Circumcision on the eighth day

Originally posted by Suzianne
Purely anecdotal. I don't hand out "exit surveys".

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Originally posted by Suzianne
You have used two completely different sources here.

The first two quotes you provided in two separate posts were both from the same paper reporting the survey. It can be found here: http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/pdf/2001_Bensley-Boyle.pdf

The respondents of this survey were Australian, not American. Granted, the second quote is talking ...[text shortened]... s to be offering his status as a circumcised male. How about it, Ron? Do you feel "mutilated"?

Circumcision of the male was to remove the excess foreskin to help prevent diseases and to promote cleanleness.

"Why did the Law specify that circumcision be done on the eighth day?
Jehovah did not explain, nor was it necessary that he do so. His ways are always right; his reasons, the best. (2Sa 22:31)

However, in recent years man has learned some of the physical reasons why the eighth day was a good time to circumcise. Normal amounts of the blood-clotting element called vitamin K are not found in the blood until the fifth to the seventh day after birth. Another clotting factor known as prothrombin is present in amounts only about 30 percent of normal on the third day but on the eighth day is higher than at any other time in the child’s life—as much as 110 percent of normal.

So, following Jehovah’s instructions would help to avoid the danger of hemorrhage. As Dr. S. I. McMillen observes: “From a consideration of vitamin K and prothrombin determinations the perfect day to perform a circumcision is the eighth day . . . [the] day picked by the Creator of vitamin K.”—None of These Diseases, 1986, p. 21.

Originally posted by galveston75
Circumcision of the male was to remove the excess foreskin ..

Originally posted by wolfgang59
excess foreskin?

Originally posted by galveston75
So, following Jehovah’s instructions would help to avoid the danger of hemorrhage.

Originally posted by galveston75
So, following Jehovah’s instructions would help to avoid the danger of hemorrhage.

Originally posted by twhitehead
Actually, not following them, and not circumcising, would remove the danger altogether.

And there we have it! This is the reason why everyone in the world is at war in one form or another. Everyone seems to think they know the truth.

The truth is there is The Truth. There is The Truth which is contained in the answer to every question. The truth is that those who know The Truth have to contend with those that don't, but think they do.

Then there's the issue of those that know The Truth who think they know it all.

Just sayin'!

Originally posted by josephw
Then there's the issue of those that know The Truth who think they know it all.

Just sayin'!

Originally posted by RJHinds
Paraphimosis: This condition, paraphimosis, is somewhat the opposite of phimosis. The foreskin, after being pulled back, becomes trapped and then swollen behind the head (glans) of the penis.

◦The swelling can lead to blockage of blood flow to the penis, which can lead to gangrene of the penile shaft and head distal to the welling.

◦Paraphiosis is con ...[text shortened]... n can prevent this condition.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/foreskin_problems/article_em.htm

Originally posted by Suzianne
I know, let's ask Mr. Hinds, who seems to be offering his status as a circumcised male. How about it, Ron? Do you feel "mutilated"?

Originally posted by twhitehead
An then there are posters who write utter nonsense because they know that they cannot contribute anything genuine without go against their religion.

Just sayin'.

Originally posted by josephw
Then there are posters who don't understand what they are reading and accuse other posters of writing utter nonsense.

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