Doug Holland to Atheist MemesEnglish · 11 months agoHow the Abrahamic religions startedimagemessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down133
arrow-up1911arrow-down1imageHow the Abrahamic religions startedDoug Holland to Atheist MemesEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square88linkfedilink
minus-squarescarabiclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·11 months agoNot all circumcised are Jews. Most aren’t in fact.
minus-squaredaggermoonlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months 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-squarethisisnotgoingwell@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months 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-squareInternetCitizen2linkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoAesthetic and looking like the father is a big reason women still support doing so.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoHow would women feel if men said the same thing about cutting theirs up for aesthetic reasons?
minus-squaregalanthuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·11 months 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-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months ago Christians are under no obligation to circumcise so this only applies to Jews. But they still believe it.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThe story of Abraham
minus-squarescarabiclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months 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.