@briandavidearp Just got back from a lovely Bris with good friends and thought of you. The Mohel mentioned that it is a sign that we should strive not just to be physically perfect, but also morally and spiritually perfect. A task that difficult maybe deserves a powerful ritual?
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Replying to @Efroymson
It seems to me far from morally perfect to permanently interfere with the most private part of someone’s sexual anatomy without their consent. Jewish girls can presumably strive to be morally/spiritually perfect without having a sign carved onto their genitals. Why not boys?
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Replying to @briandavidearp @Efroymson
Far more powerful a ritual would be circumcision as performed in many African communities where the initiate consciously agrees to have their genitals marked as a sign of commitment to the moral ideals of their community. A baby feels only senseless pain & cannot refuse.
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Replying to @briandavidearp @Efroymson
I can see the logic of volunteering to sacrifice a valued part of my sexual anatomy to demonstrate my commitment to moral or sexual virtue. Forcing this sacrifice on the most vulnerable member of the community at their utterly most defenseless is morally incomprehensible to me
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This baby cried for maybe 30 seconds, and stopped as soon as the mohel picked him up and bounced him. I’ve seen many diaper changes that caused more apparent suffering.
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Yes, because the usual response to excruciating pain is to fall asleep.
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Tell us more how putting on a baby's diaper must be less painful than cutting off part of their penis with no anesthesia because they didn't appear to be in as much pain.
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