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Circumcision - Religious Child Mutilation

If you are a male born into a Jewish or Moslem family, chances are you are circumcised. Circumcision is a euphemism for penile mutilation. I was horrified by the images I saw in this LiveLeak video taken from a Turkish ceremony where scores of young boys are gleefully taken by their parents to a butcher shop to be mutilated. It's hard to fathom what motivates a parent to even consider such a savage act against his or her own child.

Of course, no sane parent would rip out a child's arm, or sever a child's ear, but somehow this barbaric practice is tolerated and even celebrated in the name of god. A reasonable person might ask, why does god care about a man's foreskin? Aren't there more important things for god to consider than obsessing over men's penises?

Some parents would tell you that god doesn't care, they disfigure their boys as a show of respect and reverence. Others would condone it by claiming health and sanitary benefits! Of course you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who'd admit the truth; that they are fanatics and want to selfishly score a few points with god, or they are just ignorant, following a tradition that, unbeknownst to them, predates theism itself.

I have no problem with an adult deciding to mutilate himself in the name of god or whatever else. But subjecting innocent boys (and sometimes girls) to this cruel and excruciating practice is nothing short of diabolical, or at least demented.

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// posted by rh

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2 Comments:

By Anonymous, at 29/6/07 12:30 PM

You are a fanatic-just like everyone of these people! Instead of going on seeing why people do waht they do, you just go blindly and judge them. I don't want to defend circumcision, neither the male or the femal one. But instead of going and seeing that the reason for this lies within culture and tradition, you- as a fanatic, obviously non-religious, go and blame God!

By rh, at 29/6/07 9:10 PM

you only supported my position here by stressing that god has nothing to do with this practice. that's precisely my point. but you can't deny that this abhorrent practice is shrouded in religious tradition and misguided parents cheerfully disfigure their children in the name of god.

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