Why the crap is circumcision still a thing? [Spirituality & Religion]

I asked this the other day and the best response i got was "because babies don't remember the pain".
There is no acceptable reason for mutilating a baby

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bijouxbroussard · F

It's still being done for religious reasons, and groups like the AMA keep waffling on whether or not it prevents things like penile cancer and other diseases (their original justification for supporting the practice).

MetalGreymon · 36-40, M

@bijouxbroussard:

I get the religious angle. I just think that you could still do your covenant with god if you wait until the kid is old enough to choose it.

To the best of my knowledge, there may be some slight benefit with penile cancer but penile cancer is so rare that it doesn't validate the preemptive mutilation of babies as a matter of course