Posted: May 14, 2012 5:07 pm
jez9999 wrote:willhud9 wrote:Funny especially since Christians are not bound to follow laws of circumcision. Like that was one thing Paul was clear that Gentiles did not need to observe.
Yep, the gentiles sure liked their genitals.MoonLit wrote:However, I understand if the boy is like 15-16 years old and wants to be circumcised (for whatever reason).
Yeah, but they wouldn't want it done then.
Anyway, it's only good for slightly reducing the risk of HIV if you're going around having unprotected sex with a bunch of others who may have HIV. So it might make a half-argument in South Africa, but not Northern Europe.
About Africa, I'm not sure if it can even make that much of an argument. One article I read argued that circumcision was not a commitment to prevention, but a cop out from the sound but politically dangerous methods of condom promotion and effective sex education. There's also a wealth of contradictory information on whether it works as prevention, to what extent it works or fails and the veracity of such analyses. I think it's probably way too ambiguous to be considered viable. Of course, such protests don't faze the WHO or PEPFAR much.