RE: Indoctrinating Children in Religion
March 10, 2015 at 11:55 am
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 12:01 pm by Silver.)
I am siding with Lek on the discussion of circumcision. I honestly think anti-circumcision people make a big stink about nothing.
The main arguments seem to center around personal right to choose and casualties.
As Lek already pointed out, needing to get it done past the point of infancy is a much more painful process whereby memories of the procedure are retained into adulthood. I have no memory of my circumcision or the pain associated with it when I was an infant, and I am glad that I was circumcised then rather than possibly needing it later in life. There is nothing wrong with the parent deciding for the child what is best for him or her.
Just because there are sometimes casualties resulting from circumcision is no reason to never get circumcised. There are casualties all the time from surgery, but if one needs it one is not going to unreasonably forego with a possibly life-saving procedure.
The main arguments seem to center around personal right to choose and casualties.
As Lek already pointed out, needing to get it done past the point of infancy is a much more painful process whereby memories of the procedure are retained into adulthood. I have no memory of my circumcision or the pain associated with it when I was an infant, and I am glad that I was circumcised then rather than possibly needing it later in life. There is nothing wrong with the parent deciding for the child what is best for him or her.
Just because there are sometimes casualties resulting from circumcision is no reason to never get circumcised. There are casualties all the time from surgery, but if one needs it one is not going to unreasonably forego with a possibly life-saving procedure.
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