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Anrakyr
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I’m not at home nor do I have a Bible handy.
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Anrakyr
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True, true dat.
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Bernoulli
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I don’t think it is actually in the Bible, the rule is rabbinic interpretation.
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Inquiry
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Basically I’m going to follow the standard rules on amputations. If it’s not to treat an existing and serious medical condition then I’m not having it done to an innocent. I’m not exposing them to the risk. I’m not exposing them to the pain. I’m not taking away a part of them before they can choose for themselves.
If I were Jewish then the Covenant would also be a serious enough reason. I’m not so it isn’t.
If I were Jewish then the Covenant would also be a serious enough reason. I’m not so it isn’t.
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stormer83
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Everything you said here is the misconception. No one gets infections just because they are not circumcised. If that was true, the rate of infections for most males around the world would be much higher which is not the case.
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Xarto
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Weird topic but you can still shower every day and wash your neather regions and still get infections. Fluff from your garments and the occasional hair can get caught under there, causing irritation.
Apart from the religious aspect, I think it made sense living in a desert/dusty environment to be circumcised.
Apart from the religious aspect, I think it made sense living in a desert/dusty environment to be circumcised.
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Anrakyr
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And you wouldn’t notice this because?Weird topic but you can still shower every day and wash your neather regions and still get infections. Fluff from your garments and the occasional hair can get caught under there, causing irritation.
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EmilyAlexandra
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I honestly don’t get the impression that infections of the penis are very common, and they presumably can be dealt with quite easily. Possibly it did serve a purpose thousands of years ago in the desert.
As this map shows, throughout much of the world, circumcision is very much a rarity: the whole of Latin America, the whole of Europe (with the exception of a few small Balkan countries with significant Muslim populations), India, east Asia (except South Korea due to American influence), most of mainland southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and a swathe of countries across southern Africa. Circumcision is now rare in Australia, so the prevalence there is due to older generations from a time when it was practised routinely. Worldwide, almost 90% of non-Muslim and non-Jewish males are uncircumcised, and that figure is even higher if one excludes the United States and Canada.
As this map shows, throughout much of the world, circumcision is very much a rarity: the whole of Latin America, the whole of Europe (with the exception of a few small Balkan countries with significant Muslim populations), India, east Asia (except South Korea due to American influence), most of mainland southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and a swathe of countries across southern Africa. Circumcision is now rare in Australia, so the prevalence there is due to older generations from a time when it was practised routinely. Worldwide, almost 90% of non-Muslim and non-Jewish males are uncircumcised, and that figure is even higher if one excludes the United States and Canada.
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Montrose
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Here in the Philippines (population 110 million), which is a Catholic country, roughly 90% of male children get circumcised for non-religious reasons.
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Xarto
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Because you are working or going about your day until you do notice it. At which point it has already been irritated.
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