do jewish people have more of a jewish faith if they don't get a tatoo?

Question

in the band linkin park, the guitarist brad delson and the drummer rob bourdan practice judaism but the rest of the band has tattoos and rob bourdan and brad delson claim that they don't have tatoos for their own religous reasons for the own jewish faith. but how come the jewish boxer Zab Judah("The jab super") has tatoos on his arms.

Answer 1

In the Torah getting a tatoo is expressely forbidden since it was a sign of idol worship. But like all religions there are some that follow the rules, and some that don't.

Answer 2

Getting a tattoo is forbidden by the Torah. There are some Jews who aren't religious and get tattoos anyway. Presumably a Jew who keeps the commandments has more faith than a Jew who doesn't, but you never know. A Jewish person may have gotten a tattoo in their wild youth, and then repented.

Answer 3

Like most religions, Judaism has its own Orthodox, Conservative, and Liberal branches. It would be the Orthodox Jews and some Conservatives that would refuse to get a tattoo due to the Levitical Law against it.