The most common cosmetic surgery in America continues to decline. Down from close to 85% in the 60's, only 56% of Southerners - the same as the national rate - are circumcising their baby boys. By the time our boys are grown, the numbers will be low enough (perhaps rivaling Europe, where only Jews & Muslims circumcise, same as America 150 years ago) that those circumcised young men will be asking some difficult questions of their parents.
I just ask, please do your research thoroughly. :) The AAP is against routine infant circumcision. The Catholic Church banned it explicitly for centuries and its principles continue the implicit ban* today. If there is no medical & no religious indication for routine infant circumcision, what reason remains?
As a final thought, the Jewish circumcision of Jesus' time was nothing like the modern medical procedure - only the tip was removed.
I just ask, please do your research thoroughly. :) The AAP is against routine infant circumcision. The Catholic Church banned it explicitly for centuries and its principles continue the implicit ban* today. If there is no medical & no religious indication for routine infant circumcision, what reason remains?
As a final thought, the Jewish circumcision of Jesus' time was nothing like the modern medical procedure - only the tip was removed.
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AMDG


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