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when he was over 100 years old, since according to the bible Isaac wasn't born until he had reached his century mark. And speaking of Isaac, the first circumcision biblically, we don't get to know his age either, though based on different other events in the bible it was >>
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>>probably around 13. It CERTAINLY wasn't 8 days old. The bible gives no deadline and date for circumcision, so I ask again, why force it on those that do not consent to it. The only reason I can think of is that infants CAN'T say no, and they are afraid the practice would die>>
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>> or people would leave the faith rather than be cut upon if given that choice, but having it already done, at least before it became fashionable in the USA marked you as Jewish, you were less likely to leave when it made you physically different.
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