Monday May 7, 2007, 11:16 am
Do not be afraid to be the first to change and lead your parents, family and community into modern times!

Your primary responsibility is to take care of your son, not to satisfy other people’s need for tradition. Your

community will eventually see the light.

What does tradition mean to you? Does it mean putting your son's welfare second? Do you blindly follow

tradition even when it maims and mutilates?

Do not be afraid to think for yourself. Circumcision is barbaric and you are a better parent for not mutilating

your son’s penis.

Do not be afraid to question tradition rather than blindly accepting it. Circumcision continues in our faith

because of indoctrination, fear of change, and so-called tradition. Remember that our religious leaders are the

products of this same indoctrination.

If you were told to circumcise your daughter’s vulva, would you blindly obey? Or would you question the order

and choose to protect your daughter? Shouldn’t we treat our boys with the same consideration and respect?

Do not be afraid of divine punishment. God did not mandate circumcision. In the original version of the Torah,

the book of J, circumcision is not even mentioned. Fallible men devised circumcision as a way to curb

masturbation. Even Rabbi Maimonides acknowledged this fact.