If men weren't meant to have a foreskin, it wouldn't be there in nature. Circumcision was also incredibly rare outside of Judaism until they started pushing it in the 20th century.
I see circumcision as one of the first body modifications by humans who think they "know better" than nature. Given science's poor track record in deciding what is important and what isn't on the human body I wouldn't trust it.
It’s been proven to date back to 6000bc with evidence as far back as 15000bc.
Circumcision was also incredibly rare outside of Judaism until they started pushing it in the 20th century.
This is patently false, while Judaism heavily utilizes the practice, Islam and Christianity did as well. Circumcision was one of the best preventive measures for infection in men before antiseptics. England and America started using it as a preventative measure of stds mid 19th century and was largely pushed by devout Christian doctors. One of the more famous being Dr. Kellogg who founded the company of the same name.
Islam and Christianity did as well. Circumcision was one of the best preventive measures for infection in men before antiseptics.
Citation needed, citation needed.
Kellogg pushed it to prevent boys from masturbating. Some boys were castrated in the 19th century because they did it too much. I do like Victorianism, but this is not exactly an attractive part of the culture.
Yeah, thats why the Nazis totally didn't use circumcision as a quick way to identify Jewish men pretending to be gentiles, because everyone was doing it in 1940's Europe. Right?
AntonioOfVenice already covered the religious wackos pushing it in the United States.
The first mention of it in Encyclopedia Britannica as a medical practice and not simply a Jewish and Islamic religious custom was the 1910 edition.
To portray circumcision as common among everyday Christian peoples prior to the 20th century is simply revisionist history. And no, I don't care that Jews and Muzzies were doing it for centuries.
If men weren't meant to have a foreskin, it wouldn't be there in nature. Circumcision was also incredibly rare outside of Judaism until they started pushing it in the 20th century.
I see circumcision as one of the first body modifications by humans who think they "know better" than nature. Given science's poor track record in deciding what is important and what isn't on the human body I wouldn't trust it.
It’s been proven to date back to 6000bc with evidence as far back as 15000bc.
This is patently false, while Judaism heavily utilizes the practice, Islam and Christianity did as well. Circumcision was one of the best preventive measures for infection in men before antiseptics. England and America started using it as a preventative measure of stds mid 19th century and was largely pushed by devout Christian doctors. One of the more famous being Dr. Kellogg who founded the company of the same name.
Citation needed, citation needed.
Kellogg pushed it to prevent boys from masturbating. Some boys were castrated in the 19th century because they did it too much. I do like Victorianism, but this is not exactly an attractive part of the culture.
Yeah, thats why the Nazis totally didn't use circumcision as a quick way to identify Jewish men pretending to be gentiles, because everyone was doing it in 1940's Europe. Right?
In Islamic-ruled lands, a synonym for this sick practice is 'Islamized'.
Conflates Europe with England and America. Do you need a map?
What continent is England considered a part of?
AntonioOfVenice already covered the religious wackos pushing it in the United States.
The first mention of it in Encyclopedia Britannica as a medical practice and not simply a Jewish and Islamic religious custom was the 1910 edition.
To portray circumcision as common among everyday Christian peoples prior to the 20th century is simply revisionist history. And no, I don't care that Jews and Muzzies were doing it for centuries.