Body Modification

"Yes, I do watch you touch yourself at night!"

For as long as there has been sharp implements there's been people jabbing, poking and carving things into their body.

Some modifications are part of religious and traditional ceremonies, such as Female Castration in some tribes in Africa.

Some are just there to show peoples feelings.

People who tattoo their bodies and fork their tongues to look like lizards do so because they like lizards.

A more common Body Modification are piercings. These come from vanity really, one day someone decided they looked good with a stud in there tongue.

"I don't need to eat they thought, as long as I look good"

As someone who has no tattoo's or piercings I find it hard to understand the rationale behind permanently altering your body.

In the eyes of the chuch altering your body is a sin as you should be happy with what god has given you.

God worked hard to make us.......

source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2008/09/03/tattoo_or_not_tattoo_feature.shtml