2006-10-08 17:42:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are you implying that any change to one's body is not according to God's design? So correcting a cleft lip would be contrary to the way God wanted someone to look? I just can't take this kind of shallow "reasoning" seriously.
2006-10-08 17:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by Fall Down Laughing 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
It was an Old Testament symbol of separation of the Israelites from the Gentiles (everyone who was not an Isralite) and a form of obedience. If the schmuck (foreskin) was already circumcised God would have had to come up with another physical symbol of separation.
The symbol is not required any longer since Christ abolished the law and became the circumcision for all who believe. Jew's and Gentiles being one in spirit through Christ's sacrifice.
2006-10-09 01:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by BP 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Circumcision is one of those little things in the Bible that proves God really does have a sense of humor.
2006-10-09 10:08:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did not want all men circumsized.
The rite was used as a token of the Abrahamic Covenant, which gave the Jews favor above all other tribes or people.
It literally made the Jews different from other men, as God intended.
2006-10-09 00:46:07 · answer #4 · answered by Bob L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a primitive form of child abuse. In some parts of Africa they circumcise girls as well by mutilating their genitalia this includes slicing off the clitoris.
2006-10-09 02:10:03 · answer #5 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What a funny (in a good way) question. Sort of like "Why do men have nipples?"
2006-10-09 00:45:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob L has the correct answer for you.
2006-10-09 00:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a sick religious belief; and they do it while we are babies so we cannot complain or stop them.
Women like it because it is easier to keep clean when we are babies.
2006-10-09 00:44:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Hey that's another good point, thanks. I'll use it when I try to convert the next christian I meet to Atheism. Thanks again. Have a delusional day!!
2006-10-09 00:45:48 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋