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In reply to the discussion: Mormon leaders condemned for photoshopping a 1650s painting to cover Mary's cleavage [View all]Hekate
(91,358 posts)22. When your tribe decrees it & it's a mark of manhood & membership in the tribe
That makes it the physical ritual embodiment of the spiritual link between god and person and tribe.
https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/doyle_circumcision.pdf
Ritual male circumcision is known to have been practised by South Sea Islanders, Australian Aborigines, Sumatrans, Incas, Aztecs, Mayans and Ancient Egyptians. Today it is still practised by Jews, Muslims and many tribes in East and Southern Africa
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Mormon leaders condemned for photoshopping a 1650s painting to cover Mary's cleavage [View all]
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Dec 2022
OP
Yea and what if you were married a few times and some of them were married a few
Maraya1969
Dec 2022
#14
Ah, perhaps I can help you here. Because he was a son (i.e. male) and Jewish (ipso facto) ...
Hekate
Dec 2022
#7
It's the Feast of the Epiphany - the Catholic Church celebrates it on Jan. 6th
FakeNoose
Dec 2022
#12
What is supposed to be so spiritual about circumcision? I watched on on Youtube and
Maraya1969
Dec 2022
#16
When my son was born I asked my husband because my ob asked me if our baby son should be
CTyankee
Jan 2023
#35
Mary was a "young woman" before she was mistranslated to a "virgin mother." In any case, chromosomes
Hekate
Dec 2022
#23
You're right, she is flat chested and she also looks like a very young girl. The original
Maraya1969
Dec 2022
#18
You're right: the lighting in the original is sublime, & the infant appears to be the source ...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#28
so the church cut off his wee wee....and i thought the cross thing was bad.....
dembotoz
Jan 2023
#31