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.
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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