9th - "At no point did I think, I’ve had a piece of my penis removed and so I must punish my son by inflicting the same upon him" and "The simplest, and most honest, reason is that I am circumcised myself so it seems natural." not in those words, but you had a piece of your >>
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3> of Philo Judaeus "First of all, it is a symbol of the excision of the pleasures which delude the mind; for since, of all the delights which pleasure can afford, the association of man with woman is the most exquisite, it seemed good to the lawgivers to mutilate the organ >>
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4> which ministers to such connections;" And Moses Maimonides "Similarly with regard to circumcision, one of the reasons for it is, in my opinion, the wish to bring about a decrease in sexual intercourse and a weakening of the organ in question, so that this activity be >>
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5> diminished and the organ be in as quiet a state as possible." and "None of the activities necessary for the preservation of the individual is harmed thereby, nor is procreation rendered impossible, but violent concupiscence and lust that goes beyond what is needed are >>
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6> diminished. The fact that circumcision weakens the faculty of sexual excitement and sometimes perhaps diminishes the pleasure is indubitable. For if at birth this member has been made to bleed and has had its covering taken away from it, it must indubitably be weakened." >>
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7> Both revered Jewish scholars for their time. Or of the medical men from a century ago - "For this purpose, if the prepuce is long, we may circumcise the male patient with present and probably with future advantages; the operation, too, should not be performed under >>
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8> chloroform, so that the pain experienced may be associated with the habit we wish to eradicate." Athol A. W. Johnson. The Lancet, vol. 1 (1860) and "The only physiological advantage which the prepuce can be supposed to confer is that of maintaining the penis in a condition >>
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9> susceptible to more acute sensation than would otherwise exist. It may increase the pleasure of intercourse and the impulse to it: but these are advantages which in the present state of society can well be spared." Editor, Medical World, (1900)
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