Wednesday, August 20, 2008

For your information............. Circumcision

Hey guys I remember a couple of weeks back we were talking about Jewish religion and the reason why they circumcise the young boys.
In world religions we have recently looked at Judaism and found out that:

  • At eight days a male child is circumcised (known as Brit Milah) as a covenant sign with God. It is a sign of obedience which is celebrated with family and friends surrounding the eight day old boy.
Many medical facts attest to the advantages of circumcision for cleanliness and lowered cancer rates. Medical science has also demonstrated that the eighth say after the birth is a prime time for clotting of blood. But despite these practical reasons, the basis for the Brit is to carry out the command of God in the covenant He made with Abraham to set aside a people for himself.


We then talked about female circumcision in Islam. Its not actually biblical, its a cultural thing within some part of the Islamic culture.

Very weird..... but extremely interesting!!!

If anyone wants to know more about the Jewish religion or even Buddhism let me know!

Any questions?

5 comments:

Dave said...

What do you think of Genesis 34, regarding the Dinah (Daughter of Leah)

"All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. 26 They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left."

Leah said...

Is this a serious question?

Dave said...

no...it is kinda funny tho that they used circumcision as a weapon tho eh.

Josh said...

is that how they killed them - by circumcision?

Josh said...

sorry that wasnt josh its actualy leah posting on his account..........