{"id":85705,"date":"2024-10-18T10:25:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=85705"},"modified":"2024-10-18T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T03:25:27","slug":"i-saw-an-adult-woman-with-multiple-piercings-and-tattoos-in-church-and-i-felt-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/i-saw-an-adult-woman-with-multiple-piercings-and-tattoos-in-church-and-i-felt-uncomfortable\/","title":{"rendered":"I Saw An Adult Woman With Multiple Piercings And Tattoos In Church, And I Felt Uncomfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday, I saw something in church that really unsettled me. A woman, probably in her 40s, walked in covered in tattoos and numerous piercings. To me, church has always been a place of modesty and reverence, and I couldn\u2019t help but feel like her appearance was out of place in such a sacred space. I know everyone is different, but it just felt wrong to me. Shouldn\u2019t there be some standards for how we present ourselves in a place of worship?\n<figure id='\"attachment_85711\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-85711\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-85711' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/I-Saw-An-Adult-Woman-With-Multiple-Piercings-And-Tattoos-In-Church.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1350\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/I-Saw-An-Adult-Woman-With-Multiple-Piercings-And-Tattoos-In-Church.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-85711\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Image for illustrative purposes only\n<p>After the service, I saw her outside and decided to approach her. I tried to be polite, but I told her that I felt her look wasn\u2019t really appropriate for church and maybe she should consider toning it down in such a setting. She looked at me like I was crazy and sharply replied, \u201cIt\u2019s none of your business how I look.\u201d Her reaction shocked me, and I was left feeling even more confused.\n</p><p>Am I being too old-fashioned here? I just think that in church, a certain level of respect and modesty should be expected. Has anyone else experienced something like this? How did you handle it?\n</p><p>I saw an adult woman with multiple piercings and tattoos in church, and i felt uncomfortable. Am I being too old-fashioned here? I just think that in church, a certain level of respect and modesty should be expected.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Last Sunday, I saw something in church that really unsettled me. A woman, probably in her 40s, walked in covered in tattoos and numerous piercings. To me, church has always been a place of modesty and reverence, and I couldn\u2019t help but feel like her appearance was out of place in such a sacred space. &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":85712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85713,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85705\/revisions\/85713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></figcaption></figure></p>