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attismum	Posted: Apr 2 2008, 05:25 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 236 Member No.: 1 Joined: 24-March 08	Please feel free to add links under each header but remember to add a reply stating that you've provided a new link. JUDAISM An article on Jewish intactivism Jewish Intactivists Jewish intactivism site Jews Against Circumcision An article with comments on Jews who don't cut http://www.forward.com/articles/11192/ ISLAM Some articles relating to the reasons behind Muslim circumcision and why they are not valid. These explain that circumcision and FGM are not commanded by the Qur'an. Khante Fantastic article from Sami A. ALDEEB ABU-SAHLIEH about how circumcision is comparable ethically to FGM and that no good Muslim should condone either. It is a longer piece but it so worth reading. To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah CHRISTIANITY Useful quotes for people who believe circumcision is a Christian requirement. Christianity circumcision is NOT required CATHOLICISM Catholics against circumcision Pope Pius XII (1952)said NO to circumcision MORMON Dr Momma article HINDUISM http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1999/8/1999-8-03.shtml SIKHISM http://www.circumstitions.com/Misc.html#sikhs BUDDHISM http://www.dharmaling.org/index.php/Docume...rcumcision.html GLOBAL ONENESS http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Infant...ology/id/597394

attismum	Posted: Apr 4 2008, 03:43 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 236 Member No.: 1 Joined: 24-March 08	New Jewish article added above.

attismum	Posted: Apr 7 2008, 04:15 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 236 Member No.: 1 Joined: 24-March 08	New links for Christianity and Catholicism.

Halley

Posted: May 22 2008, 12:29 PM

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some of these might be repeats as I'm cutting and pasting from another place:

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Somebody's Gotta do it Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJRAj31KbjY

Somebody's Gotta Do It Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVegr441Eo

I'm copy/pasting something that was in one of the resources threads that got buried/taken over with 'chatter'...

-Jessica

Religious Links & Articles

Jewish Websites/Articles

My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin
By Stacey Greenberg
Web Exclusive
http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby...ion/my-son.html

Jewish Circumcision Resource Center
http://www.jewishcircumcision.org/

Jews Against Circumcision
http://www.jewsagainstcircumcision.com/

Christian Perspective
http://www.udonet.com/circumcision/christian.html

Catholic Perspective
http://www.catholicsagainstcircumcision.org/

Pro-intact Muslim sites:
http://www.quran.org/khatne.htm
http://www.quran.org/CIRCUMCISION.HTM
http://www.free-minds.org/articles/circumcision.htm
http://www.free-minds.org/circumci.htm
http://www.circumstitions.com/Islam.html

Cultural And Religious
This website lists a number of resources- a nice summary of most of what's out there
http://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/
http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/
http://www.nocirc.org/religion/

Other articles I found when doing research (Jewish)
(Not all of these articles are pro-intact)

http://www.jacksongillman.com/astory_avery.html
Your Own Man:
a letter to my son about circumcision

http://www.ismykidsafe.com/boaz/say-no-to-circumcision.htm
Article by father about choosing not to circumcise

http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/kimmel1/
The Kindest Un-Cut
Feminism, Judaism, and My Son's Foreskin
TIKKUN, Volume 16, Number 3,
May/June 2001.

http://www.acfnewsource.org/religion/bris_backlash.html
Bris Backlash
Some Jews are going against tradition and not circumcising their baby boys.

RitualWell.Org: �Struggling with Circumcision�, anonymous.
Originally published in Reconstructionism Today, Vol. 11, No. 3, Spring-Summer 2004.
http://www.ritualwell.org/lifecycles/babie...sionArticle.xml

Circumcision: A Source of Jewish Pain
http://jewishcircumcision.org/spectator.htm

http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/c.ekL...gazine_2002.htm
Issue 94: The Circumcision Debate, Part 1
Arguing FOR Circumcision
A Connection with Our People
By Rabbi Kenneth S. Weiss
Dispatch from the Institute: A Little Pain Now to Avoid a LOT of Pain Later
By Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
Arguing AGAINST Circumcision
Circumcision: My Position
By Mark Reiss, M.D.
Circumcision Alone A Jew Does Not Make
By Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant
Review of a Book about Circumcision
A New and Controversial Look at the Age-Old Practice of Circumcision
By Marlena Thompson
News about Circumcision
Jewish Bris Ceremony Shows You're Never Too Young for Tradition
By Sam McManis

Issue 95: The Circumcision Debate, Part 2
Alternatives to Circumcision
Circumcision: A Jewish Inquiry
By Lisa Braver Moss
Why I Am Not Having My Sons Circumcised
By Dawn Friedman
Our Son's Bris Shalom, or Welcoming Covenant
By Brenda Platt
Review of a Film about Circumcision
My Wife is an Actress - a French Film about Insecurity and Circumcision
By Ronnie Friedland

Issue 32: Circumcision and Your Interfaith Baby
Feature Stories
Through The Eyes of a Mohelet (women who performs circumcisions): An Interfaith Bris, or Circumcision Ceremony
By Dr. Lillian Schapiro
Helping Couples Cope with the Bris/Baptism Question
By Roberta Calderone
Handling Hesitations over Circumcision: One Couple's Story
By Rabbi Shaul Levenson

Halley

Posted: May 22 2008, 12:30 PM

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I think most of this is based around judaism:

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http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle/Passing_the_Flame.asp

http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle/Wha...ision$.asp

http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle/bri...baric$.asp

http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle/Circum-Decision.asp

http://www.aish.com/torahportion/mayanot/T...utting_Edge.asp

http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=144122

http://www.drjesin.com/brisWelcome.html

http://www.act-now.org/

http://www.circumcision.net/

http://www.hanefesh.com/edu/Circumcision.htm

http://www.circumcision.net/Components.htm

http://www.mesora.org/circumcision.html

http://www.torah.org/learning/lifecycles/milah/milah1.html

http://www.moheldoc.com/

painfulquestioning	Posted: Jun 12 2008, 07:47 PM
Member Group: Members Posts: 14 Member No.: 28 Joined: 2-June 08	Is circumcision a requirement for salvation for Christian males?: http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/circumcision.html Christian Parents and Infant Circumcision: http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/peron1/ Sensitive Jewish Circumcision Documentary called "Cutting with Tradition" -- 23mins: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6230839349201124738

attismum	Posted: Jul 11 2010, 12:47 AM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 236 Member No.: 1 Joined: 24-March 08	"Watch out for those wicked men - dangerous dogs, I call them - who say you must be circumcised to be saved. Beware of evil doers. Beware of mutilation. For it isn't the cutting of our bodies that makes us children of God; it is by His Grace we are saved. - Philippians 3:2-3"

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