Posted on 06/11/2011 7:21:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Where are the Jews anyway?
Most American Jews are liberals, you would be hard pressed to find a single conservative Jew of child bearing age in the Bay area.
Liberals despise Israel and conservative Jews almost as much as the love Mao.
The math does itself.
My own wife and I are expecting and I have been wondering, if we have a son, will I have him circumsized? I am not a Jew but I am Jew-”ish.”
Other than religious reasons, why would I have my son circumsized?
American Jews aren’t on the cutting edge of many issues these days. Why should this be any different?
Quite a number of Christians (including Evangelicals) are “cut” and do observe the practice for religious reasons.
Sounds like abortion.
RE: Why should this be any different?
Because this law banning circumcision affect JEWS and what they have been practicing for thousands of years.... Unless of course, they don’t care anymore...
There was a tradition of actual ritual circumcision in the British royal family (supposedly because they are descended from King David). Prince Charles was circumcised by a traditional mohel, but Charles and Di did not continue the tradition with their sons.
RE: Other than religious reasons, why would I have my son circumsized?
If you are not a Jew and are a Christian, you are NOT REQUIRED to circumcize your son (IOW, there is NO RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENT IN CHRISTIANITY FOR CIRCUMCISION. You are free to do as you see fit).
However, if you want a scientific/medical case for doing it, maybe these sites might help you :
http://www.hivplusmag.com/NewsStory.asp?id=21817&sd=01/21/2010
and here:
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-case-for-neonatal-circumcision/
I’m going to work on getting a Weiner joke into this thread.
OK, since his has already been circulated on the internet (courtesy of the inadverted release by Andrew Breitbart), I’m sure you can determine whether or not he has been circumcized...
All I can say that if he is, that really might have helped his libido :)
Remember that these anti-Semites are horrified to take away this foreskin from a baby at 40 weeks, but when he’s still unborn at 30 weeks, they have no problem disposing of the entire boy.
There is no practical reason to circumcize at birth other than genital malformation. Later in life, there may be medical reasons, but they’re not exactly common.
For Christians, there isn’t a religious reason, either, since we’re no longer under the Law of the Old Testament. Most often, circumcision is elected so the boy will be like his father.
That said, banning this practice is unconstitutional on its face. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I oppose any ban, even though I don’t especially support it being done.
The suffering of POWs that were not circumsized was horrendous. Infection and disease are so much worse in prison conditions for the uncircumsized. Returning POWs recommended circumcision because of the suffering.
Quite a number of Christians (including Evangelicals) are cut and do observe the practice for religious reasons.
What groups of Christians circumcise for "religious reasons"?
Shouldn’t they tweet Anthony Weiner for his opinion on this...it’s right up his alley.
I was ready to whack his Dad's pee-pee by the time that child healed because of all the pain he went through.
As far as the biblical practice goes... I have heard that the blood clotting factors are optimum at 8 days of age, which makes sense as to why it would be customary for the Jews to wait... instead of doing it right after the birth.
as hospitals are not legally required to report how many they perform................................ LOL, follow the $$$$$ that’s what its about. I got suckered into it twice with my boys, and now they ask why we did we do it? If they ever pass a law saying it can be done only after the age 18, just how many do you think would do it? Hospitals and doctors don’t want to lose millions of dollars, operating room cost, instruments, nursery care, trays, whatever, it all adds up and the more they do, the more they make.
“Other than religious reasons, why would I have my son circumsized?”
There are some medical reasons - less chance of a certain cancer (penile? or testicular? or both?), lower AIDS transmission -
although there are those that say with good hygiene it is not a factor.
In Africa they are heavily promoting circumcision to cut down future AIDS cases.
I think circumcision is totally optional but I don’t think there should be a law about it.
There is a much lower rate of cervix cancer among women whose husbands have been circumcised.
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