This applys to judaism and islam too. If god wanted you to be circumsized why didn't he just make you without a foreskin? so that's why i'm wondering why they chose to circumsize.
2007-05-03 08:00:12 · 12 answers · asked by Banana tree 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This was an issue in the early church, and was the topic of a council in Jerusalem. This is discussed at great length in Acts 15.
The end result was this: There were only four requirements given to non-Jewish Christians. They are:
"For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any burden but these essential requirements: to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will prosper..." (Acts 15:28-29)
Therefore, circumcision is not a requirement for Christians.
2007-05-03 08:06:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No it does not. To be circumcised is an old testament custom like burning the ashes of a red heifer on the altar. It was done for two reason to separate the Jews from the gentiles also for cleanliness.
2007-05-03 08:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can be circumsized. Women can be circumsized.
No, It was talked about in the New Testament. We do not have to be circumsized.
Galatians 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
2007-05-03 08:06:37 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should read what Paul says on this very subject in the NT.
In OT times, God required His people to distinguish themselves from the pagans by wearing this mark. This was an outward symbol that you were one of God's people. I don't know if this is practiced in Islam; probably not.
In the NT, the outward symbol that you are one of God's people is baptism. Paul said it is no longer the circumcision of the flesh that sanctifies you, but the circumcision of the heart.
2007-05-03 08:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Circumcision was a sign of the old covenant but even Paul said its unecessary for gentiles. If I were a Jew though, I would insist and teach it get done to remember where we were with God.
Its kind of like baby teeth, they werent meant to always be there. Men have lower instances of prostate cancer when it is done so its a good idea medically.
2007-05-03 08:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Circumcision was a "type" or "model" that represented cutting ourselves off from "the flesh" (as was given to Abraham). It was a sign or covenant that you have consecrated your life to His. However, it was by faith that justified Abraham, not the circumcision of his flesh.
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. - Romans 2:28-29
In [Jesus] you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ. - Colossians 2:11
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh - Philippians 3:2-3
2007-05-03 08:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, not now. But back in the Old Testament days, God want that to happen as a physical covenant.
2007-05-03 08:06:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a covenant God made with the Jews. It never applied to gentile believers in Jesus Christ.
2007-05-03 08:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by Esther 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i'm not too particular the thanks to respond to this question, because i believe that the "gods" of alternative religions and my God are all one and the same. diverse interpretations of a unmarried entity. In some experience, all religions are perfect, because they are reflections of custom and human being needs. on the topic of vampires and dragons, besides the indisputable fact that, I disbelieve in them because maximum human beings, even interior of overseas religions, do not fairly believe in them both. they are an obtrusive and inconsistent fantasy interior of dissimilar religions. The deity or spirit is the mandatory and consistence element in faith. i believe in this depending on the info and my personal experience (to boot because the overpowering experience of billions of others). faith is part of this, certainly. yet i don't think in dragons and vampires because the info merely would not seem to help them. faith has not something to do with it, because i might want to change my thoughts if the info provided itself.
2016-12-05 07:21:12 · answer #9 · answered by barnhart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't require Christian parents to circumsize their boys, but many do becuase it's cleaner.
2007-05-03 08:05:41 · answer #10 · answered by Caity S 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋