So, you are saying that you would give up on circumcision without a fuss, since, as you say, it is a sociatal issue as well as religious?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:08 AM Subject: Re: Ayaan Hirsi Ali videos on Islam > We've already done so. Biblically you're allowed multiple wives. This > practice has been prohibited to conform to the social norms of Europe and > later America. At the moment I can't think of any Jewish laws that would > conflict with social laws. Just about all of our laws are > personal/communal > ones with just about no impact on society. The only conflicts that have > come > up in the past are ritual slaughtering and circumcision. Time and again > it's > been shown that ritual slaughtering is more humane than the standard bolt > to > the head. The practice is also proof against such things as mad cow > disease. > Circumcision is a social norm in most places so the only conflict is when > people try to ban it, but that's not just a Jewish issue. > Bottom line is that we don't have that big a social footprint that has to > be > modified, and me being available to the lists on a Saturday is not a law. > :) >> >> So, Michael, just out of curiosity, what practice of your own religion >> would you be willing to give up for the sake of conforming to this >> (American) society's laws? >> >> And would you do so quietly? >> -- >> will ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257755 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
