circumcision, yes or no, definitely yes!
Posted By: x on 2009-02-08
In Reply to: Brook - you are the one misinformed - nm
It is not a necessary procedure, I agree. But it is better to do it, out of hygenic reasons.
It gives a little pain for the baby, it most probably cries more for being exposed and cold.
It does not in any way minimize the sensitivity in later life.
There are cases where in later years the foreskin does NOT expand and leads to phimosis ( an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans) and the then necessary surgical procedure is much more painful.
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Just let it go, I say yes to circumcision...nm
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Mulisms and circumcision
Islam - Circumcision is not symbolic of being part of the Muslim community, as it is in Judaism, but most Muslims circumcise their sons. Though circumcision is not specifically mandated or mentioned in the Qur'an, many Muslims believe it is necessary because Allah ordered Muhammad to follow the way of Abraham, who circumcised himself. Many Muslims also believe circumcision is a form of cleanliness.
I am also going to speak to my friend Sharif and see what he experienced regarding circumcision growing up in Morocco as a Muslim.
By the way, to those who believe that all Muslims are terrorists and want to do harm to us, you really should meet some Muslim people and get to know them. They are some of the finest people I have ever known.
Jews against circumcision
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.org/
I am PRO CIRCUMCISION, so I am NOT A STINKY GIRL, YOU ARE! nm
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There is a religious not hygenic reason for circumcision.
Like so many Jewish commandments, the brit milah is commonly perceived to be a hygienic measure; however the biblical text states the reason for this commandment quite clearly: circumcision is an outward physical sign of the eternal covenant between G-d and the Jewish people. It is also a sign that the Jewish people will be perpetuated through the circumcised man. The health benefits of this practice are merely incidental. It is worth noting, however, that circumcised males have a lower risk of certain cancers, and the sexual partners of circumcised males also have a lower risk of certain cancers.
The commandment is binding upon both the father of the child and the child himself. If a father does not have his son circumcised, the son is obligated to have himself circumcised as soon as he becomes an adult. A person who is uncircumcised suffers the penalty of kareit, spiritual excision; in other words, regardless of how good a Jew he is in all other ways, a man has no place in the World to Come if he is uncircumcised.
Do you think infant male circumcision is child abuse?
Would you say that its child abuse?? Never thought of it that way before. Came across this article that discusses this question, interesting read. See link below.
Deeni, I respect your opinion, but I held both my sons during circumcision......sm
my dirtly little secret, I used to be an LPN and CMA, used to surgical technology. It takes seconds, and while I had silent tears and I worried and fretted, but they were fine, and Nola is not misinformed here, being in clinical practice for years, and working for general surgeons, I saw many men, some in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, who had infection after infection because they could not retract the foreskin the right way, phimosis is painful and can become precancerous, and yes, we had some gentlemen with penile cancer. As I said, I was able to snuggle and nurse my baby boys both times right after circumcision, no problems. Men's anatomy is so different (!!!!) from female's (duh), so you cannot compare the unsterile, crude labial circimcisions done in third world countries with what is done in hospital for our baby boys. Anatomy just dictates this. I was so glad when my daughter was born, it was not even anything to worry about!
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