03-23-2015, 11:03 PM
(03-23-2015, 10:21 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I had no idea there was such a sizable and organized human rights movement across the country.
Well if you really stop to think about it, it is an absurd practice. We're mutilating penises over here left and right and don't even question why. It's already been proven there is no medical reason so that's out.
The only other reason to do it is because the punishment for not being circumcised in mainstream Judaism is believed to be "Karet", being cut off; meaning premature death at the hand of G-d (Mo'ed Katan 28a) and a severe spiritual punishment, the "soul's being cut off," and not being granted a share in the world to come (Hilchot Teshuvah 8:1,5).