circumsicion

[mommytobe97]

I'm not really sure where to put this, but wanted to get any help on this situation. My husband is uncircumcised and doesn't like it at all. We had both pretty much agreed that if we have a son he will be circumcised. Though I wonder about later on when our son is growing up and wonders/questions why he looks different than daddy, what do you tell him?? I'm not sure how to handle that conversation. Any ideas/suggestions?? thanks!

[AHP84]

Please refer to the Bible before claiming to know how God feels about circumcision, as you said, "God made penises a certain way, that is the way he wants them. If the foreskin was supposed to be removed God would have made penises with out foreskin."

Genesis 17 explains how God *commanded* circumcision to be done to Abraham (the father of the Jewish nation, God's chosen people) and his descendants so as to set them apart from other nations to physically and symbolically show the relationship (a sacrifice of sorts) between God and his chosen people.
Jesus, God's Son, was circumcised and given his name when he was eight days old (Luke 2:21). Jesus came to sacrifice himself for all people to have a relationship with God as the Jewish nation did.
In the book of Romans in chapter 2, Paul explains that the practice of circumcision was a Christian/Jewish law, but no longer takes the meaning of physically or symbolically showing the relationship between man and God, because Jesus made the sacrifice of himself to do that, therefore, circumcision was *no longer required* to show the relationship between God and man.
I know that really is off the subject of this post, but I wanted to chime in simply because I don't like to see God brought into an argument with the intent to say what he thinks or how he wants things, yet you've used nothing to back it up.
God had a *very* specific purpose for circumcision, and throughout the Old Testament, he required it of men, and in the New Testament, required it of his own Son.

[mommyagain123]

For those who think it's mean or whatever to circumcise a baby, they can numb the penis before the procedure so there is no pain.  Personally I think the numbing thing should be required, but it isn't and is only done when the parents ask for it.  Just so you know you can ask for your little guy to be numbed prior to the procedure so there isn't any pain.  

[rebekah385]

I am not trying to start an arguement, and I feel that it is ok either way for a baby to be circumcised or uncircumcised. but as far as God having a problem with it, I take a little bit of offense God's son Jesus was born to a jewish family, so more than likely Jesus was circumcised, so I don't think it bother God that much or he would have had his son born in a different country! my family (my Dad and my Brother) are uncirumcised and I think thats fine, my husband and sons are circumcised and I think that is fine as well, i don't think that either way people should put other people down, we should just sgree to disagree!
     DoulaSummer-
I understand that you are very passionate about this subject, but you make it sound as if all mothers who get their sons circumcised, are either bad mother or uneducated about the fact, I did a lot of research before I got my sons circumcised and decided to get it done for a number of reason's, as far as the procedure taking "more than 2 mintues" I am sure that it varies from Dr to Dr and which time of procedure, I stay in the room with both my boys the entire time, so i know exactly how long it took for them my 1st son had a plastibel and the whole thing took about 45 seconds, they did not give him pain meds and he did'nt even cry, my 2nd son had it done the regular way and did get numbing stuff and a pain shot, I think he cried more from the pain shot than the actual procedure, although that procedure did take a little longer and was a little more bloody, once it was over he calmed right down and was fine. Oh and in both cases the hospital gave me their foreskin to either dispose of or keep, so they were not making money of selling my little boys parts! I also do not think that it is the same thing to have a little boy circumcised and to have a girl done, male circumcision is at times medically neccesary and female circumcision as far as i have researched is never medically neccesary it is just done so the the female can get little or no pleasure from sex! so there is a big difference.
mommytobe97- Sorry for going off topic with your post, i already responded to what you were actually asking and only that, I usually do not get invovled in theses thread as they become one big arguement, but some thigns were said that bother me, sorry to jump in. Good luck!    

[mommytobe97]

There is no "perfect" way a penis is "supposed" to look. Every persons body is different. There are different shapes, sizes, etc., along with health conditions. People can choose what they want to do. I work in the hospital and I know the medical benefits of circumcision. If you choose to not do circumcision for your child, that's fine. Either way the boys can live normally.

[mommytobe97]

I'm actually pretty surprised out how strongly everyone feels, almost up there with the abortion debate! This is SO much different though. Some people are misreading what I wrote. I said my husband is UNCIRCUMCISED and wished/wishes that he were to be CIRCUMCISED. He never said it was gross either way. There are medical benefits to being circumcised for men, as statistics have shown. And anything surgical will be painful, that's a given, but it's a short period of pain for life time benefits. It's a very simple medical procedure. I know that I trust the doctors I go to, so I'm not worried about having something go wrong with the circumcision being done. I did NOT take offense to what Ammanda had said at all, and I don't get why people take it SO personally. I actually found it weird before meeting my husband, it was something to get used to for me. I had never met an uncircumcised man before him. In the US, it's very common to get circumcised. The benefits are known and told to the new parents after a boy is born. This is a decision my husband and I already made, so no one is changing anyone's mind. I was only looking for how to tell my son(if I have one) who may be curious why he doesn't look like his dad.

[ammanda]

I did watch the video, and it was horrible.. I feel bad for putting my son through that,. but i still dont regret doing that, and no words, or videos will change my mind or opinion.  Like i said he will thank me later.  if ya'll lived where i lived you would know, that if it hadnt been done he would be made fun of his whole life and no one would want to be with him.. I hear stories all the time about uncircumsised men... and all the remarks they get, i would be devastated if that was MY son they were talking about.  ya'll may disagree and thats fine, your enitled to that right. But I dont care, i have never been one to care what others think.  I also dont want to agrue about this subject anymore...  And I did apolagize to Limonada for offending her, and I agreed I needed to think before i posted.  like i told her, Im not used to speaking to the whole world, and didnt have it in my mind that there are people out there not circumsised, cause like i said everyone here is.  So once again Sorry to any that i offended.  hope you can take that with a grain of salt and move on, cause id rather not carry on this thread.