not really. 1 is a covenant and a sign of that. and the other is thinking you are another biological sex so much to that you would do that. 1 is faith, the other is a mental disorder.
Circumcision was not unique it was done in other cultures before Abraham. Abraham understood at that time the meaning and traditions already established.
Circumcision was a visible, continuous reminder of a covenant.
Just as God asked for circumcision, he made a covenant through cutting and burning an animal and passing between the pieces. People would do this, the one who passes through is the one making the obligation and promis. God used the cultural and familiar traditions to establish his people in a way they could understand.
God passed through the animal and prevented Abraham from passing through. God knows that man is fallible and broken. We cannot keep promises forever. But God will. Hence God was the only one making the obligation.
So to answer your question, God asking me to do something known in my culture as a clear sign and daily reminder, of a covenant - even if that happened to be Circumcision, (or even if it meant scarring my face), I wouldn't consider it weird. In fact I couldn't consider it weird since it would already be a familiar practice in my culture. Which is why God used it.
Ok so your defense of circumcision is that it wasn't God's idea, he was just being practical and using something already in the culture. But if they were already doing it for some other reason, then how would it be reminder of a covenant? It would just be a thing they were already doing. Also, how is it highly visible unless people are walking around naked?
Personally I find it to be a disgusting practice regardless of who is doing it for how long or why. The Earth gave us wondrous bodies that can bring us much joy. We should cherish and respect our bodies.
So even back then people were trying to mutilate genitals? I guess not much has changed. Makes the whole transgender thing make more sense.
not really. 1 is a covenant and a sign of that. and the other is thinking you are another biological sex so much to that you would do that. 1 is faith, the other is a mental disorder.
Transgenderism comes from too many hormones of the opposite sex. It's not a mental disorder. It's hormone poisoning.
Don't you think it's weird that someone calling themselves God is demanding you chop off part of your baby's penis?
Ok so your defense of circumcision is that it wasn't God's idea, he was just being practical and using something already in the culture. But if they were already doing it for some other reason, then how would it be reminder of a covenant? It would just be a thing they were already doing. Also, how is it highly visible unless people are walking around naked?
Personally I find it to be a disgusting practice regardless of who is doing it for how long or why. The Earth gave us wondrous bodies that can bring us much joy. We should cherish and respect our bodies.