Circumcision

The way I understand it, it is pretty painful when you are grown. I had that thought "just leave it and let him decide" but do I want to make him deal with that. I hate for him to be with his first girl and scare her

 

Spiritually? None that I'm aware of. There is still the hygiene argument, but that's not exclusive to Christians.

I think when God commanded Abraham and his decendants to be cut, it was an act of distinction -- to separate the Hebrews from other peoples. That's a point of debate, but regardless, Christ referred to a spiritual "circumcision of the heart" as the new mark of identity as a child of God.

 

Get the kid circumsized, he will thank you later.

 

It cuts down on a boy getting infections. The foreskin is a breeding ground for all kinds of nasty germs and stuff.

 

And just make sure you do not let this rabbi near your baby if you decide to let em get circumcised.



http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6898403/
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 11:50 a.m. ET Feb. 2, 2005

City health officials are investigating the death of a baby boy who was one of three infants to contract herpes after a rabbi circumcised them.

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Ten days after Rabbi Yitzhok Fischer performed religious circumcisions on twins last October, one died of herpes and the other tested positive for the virus, according to a complaint filed by the health department in Manhattan Supreme Court.

The complaint, reported in Wednesday’s edition of the New York Daily News, also said health officials later found a third baby who had contracted herpes after being circumcised by Fischer in late 2003.

Under Jewish law, a mohel — someone who performs circumcisions — draws blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but Fischer uses a practice rare outside strict Orthodox groups where he uses his mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin.

Herpes can cause potentially severe complications for infants because of their undeveloped immune systems. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics found that the rare ritual puts newborns at serious risk of contracting herpes simplex virus and shouldn't be performed as part of the circumcision procedure.

Fischer’s lawyer, Mark Kurzmann, told the Daily News that Fischer was cooperating with the investigation, although it’s unclear whether Fischer submitted to the city’s request for a blood test.

“My client is known internationally as a caring, skilled, and conscientious mohel,” Kurzmann said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report

 

Don't do it. Uncut guys have more sensitivity and control of the organ later in life when it counts. His sex life will be better. Just be sure to teach him early on to clean under the skin, keep it clean, and he'll have no problems.

 

I looked up all sorts of things on this on WebMD and there is no clear cut data to show anything really. The benefits and detriments to the procedure are both open to debate.

 

Yes.

 

And you want a religious reason. Here ya go....40 years in the desert, you don't want sand in that thing. take the skin off. Now, go!

 

yeah imagine keeping the turtle neck clean if you were living in the days before soap....