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The religious origin of the Jewish practice of circumcision is written in the Torah where God promised Abraham I will make you exceedingly fertile, and make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you. . . . I assign the land you sojourn in to you and your offspring to come, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting holding. I will be their God. . . . Such shall be the covenant between Me and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised. (Genesis 17:6,8,10)

http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/spectator.htm

The United States, a nation with 4.5% of the world's population, consumes 47% of the world's Viagra (Pfizer's own figures). Turns out the same nation has been circumcising the majority of its male infants for generations.

A new study in the International Journal of Men’s Health shows that circumcised men have a 4.5 times greater chance of suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED) than intact men, revealing what appears to be a significant acquisition vector. Other studies have previously observed that circumcision’s damage results in worsened erectile functioning, inability to maintain an erection, and reducing the glans sensitivity, including an overall penis sensitivity reduction by 75%. A recent study discovered that premature ejaculation is five times more likely when adjusted for erectile dysfunction and circumcision.A new Danish study also found that circumcised men are three times more likely to have ED.

Moreover, Israel- a country that routinely circumcises their baby boys for religious reasons- was the NUMBER ONE country for U.S. imported Viagra in 2010. It imported $172.4 million (28.2% of total sales, up 24.2% from same period in 2009). In fact, Viagra is so common there that the Pfizer pharmaceutical company asked for permission to market Viagra without a doctor's prescription- making it an over-the-counter medication.

Source: http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/8/does-circumcision-cause-erectile-dysfunction.html


But that is only the tip of the Iceberg! Our sexual organs play a important role for the infants developing brainfunctions, think about all those 600 something hormons/chemical secretions being produced & absorbed by the foreskin receptors, we are not just talking about missing nerves catapulting the act of physical love into the regions of metaphysical heights, we are talking about how newborn male babies brains will form. To be sure about the more indepth inclinations that male circumcision has we would actualy need a largescale scientific study that compares the cut and uncut males via brainscans and respective hormonal analysis...I for one don't think there is such thing as "useless" tissue...

Moreover, Israel- a country that routinely circumcises their baby boys for religious reasons- was the NUMBER ONE country for U.S. imported Viagra in 2010. It imported $172.4 million (28.2% of total sales, up 24.2% from same period in 2009). In fact, Viagra is so common there that the Pfizer pharmaceutical company asked for permission to market Viagra without a doctor's prescription- making it an over-the-counter medication.

maybe they have a harder time to trully spiritually BOND with females

.I just simply meant the bond (the pull?) that men feel towards women

Health In German circumcision debate, 'us vs them' fears

BERLIN (AP) — Rabbi David Goldberg had performed about 25 ritual circumcisions this year before a regional court ruled in June that the practice amounted to causing criminal bodily harm.
Despite the decision, he expects to perform the same number in second half of the year. "I haven't changed anything," said Goldberg, one of Germany's few mohels — a person trained in the Jewish ritual of circumcision. A BUTCHER OF THE INNOCENT DEFENCELESS

Though the Cologne court's decision has raised fears among Muslims and Jews that circumcising their children could get them into legal trouble, it has had little practical effect in reducing religious circumcisions — especially since the government has weighed in with assurances to both communities that their practices will be respected.
THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT RESTRICTED TO THE CHILDREN OF JEWS AND MUSLEMS AND IN FACT IT IS AN EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA < OTHER COUNTRIES FIGURES ARE NOT SO FORTHCOMING, BUT IT IS NO LONGER A RELIGIOUS NUTCASE BELEIF SYSTEM BASED ARGUMENT BECAUSE IT HAS SPREAD INTO THE INNOCENTS OF NON MUSLEM JEWS CREED

But both Jews and Muslims say that a more lasting effect may be "us vs. them" tensions that have raised an invisible barrier between secular Germans and religious minorities. "It is no surprise that the Catholics and the Protestants have stood behind the Muslim community in this case and denounced the verdict," said Aiman Mazyek, the chairman of Germany's Central Council of Muslims. "In my opinion this is no picture of tolerance or religious freedom from a modern civilization. It is a step backward."
I COMMEND THE GERMANS FOR THIS STAND AGAINST THIS SLY BUTCHERY (in my opinion, although I'm aware there are arguments for it and many are apparently happy with it )

Jews are religiously required to circumcise baby boys on the 8th day after birth in a ceremony seen as their entrance into a covenant with God. Muslims also usually perform the procedure early in a boy's life, though sometimes wait until later in childhood.
RELIGIOUSLY REQUIRED - INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN OF THAT COMMAND TO FIND A TYRANNICAL GOD AS FOUND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
EVER SEEN HORSES WEAR BLINKERS TO KEEP THEIR ATTENTION LOOKING ONLY ONE WAY ? THIS IS WHAT THE ORIGINATORS OF THIS HOGWASH DID TO THE JEWS AND MUSLEMS

In the Cologne decision, announced June 26, the court said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure. The charge is punishable by anything from a fine to up to five years in prison.
GREAT RULING

The ruling came in the case of the circumcision of a 4-year-old Muslim boy that led to medical complications. The boy was circumcised at the request of his parents. He developed complications two days later and was rushed to the hospital. Prosecutors charged the doctor, who was acquitted when a Cologne court found that he had performed the procedure properly, and that he had the parents' permission to carry out the circumcision.

But prosecutors appealed, and the higher Cologne court ruled that in a case of circumcision for non-medical reasons, the welfare of the child outweighed the religious rights of the parents. The acquittal of the doctor, however, was upheld because the court said the law had been unclear.

Though not precedent setting for other courts in Germany, the ruling prompted an outcry from Jewish and Muslim groups across Europe, while in Israel the German ambassador was invited to explain the decision to the Knesset.
EXPLAIN ? ITS RATIONAL COMMON SENSITIVE DECENCY ... WHERES THE EXPLANATION FOR THE COMMAND AND THE RATIONAL OR DECENCY REASONING BEHIND IT ?

Germany's main Catholic and Protestant organizations also condemned the ruling as an attack on religious freedom. The president of the German Medical Association said the ruling could even endanger children, by forcing circumcisions to be performed under possibly unsanitary conditions outside of hospitals.
Caught in the middle were people like Moishe Furer, a rabbinical student in Berlin whose son Elchanan was born five days before the decision was announced. The native of Moldova said his own parents had to bribe a doctor when he was born to certify that his own circumcision was for medical purposes because performing the procedure for religious reasons was not allowed in the former Soviet Union. When he first heard of the Cologne decision, he said he thought the court ruling was being misinterpreted.

"We thought it was a mistake, that it could not be true that something like circumcision could be forbidden in Germany," he said. But because of the religious significance, he said, they had the circumcision done, despite fears that other courts might follow the ruling even if it did not set a precedent.

THEIR ALWAYS ARGUING THAT ITS A RELIGIOUS ISSUE , BUT THE STASTISTICS FROM AMERICA COMPLETLY DEFY THAT LIE, ITS A MOVEMENT SLY SUBTLE BUT DEFINITE , GERMANY HAVE PUBLICALLY APPLIED SOME BRAKES TO THIS MADNESSS , GOD BLESS THEM (:

"It was important enough to risk," he said. The most disturbing part of the ruling for Jews and Muslims is the court's contention that being circumcised "runs contrary to the interest of the child to later choose his religious affiliation," said Josh Spinner, an American rabbi who grew up in Hamilton, Canada, and has been in Berlin for more than a decade.

"I'm a circumcised male, I expect that I have the right to become a Catholic or Protestant or Buddhist or atheist if I choose to today. But what the court is saying is that if I am circumcised I am a Jew," he said. "There's a very dark and very illiberal view of what this mark does on the individual."

YESSSSSS

Around 250,000 Jews live in Germany today, and about 4 million Muslims — the largest minority among Germany's 82 million population. Spinner said the ruling has the potential of opening the door to even greater restrictions on religious freedom for minorities — a particularly sensitive issue in Germany given the years of state-imposed anti-Jewish measures under the Nazis that preceded the Holocaust.

OH I FORGOT WE CANT ALLOW A DAY TO PASS WITHOUT MENTIONING THE HOLO AND CONNECTING IT TO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING TO APPLY POLITICAL AND MORAL PRESSURES TO GET OUR LITTLE WAYS

"Germany needs to understand that if they want to tolerate Jews then they need to tolerate Judaism," Spinner said. Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged the same concern behind closed doors in a meeting this week with her party leaders, saying "I don't want Germany to be the only country in the world in which Jews cannot perform their rituals," according to an official who was present.

Immediately following the court ruling, however, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was alone among top officials to speak out on the issue. He offered assurances that "the free exercise of religion is protected in Germany — that includes religious traditions."

In the past week, however, Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert has weighed in several times, promising that the government will come up with a solution that will allow the practice. And in Parliament on Thursday, lawmakers from several parties adopted a resolution urging the government to draft a new law by the fall guaranteeing Muslims and Jews the right to continue circumcising their boys.

"Jewish and Muslim religious life must continue to be possible in Germany," the lawmakers said in the two-page resolution. "The circumcision of boys for Jews and Muslims has a central religious importance."

Had the government spoken out strongly sooner, said Goldberg, Germany may have managed to prevent the discussion from turning into an "us vs. them" embroilment. "I get a lot of emails from non-Jewish Germans saying things like 'if you don't like it, leave Germany' — very anti-Semitic. It's a bad atmosphere," said the rabbi, who immigrated to Germany 19 years ago from Israel and now lives in the southeastern city of Hof.

"Nobody said anything aside from Westerwelle, so that is also partially the fault of the government." Joerg van Essen, parliamentary chief whip of the Free Democrats, Merkel's junior coalition partner, said that drafting the resolution to protect circumcisions took time because lawmakers needed to carefully balance constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms and parental rights with the safety of the child.

"It's a relatively small procedure for the child, but banning it would be a big encroachment on religious freedom and the right of the parents to decide how to raise their children," he said. Furer said he hoped that the circumcision debate would be expose more Germans to other religious ideas.

"I think a lot of Germans don't understand our religion and our religious issues," he said.