No! The human body is merely a complex machine. There fore etching on it should not be considered anything more than graffiti or memorializing! If a child dies and in remembrance you have their names tattooed on you arm is that really SIN? What if it is a picture of Jesus that you have tattooed on you? Before people go making blanket statements they must look into the situation!

 If you interpret the bible literal you can verify anything in a bigoted manor!
How do you read revelations literally?
NO document can last through time that is literal in it's writing!
MY GOD is smart enough to know that! IS YOUR'S?

I don't care for tattoos, BUT that's your choice!

 Not everyone believes in God or the same principles.

Some think tattoos are just a way to express themselves... An art.

It's no one's right to to tell others how they can or cannot express themselves... Because tattooing is on the person's OWN body.
He's not tattooing others against their will. He is getting his own body marked on

 Do you realize that many of the "laws" in the old testament were written from common sense issues for the day and age in which they were written? I am not criticizing anyone's personal beliefs, but this is a simple and verifiable fact. Look at the whole not eating pork products issue. In the past (when leviticus was written) people had no clue what enzymes and entities lived in a pig's flesh and that it had to be cooked a certain way in order for it to be deemed safely edible. They just knew that after someone ate pork, they became deathly ill... Hence, pork should not be eaten by people.
The same with tattooing. Why do you have to be licensed in order to tattoo someone today? Because of the health risks. Back then, they did not know about bacteria and infections... So a tattoo artist in those times used the same "needle" on thousands of people before discarding it, without cleaning it... Did you know it was not a highly common practice for individuals to wash their hands... Even after using the restroom until the mid 1600's? Check out the Islamic law about thievery... The washing hands issue is exactly why they demand the right hand of a thief be taken, so they are forced to eat with the same hand they wipe themselves!
Hope this clarifies why I disagree with your statement adequately.

 Nope.. Well now a days everything is a sin.. You can breath and it's a sin! Lol
but tattooing isn't bad, if you get a swear word written where people can see it.. That be bad.. I guess

 If we are talking about defacing the body, being overweight would be a sin, tanning would be a sin, biting your nails or having extensions on your nails would be a sin. Eating food that cause harm to your body would be a sin. Ahhh, but judging isn’t that a sin too?

 I am going to say 'no' here. I know what Leviticus says, and I agree with the Bible. However it could be that the context was for those people who tattooed themselves were doing so in worship of a pagan god. Because God was telling the Israelites not to do what the peoples of the pagans nations were doing. But frankly I do not care for tattooes, I think it makes a person look messy. Also it is permanent and dangerous.

 I wouldn't WANT a tattoo, but they are definitely NOT a sin. I just wouldn't want one because they are permanent (knowing me I would probably pick a stupid design that will be there forever), and they are very painful, so I have heard!

 My body is a canvas.

 I have heard that tattoos are a sin in some religions but I really do not think it is .Its your body and if you want to have a tattoo I cant see how that can be a sin. You are not hurting anyone. Just make sure you like it cuz its gonna be there! Tattoos are a form of art and I think the right ones can look sexy!

 Its a matter of choice. If you think about it, almost everything we do that's fun is a sin.

 TODAY, everything is a sin. I don't think its a sin but it can make a person look bad. Just think, 85 years old and a big tat across your upper but, LMAO.

 That's up for interpretation, again and again and again.

I think that technically according to the bible it is looked upon like a sin (ornamentation, seven deadly sins), but I don't think it is.

Society evolves.

 They're not a sin. Would you say piercings are a sin?

 I myself do not think that tattoos are a sin. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Something that is normal to some is not normal to all. When u call something a sin you are calling it evil,so are people with tattoos evil? Of course not cuz my sis has one and i would never call her evil b/c she's the best!!!

 I think its a matter of personal choice in how you practice your faith. Tattoos to me are nothing more than a fashion accessory and nothing to do with the bible. The bible is open to differences in interpretation which is why we have so many churches and wars. In a prayer i learned in primary school i remember a line that went i, if you believe that you are committing a wrongful act then you have sinned, if you believe that your action was in gods eyes justified then you have not sinned. But you must believe with your whole body and soul as god will know the truth of it within your own heart. So i won't condemn ativa for his belief even though i believe he is wrong.

 Personally, I don't care for tattoos, but I see nothing sinful about them. Many people consider tattoos to be art, and others feel they a matter of self-expression.

There are societies all over the world that consider tattooing a part of their cultures, and in some, the more tattoos, the better. In some of those cultures tattoos are a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. If an individual does not receive a tattoos) at a particular age, he or she will not be considered a man or a woman.