roamer_1
And just like that, we've moved from a psychological dysphoria to a direct intrusion on faith. Millions of Christians circumcise because Yah said to do it... It has never been physically necessary. It is a tradition or rite which has been maintained for millennia. But if you were the state - and many states are already hostile toward the Judeo-Christian religion - You would now have the authority to intercede, purportedly on the child's behalf, and curtail the religious practice and expression of faith it represents.
Thank you for making my point.
Maybe I am living under a rock, but I do not know a single Christian faith that has the practice of circumcision. Not one! Yes, folks that are Jewish and Muslim, that is a part of their thing, but not one Christian faith.
Now I went out and searched it, and the net said Coptic Christians, Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians practice circumcision. All three of these Christian religions are small numbers when considering the global population.
The USA is the ONLY COUNTRY that practices circumcision, and we are slowly moving away from it. At this time, only about half of America is having it done on their male children. It is mutilation, plain and simple.
I have one son. When my wife was pregnant, the woman teaching the Lamaze class suggested to the future parents in the room, which there were about 15 couples, like father, like son when asked what one should do. My son was born on a Friday, and I brought my wife home on Monday, and flew out to my consulting project that night halfway across the country. My mother in law was there to help my wife. I flew back in early on Friday. We sat down and had lunch. The baby was in his crib while we ate. And he started to stir. I was done eating so I went to check on him.
He was wet, so I went to change his diaper. When I laid the front part of the diaper against his body, he laid there and went OUUUUGH!, lips pursed in pain, like the diaper merely brushing up against his penis caused him severe pain. I knew then I had just done the worst thing I could have ever done to my son. We had two more kids, and I told my wife no more circs if we have a boy. She wanted to fight with me over it, and I said over my dead body.
We are doing so many things wrong in this nation to harm folks. The argument that children do not feel the circumcision, so it is no problem, THAT IS A BLATANT LIE. I saw it first hand with my son. It is mutilation, and no other nation does this.