When faith meets ink, the results can be profoundly beautiful or, unfortunately, profoundly misguided. Christian tattoos should be a permanent testament to faith, but far too often, they’ve become cringe-worthy examples of what happens when good intentions meet bad execution.
We’re not trying to judge here, but if we were, these 15 people have a lot of explaining to do about their, um, artwork.
1. When Did Jesus Go Through a Goth Phase?
2. Jesus’ Love Nose No Bounds
3. Space Aslan! Space Aslan!
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4. Someone Call the Holy Ghostbuster
5. It Looks Like Sins Aren’t the Only Thing Jesus Shreds
6. Lord Knows Why Anyone Got This
7. Well, At the Least the Order is Right
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8. Is This From The Message Version?
9. There’s Too Many Possibilities For What CPA Could Stand For
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10. …And This Tattoo Is Your Cross to Bear
11. You Cannot Convince Us That’s Jesus
12. At Least It’s Only On His Entire Back
13. That’s Nice… But Who’s Crist?
14. Well, We Believe in Proper Spelling
15. When Christ Said He Is the Head of the Church, We Don’t Think This Is What He Meant
