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- From: anne@cco.caltech.edu (Anneliese Lilje)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Circumcision etc.
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 23:50:19 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- >>I have nothing against anyone who wants to have their son circumcised for
- >>religious regions. I mean, that is the only real reason for
- >>circumcision.
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- >>And that's good enough.
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- >How can religious reasons really be good enough either. What ever value
- >(psychological or tribal) value circumcision at one time played for
- >both Jews and Moslems is now long over. It is just a lock-step
- >response to social pressure.
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- Buttttt.... There are many, many religious practices that are of no "value"
- other than as symbolic, or one of tradition. But a persons faith is a
- very personal thing. And any activity that is deemed important to the
- traditions of ones religion is in my opinion their business and
- a good enough reason. It may not be a satisfactory reason to *YOU* but
- your opinion about how one carries out their religious "activities" is
- moot.
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- anne
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