Doug Holland to Atheist [email protected]English • 12 days agoHow the Abrahamic religions startedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1913
arrow-up1913imageHow the Abrahamic religions startedlemmy.worldDoug Holland to Atheist [email protected]English • 12 days agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•12 days agoNot all circumcised are Jews. Most aren’t in fact.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•12 days agoBut the only religion that holds to this story of Abraham, and circumsises is Judaism. Muslims reject the Torah, or the Old Testament, and Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews. And Americans do it because they are weird for cultural reasons.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•11 days ago Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews. But they still believe it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 days agoDude. Wipe your computer screen clean, open your eyes, and notice the text in the meme about 4 billion people who think nothing is wrong with this: Christians are invoked directly in the post.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•11 days agoIn the US circumcision was the norm for the longest time. Thank John Harvey Kellogg for that. I don’t think it’s recommended anymore.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•11 days agoIt’s probably still a lot more uncommon than being uncircumcised because “well I guess it should look like mine or most of the others”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•11 days agoAesthetic and looking like the father is a big reason women still support doing so.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 days agoHow would women feel if men said the same thing about cutting theirs up for aesthetic reasons?
Not all circumcised are Jews. Most aren’t in fact.
But the only religion that holds to this story of Abraham, and circumsises is Judaism.
Muslims reject the Torah, or the Old Testament, and Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews.
And Americans do it
because they are weirdfor cultural reasons.But they still believe it.
Believe what?
The story of Abraham
Dude. Wipe your computer screen clean, open your eyes, and notice the text in the meme about 4 billion people who think nothing is wrong with this: Christians are invoked directly in the post.
In the US circumcision was the norm for the longest time. Thank John Harvey Kellogg for that. I don’t think it’s recommended anymore.
It’s probably still a lot more uncommon than being uncircumcised because “well I guess it should look like mine or most of the others”
Aesthetic and looking like the father is a big reason women still support doing so.
How would women feel if men said the same thing about cutting theirs up for aesthetic reasons?