Comments by "Scented-leaf Pelargonium" (@scented-leafpelargonium3366) on "Today I Found Out" channel.

@ryanduffy6089 : And stop baptising them too. 🙃
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@Note-Goat I had it "forced" on me too at age 7 due to medical reasons, which like my baptism was my parents' decision. I would have opted out of the "forced" baptism (without choice) as a baby as I have no memory of it and so I do not regard it as a personal decision of one's faith or belief at such an age. However, I have never had any regrets about my circumcision, except that many people lecture me about it as they either view it as immoral, unfair or "forced" by adults. I worked with many Filipinos whilst working in Israel and it is normal in that Catholic country to be circumcised as a male, and the Royal Family are supposed to also commit to this practice. The entire country of Jews & Arabs I worked with Israel were always circumcised, save perhaps for a few Christian Arabs who identify less with Abraham, but with Jesus, even though Jesus was a circumcised Jew. There is a growing number of people objecting, while many do not at all. Thus the people that don't want something make it miserable for all those who do. Why is that?
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@JamieLuv2u : Jews under bitter persecution in centuries past often tried reverse circumcision. Because of the fear of what men might do them (kill them), not because they hated what men (parents) did to them. Lots of anti-Semitic vitriol includes very hostile views on circumcision.
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@mcaskey358 : It's a lot more painful and traumatic as an adult. It's hardly mutilation if everything still works perfectly after the procedure. That is a very discriminatory term. How many people baptize or "Christen" their children without too much outcry, yet the religious teachings of the parents are forced upin the defenceless child without any choice at all. 🙃
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 @NeoXenia So is piercing ears, tongues, eyebrows, penis glands, and tattooing of skin. These seem barbaric enough, yet few negative comments about the modern attitude to that.
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 @DC-fo3bn And also a right not to be baptised or "Christened" without consent. 🙃
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 @DC-fo3bn And stop baptising babies. I didn't sign up for that.
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@lngbenn Baptism was an adult thing for Jesus/Yeshua, but circumcision for both Him and His cousin John the Baptist was at 8 days old. Not all do it for religious reasons, but it's usually not problematic, but adults are more conscious of the healing process rather than a baby. Anyhow, I won't type more as you obviously have your own personally held views, so there is nothing I can add that will further enrich your belief or even take away from your own decision.
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@lngbenn Tattoos are forbidden in the Bible, circumcision is only instructed to the Jews and Arabs in Scripture, so you are free to hold onto your foreskin if you not a Semite. If that includes you then chill out and wind down a peg or two. Consent can still disobey God. At least re tattoos. But most people don't care about God or the Bible anyhow, so it's moot.
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@ProctorSilex But the member still works perfectly, just as an ear mutilated by piercing and the insertion of metal decorations that are in no way necessary, but are just a vanity, still works. I think 'mutilation', if you insist on using that term, does not equate to permanently damaging its function, unless some mistake happens, which can happen with any kind of medical surgery.
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@Ignisan_66 : It prevents smegma.
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 @Millie_kitty Smegma. 🏳
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 @timohara7717 Tell that to the trans community. 🙃
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@nutbastard : And the same for anyone trying to dunk a baby's head into water to make it a Christian.
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 @tinyflyingdragons9432 Including the self-mutilation of the body by piercing and tattoos. 🙃
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@MrToradragon True, the media and indocrination play a big part. We are drip-fed to be for or against many things. The Church is the greatest example of this, although it is ambivilent on circumcision. Splashing the heads of new born babies without consent is one popular one. 💦
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