RE: Indoctrinating Children in Religion
March 13, 2015 at 7:19 am
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2015 at 8:02 am by robvalue.)
Yeah, I come down on that side of it.
I see that there are more health factors to circumcision than I realized, but it appears to me that when balanced against the risks and advantages of not having it done, it's not an open an shut case.
The problem is more that any sort of mutilation is allowed because it's religious. That is where you get into problems. Then the door is open for other blatantly non-beneficial practices.
Would it be fair to say that the vast majority of circumcisions are performed primarily for religious reasons these days? (I'm thinking of the Jewish as being the lion's share?)
I see that there are more health factors to circumcision than I realized, but it appears to me that when balanced against the risks and advantages of not having it done, it's not an open an shut case.
The problem is more that any sort of mutilation is allowed because it's religious. That is where you get into problems. Then the door is open for other blatantly non-beneficial practices.
Would it be fair to say that the vast majority of circumcisions are performed primarily for religious reasons these days? (I'm thinking of the Jewish as being the lion's share?)
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