Can someone explain to me why God would give guys foreskin and then require them to whack it off?

Question

Why didn't he just create man not to have it in the first place?

Past present...whatever...I want to know "WHY" not when

Answer 1

They can wack it off with or without the foreskin, so I don't see the problem.

Answer 2

God does not require man to cut off their foreskin. In the old testament it was a sign of their covenant with God but under the new testament circumcision means nothing. It has simply become a tradition.

Answer 3

He wanted human sacrifices, he wanted animal sacrifices. Then he agreed to foreskin sacrifices.
Jews knew that the foreskin was a very sensitive genital tissue. If you want to please your blood-thirsty God, you've got to show your commitment to him by doing something that most people could never bring themselves to do. Cutting yourself where you are most sensitive and doing the same to your son, whom you are programmed to protect from pain, shows that you are the type of fanatic that is worthy of a pact with God. Now you can rest assured that you are safe from his wrath. Just whack it out and show him if he questions your loyalty.

Answer 4

Circumcism is a means of giving the woman a chance to say no to an infected diseased male. Foreskin hides a lot.

Answer 5

The practice comes from Abrahamic faiths which were born in the Desert. people didnot have enough water to stay clen and probably got a lot of infections. Some guy discovered that they could reduce infections with it. It was probably made to look like it was demanded by god. People did that in old days to get people to follow it! To continue the practice today is just Stupid.

Answer 6

What is the Torah (Bible/Old Testament) source for circumcision?

It is written in the Torah: "This is My covenant that you shall observe between Me and you and your children after you, to circumcise your every male. You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall become the sign of a covenant between Me and you".1 This is the only commandment of the Torah called "the sign of a covenant" between God and the Jewish people. In fact, the Torah mentions the word "Brit" (Heb. covenant) 13 times in connection with circumcision, which is why the word "Brit" has become synonymous with circumcision.

The covenant between G-d and the Jewish people is so profound and significant that the circumcision is performed at the earliest possible time in a person's life. The Torah tells us that this is on the eighth day after birth.

Answer 7

I never thought about till I read your question, but when you think about the fact that the human male fetus would be venerable to urinary
infections floating in amniotic fluid for 9 months.
So it is logical that the foreskin is for protection.
The male would be more exposed without it, and females are internal so she is safe by design.

This answer is based on why it would be needed in the womb.
I guess some people can`t surmise that.

Answer 8

If you would read your bible you would know the answer instead of coming up with question that have no meaning. I will tell you why since you will never read your bible, the reason is because it was never intended but when man began to multiply and God chose Israel as his people he made it a standard because it signified separation. Now that Jesus died on the cross there is no form of separation and all can come to God through the cross and that's why Paul said that circumcision had no more meaning. Next time you try to come up with a silly question you Pharisee read your word because I will respond just like my Lord Jesus "IT IS WRITTEN". If this was an honest question I apologies it just aggravates me that all these non believers are always talking about christian enforcing their religion but yet they are the ones that are trying to destroy our beliefs and are trying to shove their believes down out throat.

Answer 9

I think now it's more of a hygiene thing...if you leave the foreskin intact, you need to make sure you always pull it back to clean underneath it.

When my son was born, we had this done, we had to make sure we kept pulling what was left back to keep it clean or it would get red and irritated.

Answer 10

LOL! When my son was born I went rounds with my husband. I wasn't about to put my child through that if it wasn't necessary! Turned out, my son was in intensive care for a week after he was born, and the doctors agreed that we shouldn't put him through any additional procedures.
Whack it off, indeed!

Answer 11

God either couldn't or wouldn't remove the foreskin gene from our DNA to keep it from growing as part of the modern human male penis as we evolved over time.