Doug Holland to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoHow the Abrahamic religions startedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square96arrow-up1934
arrow-up1934imageHow the Abrahamic religions startedlemmy.worldDoug Holland to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square96
minus-square@scarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish35•1 month agoNot all circumcised are Jews. Most aren’t in fact.
minus-square@daggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•1 month agoIn the US circumcision was the norm for the longest time. Thank John Harvey Kellogg for that. I don’t think it’s recommended anymore.
minus-square@thisisnotgoingwell@programming.devlinkfedilink5•1 month agoIt’s probably still a lot more uncommon than being uncircumcised because “well I guess it should look like mine or most of the others”
minus-square@InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 month agoAesthetic and looking like the father is a big reason women still support doing so.
minus-square@Korhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoHow would women feel if men said the same thing about cutting theirs up for aesthetic reasons?
minus-square@galanthus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 month agoBut the only religion that holds to this story of Abraham, and circumsises is Judaism. Muslims reject the Torah, or the Old Testament, and Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews. And Americans do it because they are weird for cultural reasons.
minus-square@Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month ago Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews. But they still believe it.
minus-square@scarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoDude. Wipe your computer screen clean, open your eyes, and notice the text in the meme about 4 billion people who think nothing is wrong with this: Christians are invoked directly in the post.
Not all circumcised are Jews. Most aren’t in fact.
In the US circumcision was the norm for the longest time. Thank John Harvey Kellogg for that. I don’t think it’s recommended anymore.
It’s probably still a lot more uncommon than being uncircumcised because “well I guess it should look like mine or most of the others”
Aesthetic and looking like the father is a big reason women still support doing so.
How would women feel if men said the same thing about cutting theirs up for aesthetic reasons?
But the only religion that holds to this story of Abraham, and circumsises is Judaism.
Muslims reject the Torah, or the Old Testament, and Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews.
And Americans do it
because they are weirdfor cultural reasons.But they still believe it.
Believe what?
The story of Abraham
Dude. Wipe your computer screen clean, open your eyes, and notice the text in the meme about 4 billion people who think nothing is wrong with this: Christians are invoked directly in the post.