I know this. I am simply stating that I wouldn't know any religious prescription in whatever religion that would be considered as more binding by its adherents than an explicit Torah commandment by Jews.
If it is the key practice why are women and girls excluded from it? Clearly one does not need to be circumcised to fully participate in Jewish lifehttps://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/113/1/136/41125 …
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Well, I suppose you can offer that as a theological or philosophical criticism, and that is all fair and square in a debate between citizens. But for the legislator this cannot be an argument, as the legislator does not do theology/philosophy.
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I’m not a legislator, so, I am engaging in debate - that’s my only aim
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Okay, but you RT an article advocating outlawing it (beginning of this thread), and in your other paper (the one I read) you discuss all sorts of legal debates. Let's face it: these discussions are intimately connected.
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Almost all articles I tweet or retweet concerning any complex topic contain some claims with which I do not fully agree or am uncertain about. And yes, I discuss the legal debates, and yes morality and law are related (though often come apart). So, what is there to face?
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Well, to discuss morality with others whose entire lifestyle is at stake, is a bit like a discussion about English breakfast between a pig and a hen - committed vs. involved. It's not just an academic debate.
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The entire lifestyle of Judaism is not reducible to circumcision. If it were, Jewish women would not have a rich and robust experience of being Jewish and participating in the lifestyle of the community. Judaism has a great deal to offer apart from this rite
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Of course, but we're talking about Jewish men, so this is hardly relevant.
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But if you could produce evidence that the majority of rabbis would have no problems with the abolition of circumcision, I would change my view. However, as far as I can see the opposite is true. Dutch rabbis even claim that this is a sine qua non.
End of conversation
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