Circumcision! Is it against Catholic religion?

Question

What are your personal views on the topic in general not just religiously. Thanks!

Answer 1

It is not against Catholic religion. If it is than too many have sinned against the church. I know that circumcision is not necessary. Some do it for religious reasons, some do it because of myths they hear about it. Others do it because their dads were done. I knew identical boys. One had it done the other didn't ... just to tell them apart

Answer 2

Circumcision is not against the Catholic Faith. Not being Circumcised is not against the Faith either. It is just easier for men to be circumcised in a health aspect point of view. It was easy for my son though because he was born without a foreskin to speak of. Kind of like he was already circumcised.

Answer 3

wait a moment, has no one thought this through... why is it there? is it like an appendix that is totally pointless or is it just that in the dark ages of poor health and hygiene this practice commneced... in this day and age if educated people know about personal hygiene then why should it be hacked off?





Western countries have no tradition of circumcision. In antiquity, the expansion of the Greek and Roman Empires brought Westerners into contact with the peoples of the Middle East, some of whom marked their children with circumcision and other sexual mutilations. To protect these children, the Greeks and Romans passed laws forbidding circumcision.[1] Over the centuries, the Catholic Church has passed many similar laws.[2,3] The traditional Western response to circumcision has been revulsion and indignation.
Circumcision started in America during the masturbation hysteria of the Victorian Era, when a few American doctors circumcised boys to punish them for masturbating. Victorian doctors knew very well that circumcision denudes, desensitizes, and disables the penis. Nevertheless, they were soon claiming that circumcision cured epilepsy, convulsions, paralysis, elephantiasis, tuberculosis, eczema, bed-wetting, hip-joint disease, fecal incontinence, rectal prolapse, wet dreams, hernia, headaches, nervousness, hysteria, poor eyesight, idiocy, mental retardation, and insanity.[4]

In fact, no procedure in the history of medicine has been claimed to cure and prevent more diseases than circumcision. As late as the 1970s, leading American medical textbooks still advocated routine circumcision as a way to prevent masturbation.[5] The antisexual motivations behind an operation that entails cutting off part of the penis are obvious.

Answer 4

hello,
As far as my son is concerned, we are Greek Orthodox, which is a close 2nd to catholics, he is circumcised.
The main reason we had this done was cleanliness. It will be easier for him to clean the sucker. Personally, i have not come in contact with an uncircumcised male, but have heard stories. The skin has to be rolled back in order to clean and if it is not cleaned well things can get nasty. Smells and infections the biggest. I wanted to save my son the difficulties he would would face as he grew up and had to clean himself properly.
Then again, there are those stories i hear of it being longer then a circumcised one,but i have no knowledge of this first hand so have only stories to go on.
Personally, i prefer that it was done. It is easier to care for and my son has learned to bath it himself quickly.
Incidentally, I find i like it myself since my husband is snipped, and i prefer it then to one that would still be, shall we say clothed?
God bless

Answer 5

Personally I couldn't think of any thing worse than being circumsied. i find it very uncomfortable if my foreskin is rolled back and i am wearing something. However when it comes to sex because it has had the protection it has not lost its sensitivity and i can therefore feel more. If you decide to have it done do it as a baby that is a few weeks old at the most and no later. I had a frien who had it at 11 years old and he said he was in pain for months. As for the cleanliness issue there isnt one cleaning it is the same

Answer 6

I think it is a personal preference ( I am not religious but DEFINITLY believe in god) I just had a little boy and it was a very hard decision due to it puts the baby in pain and why put your baby in pain if not neccesary right? well we thought months about itafter finding out he was a boy. I oppted to do it after speaking with the pediatrician she said they do numb it and even before numbing they give them a little sugar water to make them oh how do you say it "high" so it is not so painful when they numb the penis itself. It is a very hard desicion at least for me it was my friend also told me whatever the dad has the son should have her kids are not circumcized because their father is not (she said because when they teach them how to potty train they see there no different from their dad) my husband is done so this also made me feel like i did the right thing for us.

Answer 7

I would circumcise my child.

It is cleaner and easier to teach hygiene. When the child gets older he will also not have body issues that I KNOW some un-circumcised boys/men have. (IE...gym showers etc)

As Americans it has just become the norm and we all know how difficult childhood can be if you are not considered "the norm". Why make it harder.

Answer 8

So long as it is done for non-religious reasons, there is no problem with circumcision for Catholics.

Answer 9

As far as I know it isn't against religion,but I know that jews and muslims require to be circumcised.As a hindu I had my foreskin surgically removed because of urinary problems.Thanks to that I am more hygienically clean than certain guys I know.

Answer 10

No it's not! If you go back to the early days of the church it was still practiced, as Christianity was a spin off from the Jewish roots.