Routine Circumcision: The Tragic Myth

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: N NINETY PERCENT of all gentile American males^
, are now being subjected to the procedure known as routine circumcision - as compared, for example, to five percent of
^ y : British ma^ : J
CIRCUMCISION IS NOT and n:ever has been a custom or rite ¦
of the inhabitants of Europe and the Briti$jh; Isles, yet it has now ' been almost universally adopted by Western people iin ONE area ;
^^ : only ^ the U4A. WHY? ¦ N 1 : - v
WHY:lS THE United Stkes the only Western nation:that ^^ practices circumcision routinely ^ to such a large degree when only a century ago the only circumcised AMericans were those : ^ who belonged to:a few!esoteric.religious ci^its^-^;;^
WHY DOES A predominantly Christi^in^tion e^ procedure when there is nothing in ChristianitY or,e^riiA^ which ordains snippihg off the prepuce qfiS hfew bom ir^f^m? As I; : New Testament readers may r^mlemtiery thfe dply circu
St, Paul... Tovább

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::|||i il »a Tragic Mytlhil§§^

: ^ : - ^ - • ^ /•• v.---, . •:¦-.v.••. > ^ -
: N NINETY PERCENT of all gentile American males^
, are now being subjected to the procedure known as routine circumcision - as compared, for example, to five percent of
^ y : British ma^ : J
CIRCUMCISION IS NOT and n:ever has been a custom or rite ¦
of the inhabitants of Europe and the Briti$jh; Isles, yet it has now ' been almost universally adopted by Western people iin ONE area ;
^^ : only ^ the U4A. WHY? ¦ N 1 : - v
WHY:lS THE United Stkes the only Western nation:that ^^ practices circumcision routinely ^ to such a large degree when only a century ago the only circumcised AMericans were those : ^ who belonged to:a few!esoteric.religious ci^its^-^;;^
WHY DOES A predominantly Christi^in^tion e^ procedure when there is nothing in ChristianitY or,e^riiA^ which ordains snippihg off the prepuce qfiS hfew bom ir^f^m? As I; : New Testament readers may r^mlemtiery thfe dply circu
St, Paul promoted was the circumcisiprl of the hearty
-ROUTINE ClftCUMCISION:iTHETR . these questions in part by explaining how W doctors and nurses often for financial reasons; pfteh for no reason at all, persuade American mothers tp order!an;pperat^ that is totally unnecessary and frequently leads to serious physical and ' ¦ ' mental c0mplicati0n$;; -
' NOW AT LAST the coniplete story ab
logically compelling mutilation knowri as circumcision! Vissza