RE: Indoctrinating Children in Religion
March 10, 2015 at 3:27 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 3:29 pm by GrandizerII.)
(March 10, 2015 at 3:22 pm)Sionnach Wrote:(March 10, 2015 at 3:16 pm)Irrational Wrote: And it's a matter of respecting the right of the person to choose for themselves.
The parent can decide whether or not to have the child circumcised. I am not infringing upon that.
Just because they can legally doesn't make it absolutely ok. It's not illegal to verbally abuse your child, but that doesn't make it right.
Quote:However, likening circumcision to cutting off of earlobes is ridiculous and illogical. The analogy does not work.
Then explain why it doesn't work. Just saying it doesn't work doesn't explain anything.
(March 10, 2015 at 3:26 pm)Sionnach Wrote: There is also the aesthetic angle for me, personally. As a gay man, I will not have sexual relations with an uncircumcised man because the appearance of the penis in that state is an absolute turn off. In fact, studies show that the majority of women also prefer the circumcised penis.
Still doesn't justify removing a valuable body part as a child. I'm sure you'd look good without earlobes as well, but it's still not ok to have them cut off without your consent.
