I consider circumcision a form of genital mutilation that should have been banned already.
On Apr 1, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Todd wrote: > 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:257771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
