Speaking as a Christian guy who was circumcised as a baby:
Yeah, I won't mind if it's gone. It's solely a symbolic practice, nothing more. There is no practical need to do it, knowing what we know now about germs and nerves and such.
But to be be so up-in-arms about this one single thing is not a winning strategy. It just makes us look crazy in the eyes of the public. Focus elsewhere.
Well i'm just saying if Trump comes out against ALL forms of genital mutilation on children he will piss off christians and jews. And if he comes out against ALL forms of mutilation EXCEPT the ones Christians and Jews prefer it weakens his position and makes him look hypocritical
I mean, eh. I can definitely see where it says to circumsize your kids to mark them as God's, so I can see how Bible-believers would be like "ok". But there are like a jillion commands in leviticus that didn't survive the New Testament so I never quite understood how that is the one that is still with us. I mean couldnt we just wear tassels on our cloaks instead??
I wonder if that includes circumcision
A lot of the Christian right will not be behind a push to ban circumcision. They will paint it as another sign of society turning away from God
Speaking as a Christian guy who was circumcised as a baby:
Yeah, I won't mind if it's gone. It's solely a symbolic practice, nothing more. There is no practical need to do it, knowing what we know now about germs and nerves and such.
But to be be so up-in-arms about this one single thing is not a winning strategy. It just makes us look crazy in the eyes of the public. Focus elsewhere.
Well i'm just saying if Trump comes out against ALL forms of genital mutilation on children he will piss off christians and jews. And if he comes out against ALL forms of mutilation EXCEPT the ones Christians and Jews prefer it weakens his position and makes him look hypocritical
I mean, eh. I can definitely see where it says to circumsize your kids to mark them as God's, so I can see how Bible-believers would be like "ok". But there are like a jillion commands in leviticus that didn't survive the New Testament so I never quite understood how that is the one that is still with us. I mean couldnt we just wear tassels on our cloaks instead??