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October 2007 
Let's Not Attach Circumcision to Religion
Posted on Jan 6th, 2007
by 
Saidi
Saidi
Health is Wealth
It's absurd. It's hurting. I can't imagine someone can be opposed to circumcision saying "I CAN'T circumcise. I'm I a moslem? I hate that religion"
I witnessed it yeaterday from my friend misleading a crowd of around five young men, and it inflicted excruciating pain on my heart as I wondered whether hygiene and religion should be related in any way. And I suspect many people think about it in same way.
I have a feeling that instead of exposing our ignorance, we better learn first and analyse other than making lousy conclusive remarks. Right from birth we learn up to death as long as we have open minds.
My last questions to him (as he was the noisiest) before I left the scene were:
- Do you believe in Jesus as God? Of course I asked questions basing on his religion.
"Absolutely", he replied.
- Was he a moslem?
"We believe in him as christians, so he wasn't", that was his ignorant belief.
- Was he circumcised or not?
"He surely was", contradicting he became.
- Alright, keep preaching lies. I left him to cool down.
I, therefore, decided that I share some of the facts I know about the avantages of circumcision and advise people out there to (if they can) circumcise or not to discourage their friends from doing it.
Please DO NOT instill fear in your friend.
- Cancer of the Penis: This disease is almost completely confined to uncircumcised men and, less commonly, in those circumcised after the new-born period.
- Being uncircumcised you have a higher risk contracting syphilis and gonorrhea .
- Paraphimosis (where the retracted foreskin cannot be brought back again over the glans) is a very painful problem, relieved by circumcision or slitting the dorsal surface of the foreskin.
- In terms of hygiene, circumcision is best, infections are minimal.
GOOD LUCK.
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Saidi, I understand your concern for the health questions involved. However, I must say that the statement from your friend “I hate that religion” is even more troubling to me. I believe it is the “hate” that is the real problem here; perhaps the hate is much more significant to the problem than simply “attaching circumcision to religion.” Again, I applaud your concern with health, I recently looked into your suggested site on your country and saw for myself the alarming statistics on health. I believe, though, that “hate” and intolerance is also a factor in problems of health—and they go far beyond the health matter of circumcision alone. It is the “hate” that prevents progress on many, many fronts—and that is true all over the world. At least that is my belief. I fear that until we rid ourselves of the horrible cancer of hate toward any religion, culture or nation, we will continue to suffer it devastating effects. Written with best wishes and kind regards to you and your struggles.
Absolutely correct Moonstar, and great thanks for your comment. Hate is the biggest trouble here, I realise. In this case it was brought about by religionism and if could get rid of such behaviours as religionism, tribalism, sectarianism, parochialism, favouritism, nepotism … there would certainly be nothing like hatred, coruption and other derivatives.
Thanks a lot and thanks very much. It's great.