Circumcision ban getting people snippy.

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@DélioPT:

They are used as a justification when something is related to an aspect or more of said religion(s).

Yup, and if bodily harm is involved, it's usually forbidden.

You are raising an issue that doesn`t exist in said religion.

It's irrelevant. It could exist in other religions. Would it be acceptable to you in that case? Would you "respect" that practice?

When i said "respect" it`s in a sense of asking people to take into consideration the context and that is the why it`s done and what is done. Then, make your decision.

I did take everything into consideration. The ideea is that we have an infant, who's having a pointless medical procedure irreversable done against his will. I cannot find this acceptable.

I was just talking about the cases where the child would do the same, not in cases where the child wouldn`t. I wouldn`t make sense if i was talking about the last part.

But what makes you think that the child would get a circumcision if he had the choice? This is precisely why it shouldn't be done on infants. People should be allowed to chose what happens to their bodies.

In this case the justification exists. It`s not pointless, it`s a question of faith.

Religion is personal. You can't force it on others.

He will be given his foreskin back as much as his education will be erased from him so he can re-educate himself. It`s just one thing you can`t undo.

Do you hear what you're saying? It's a terribly weak anology. A person can chose to reject everything's he's been taught, and no harm is done. If that wouldn't be the case than people would be identical clones of their parents.  You can't compare something mental with something physiological. A person can choose to adopt a different set of beliefs, while a person can't regrow a part of their body that's been removed.

I was talking about medical complications.
This is where we differ: i honestly don`t see this medical procedure as a problem and i honestly believe that, looking at the big picture of an upbringing, there really are more deeper issues than having a parent decide for their kid this medical procedure.

We differ in several aspects, not just that. I see this forced mutilation as a huge problem.