• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    19 days ago

    Rabbis suck the blood from the freshly mutilated penises of little boys.

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    It’s just a statement of how Judaism actually works.

    Yes, the former was a factual statement of how this works in Judaism, even today. That is literally how it works. The rabbi cuts off part of an infant’s penis (which is not in any way necessary, except the religion says to), and then puts his mouth on the penis and sucks it until the bleeding stops (because the religion says to). And sometimes as a bonus, the baby even gets herpes from it.

    Can you explain how that user didn’t make a factual statement? They didn’t say Judaism is the only religion to practice circumcision, but described how rabbis (who are Jewish by definition) do it.

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      18 days ago

      Can you explain how that user didn’t make a factual statement?

      Is every religion merely reducible to a cultural practice to you edgelord atheists?

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        16 days ago

        Lol, yeah. I’m a 54 year old suburban edge lord grandma.

        Did you actually read my comment, or do factual descriptions of the literal process of this ceremony get your dander up because you know it’s indefensible?

        Just maybe people looking at this from the outside, without a lifetime of indoctrination that normalises things that are otherwise abhorrent, can see that it’s abhorrent?

        Do you think it’s okay to marry 9 year olds? I doubt you do, but why not? Is it because you’re an edge lord against that religious practice? Or is it because it’s a despicable practice that belongs in the past?

        e: it’s cute that you downvoted me within moments when I haven’t downvoted you once in this whole thread. Who’s the edge lord snowflake, again?