RE: the eventual circumcision ban, and the german jewish communitie
September 28, 2012 at 2:43 am
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2012 at 2:45 am by Something completely different.)
(September 28, 2012 at 2:24 am)Kayenneh Wrote: As I've said many times before, appeal to tradition shouldn't be valid as an argument anymore. If there's substantial data going against why a tradition shouldn't be practiced, I say that the authorities have the right to step in and say no. It's like saying that doctors shouldn't wash their hands between autopsies and assisting in birth, because it's the way it has always been done. Belief should never trump knowledge.
but were does one draw the line on who can tell whom what to do?
in hitchens book god is not great, he makes the argument that we do not allow hindus to burn widos. and then he explains the revolting practice of sucking a foreskin of the babys penis as prcticed by ultra orthodox jews.
the question here is currently more a moral one with historic fact to be taken into concern - can we germans forbid jews to practice something wich is jewish? or does a secular israel have to do it first?
