God cannot have tattoo.” 

“So people are doing personal preference or what the Holy Spirit told them or what their church policy is. They want to impose this on other people and that’s not how this works,” he said. 

“Somebody needs to sit me down and spell out, ‘oh tattoos are bad because if somebody draws an ink on their body, their brain goes bad’. And they must give me some either scriptural proof or scientific proof or something to back this thought up,” he said. 

“Nobody can tell me why tattoo is bad. It’s just bad because no reason,” he said.

“This kind of thinking is saddening for me because is this the Africa, when are we going to catch up with development?”