In the Name of Humanity: Speaking Out Against CircumcisionBook Tree, 2003 - 160 páginas How and why did circumcision begin? Does every male child that comes into the world have a birth defect? What outdated beliefs have also caused women to suffer for centuries? If we were created in the image of God, as the Bible tells us, then why are we mutilating our children? These questions and more and being asked by the author, Joseph Lewis. In this book he shares extensive research showing why he believes circumcision to be cruel, brutal and unnecessary, in addition to being completely unnatural. |
Índice
Introduction | xi |
Primitive Belief in Blood Pollution | 19 |
Circumcision a Blood Atonement | 37 |
The Rite of Circumcision | 58 |
Health and Hygiene | 66 |
Is Circumcision a Medical Problem? | 72 |
Is Circumcision a Preventive of Venereal | 81 |
The Dangers and Fatal Consequences | 87 |
The Psychological Dangers of Circumcision | 100 |
The Operation | 114 |
Adult Circumcision | 133 |
Religious Fanaticism and Sexual Mutila | 143 |
STOP In the Name of Humanity STOP | 151 |
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