Thursday, December 14, 2006

Blind and Ignorant

There are people out there, even with discoveries of modern science, that insist on believing archaic, stupid things. We now give our children immunization shots but there are people that cannot believe we introduce these things into our children's bodies. They home-school their children because when you don't get the shots - you cannot expose your children to other children who may give them something. This is a dangerous idiotic practice of fools. Children used to die frequently before these shots - duh....

There are people who, even after the medical community has proved it to be a deterrent of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (not to mention many other problems that are detrimental to the health of the man and partner), will claim that circumcision is a "barbaric" practice and we should let children decide for themselves - when they are older (ouch). I know people who have been married to uncirc*mcised men and they all have said - ...."there are problems." One said "I could slap his mother for not doing it when he was a baby"

This is how This woman
feels about it: "You see, I am of the firm belief that circumcision is unnecessary and brutal. An act that should be illegal. I compared the traditional North American male circumcision to the Female G*nital Mutilation going on around the world.

I take serious issue with the act of mutilating a child’s g*nitals (or any other part of their body, including ear piercings) because there is no good reason for doing so. If your child grows up to be 18 and says, I want to be circ*mcised, then he ought to be able to make an informed decision about his body at that time. (As for ear piercings, I do believe the child should be at least 10 years old and able to care for his/her piercings.)"

This is funny to me. Of all the things for this person to worry about....it's absurd. I don't think giving a child a tattoo is okay or piercing ears as a baby. Most are walking a fine line - letting the 12 year old pierce ears but not their eyebrow or tongue. There are alot of different opinions there but boys are circ*mcised, children get their shots, babies born tongue tied are snipped, children born with 6 toes have one removed etc. HELLO - medical science....not the middle ages. You cut a child's hair and bathe them right? Take care of business....don't be a wacko about it....

Those who do not believe in God would have a hard time understanding ...but God knows what He's doing. God told the people of the old and new testiment things to do that we didn't understand until the modern age. For example:
-No pork (Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14) - But the thing is, if you ate bad pork you got trichina (Trichinella spiralis "trichinosis")---not discovered until just over 150 years ago.
-"Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities." -- I Timothy 5:23 Red wine has been proved to help digestion.
(Paris cholera outbreak in the 19th century when it was noted that wine drinkers had been spared from the disease). In a British medical journal research was published that proves after drinking wine that bacteria in food was killed before it reached the intestines.
-Circ*mcision- "And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you" (Genesis 17:11)
"While the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't consider circumcision to be medically necessary, there are some medical reasons for performing one. Those include preventing recurring infections of the head of the p*nis, avoiding obstruction of urine flow that can result when the prepuce's opening narrows, and preventing a tight prepuce from retracting over the glans. Also, circ*mcision may reduce the incidence of penile cancer (a very rare condition).

Even barring these considerations, infections, including urinary tract infections in infants, are less common in a circ*mcised p*nis. That's because a circ*mcised p*nis is easier to keep clean. (By pulling back the uncirc*mcised for*skin and cleaning carefully, a man can reduce the formation of smegma. Finally, circ*mcision might have a small protective effect against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), "some research suggests that circumcised men may be at a reduced risk for developing syphilis and HIV infections." Some scientists blame any increased risk in uncircumcised p*nises on increased mucosal cells that can allow infection to enter more easily. What's more, microorganisms can flourish in a warm, moist area under the for*skin."


Okay - I've made my point.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Petunia, I don't really know what to say. You do come up with the most interesting posts really you do!

petunia said...

haha, kimkim....my heading to this blog is "the stupid stuff I think about" - If I wrote all of it you really would wonder about me. This was in response to a crazy blogger who was trying to say circumcision should be outlawed and the people who do it to their children should be arrested....etc.
petunia

Anonymous said...

I think cutting dog's ears and tails off should be made illegal, it's such a barbaric thing to do.

Dobermans have tails. And pit bulls have ears.

I would never have my son circumcised not sure if it should be illegal, think it ought to be discouraged though.

Ha ha yes if this is what you make public, one day you never know we might meet and I will be entertained by your views on life!

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Jennifer said...

This is hilarious! We were just talking about this at work. While it does seem hypocritcal to be against piercing a baby's ears, I am 100% for circumcision. For me, there is no better reason to circumsize your son than to help him have a better sex life. That might seem pretty superficial - something that should be accepted by lovers, but a majority of my friends agree that there are just some things that we would never do with an uncircumcized man.

My brother and his wife didn't circumsize my nephew. I am not shocked. They lean as far to the left as anyone I know, so it makes sense for them, I guess. Thankfully they are immunizing him. My brother made sure I knew what he thought of immunizations when we adopted my oldest. Funny how things change when you are actually responsible for the health and well-being of a child.

Here's hoping I never hear about the smegma!

Gwen said...

Very interesting post! LOL!!!

My son was adopted at 3 1/2 years old and he is not circumsized. My husband wants to have it done. He quotes many of the reasons you do but also the whole...guys are cruel and he will be teased in the locker room etc. He is now nearly 6 and we have not done anything about it. Since he came to us this way at 3 1/2 years old I'm of the mindset to let him make this decision as he matures. We'll see how it plays out.

I did want to point out something about people that do not immunize and homeschooling. I homeschooled my oldest daughter for a short time and for the record we certainly believe in immunizations. I just wanted to say that I knew a wide range of homeschoolers and yes there are many that do not immunize however they do not homeschool because they do not immunize. Trust me when I say their reasons for homeschooling go much deeper. LOL!!! Sorry I don't mean to go on and on I just knew such a vast array of them and their reasons and beliefs range bigtime!