Mastodawn

I'm sorry but like I can't reconcile the whole "humans were made in God's image" but also like "yeah you need to cut the skin off the baby's wang because God said so even though he created them with that in the first place" thing.

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ocdtrekkie 4d ago

@Elizafox ...As a Christian, I have no idea either. I guess it's like... a tradition now... but like one where immediately on the birth of your child you need to make a lifelong decision about an elective procedure on their parts?

I don't know if it’s *the* weirdest thing believers do, but it's probably high up there?

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Elizabeth

4d ago

@ocdtrekkie it’s weirder still that Christians (mostly Protestants) have it done to their kids, because it’s part of the old covenant! It’s entirely old law and the proscription does not apply to Christians at all. Even Paul said it’s not necessary.

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ocdtrekkie

@Elizafox Yeah I don't think a single person doing this thinks "this is what God calls me to do", it's just... a thing we do. Practice utterly detached from faith.