RE: Indoctrinating Children in Religion
March 10, 2015 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 5:38 pm by Ravenshire.)
(March 10, 2015 at 3:16 pm)Irrational Wrote:(March 10, 2015 at 11:55 am)Sionnach Wrote: There is nothing wrong with the parent deciding for the child what is best for him or her.
Maybe you don't think it's wrong, but many do. And it's a matter of respecting the right of the person to choose for themselves. How would you feel if earlobes were cut off as a child because that's what your parents wanted?
If someone had wrapped it in mystical belief to the point that it became a societal norm, most parents would do it "just 'cause everbody duz it!!!"
(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. However, likening circumcision to cutting off of earlobes is ridiculous and illogical. The analogy does not work.
The analogy works just fine. Bits of skin that serve (at least in most people's minds) little or no purpose that can be easily removed in infancy. You just don't like where the analogy leads.
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