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Originally Posted by Sephrana
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I'm not sure about the ancient reasons for starting the process. But in America in 2010 the only real argument FOR male genital mutilation is that uncircumcised males have a higher chance of catching HPV and HIV from unprotected sexual contact. If you wrap it - you shouldn't have a problem.
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Always fun to jump smack dab into the middle of someone elses conversation but to sum up (and since I've had similar conversations with Sephrana before and feel perfectly comfortable covering this topic with them):
Religious:
Circumcision was a sign of the covenant between God and Abraham's people, there were lots of reasons as to why blood had to be involved, all of which became moot when Jesus did what he did and was considered basically the past present and future blood sacrifice. Baptism became the sign of the covenant from then on.
Sidenote: Both circumcision and baptism are symbolic and not salvation ensuring.
Other:
It was believed for a while that circumcision was healthier in the long run for the boy medically so was kept as a common practice, with today's advances in modern medicine and simply put, hygiene practices, that belief is being discarded and we are definitely seeing a decline in circumcision because of it. It also is likely a continuing Jewish practice.
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