(June 10, 2016 at 1:44 pm)c172 Wrote:(June 10, 2016 at 1:41 pm)Losty Wrote: Actually adults can get anesthesia for it while babies cannot.
That's actually a pretty good point.
Still, this strong feeling expressed by my fellow atheists makes me wonder if it's more the religious nature of most circumcisions that makes atheists feel so strongly against it.
You're cutting off a highly sensitive part of your child's penis so it will look more attractive to you. That's the objection. Most people in America don't do it for religious reasons. My objections are many but none have to do with religion.
Why do parents care how their son's penis looks?
Why is it ok to cut off part of someone's body that they can never get back when they're too little to object.
Why is it ok to chop of the most sensitive part of a boys genitals, but not ok to chop of a girl's clitoris?
Why is it ok for parents to have cosmetic surgery on a boy's genitals but not any other body parts?
Why do you not advocate for nose jobs for babies?
Why is this not something a person should have a right to choose for himself?
