Jewish history. It's in the Bible. (not sure of specifics right now)

Not Jewish, but didn't Abraham circumcise himself at age 80 as a sign of his covenant with God?

OK, smegma == bad.

Yes, this factored into my decision for circumcision.

OK, smegma == bad.

Yes, this factored into my decision for circumcision.

It's called basic hygiene. If you are capable of preventing a crud buildup in your ass, you're capable of preventing it on your dick. Not real challenging.

It's called basic hygiene. If you are capable of preventing a crud buildup in your ass, you're capable of preventing it on your dick. Not real challenging.

Gotta go with John on this one.

It's in the Bible. (not sure of specifics right now)

Oh, honey. I grew up Catholic and spent 5 years in a freak-ass church. I can think of about 100 ways in which you're a hussy for having sex with your husband.

I don't get this at all. I am so glad that was something I was never exposed to. For all my religious upbringing was strongly evangelical and bordering on fundamentalist where scripture is concerned, I never once got the message sex = bad.

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Nora, assuming you both start healthy and remain monogamous, this isn't an issue. And I've seen that man of yours with you. Him? Smitten. You? Smitten.

didn't Abraham circumcise himself at age 80 as a sign of his covenant with God?

From Bible.com

Genesis 17:10 - This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 17:11 - You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:12 - He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,

Genesis 17:14 - Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."

Genesis 17:23 - Then Abraham took Ish'mael his son and all the slaves born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.

Genesis 17:24 - Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Nora, assuming you both start healthy and remain monogamous, this isn't an issue. And I've seen that man of yours with you. Him? Smitten. You? Smitten.

Yay!

Not Jewish, but didn't Abraham circumcise himself at age 80 as a sign of his covenant with God?

Well, yes, but I dont' think that he was the first one ever to come up the idea. Was he?

Note to self: religion freaky.

Oh, I know the covenant with God story, that's not what I mean. I always had the impression, and this might be totally wrong, that circumcision was a thing that was done (maybe by very few people) before Abraham.

If you are capable of preventing a crud buildup in your ass, you're capable of preventing it on your dick. Not real challenging.

If you're doing it for yourself, that's one thing. It's all I can do to hold down a squirming toddler to clean the poop off his ass, let alone retracting a foreskin.

It's called basic hygiene. If you are capable of preventing a crud buildup in your ass, you're capable of preventing it on your dick. Not real challenging.

Gotta go with John on this one.

I'm not a huge proponent of it, actually. I just wondered if D. Gris' friend knew there were some actual pros above and beyond, "Well now you look just like Daddy."

There's a funny article here: [link] Well, okay, I don't think it was supposed to be funny, but this cracked me up:

The proponents of not circumcising nevertheless stress that lifelong penile hygeine is required. This acknowledges that something harmful or unpleasant is happening under the prepuce. Moreover, a study of British schoolboys found that penile hygeine does not exist [73]. Furthermore, Dr Terry Russell, an Australian medical practitioner states 'What man after a night of passion is going to perform penile hygeine before rolling over and snoring th e night away (with pathogenic organisms multiplying in the warm moist environemnt under the prepuce)'[73]. The bacteria start multiplying again immediately after washing and explain the whitish film, termed 'smegma', that is found under the foreskin. Bacteria give off an offensive odour, necessitating several showers a day by uncircumcised men, some of whom, together with their partners, find the stench so unpleasant that this smell has caused these men to seek a circumcision on this basis alone. For mothers and fathers, it is far easier to maintain cleanliness of their son's penis if it is circumcised. If their son isn't the messages are confusing: 'leave it alone', 'clean under it', 'pull it back sometimes', 'irrigate occasionally'!

And yet? Still less ooky to contemplate than freak real life baby dolls.