Timeline for Why is a male child circumcised on the 8th day?
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| Jan 25, 2021 at 1:12 | history | notice added | curiousdannii♦ | Needs citation | |
| Feb 28, 2018 at 4:01 | comment | added | user2672 | This does not explain the ancient custom, since they did not know that. You need to either assume direct revelation about the eighth day or a process in which people find the optimal moment. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 4:33 | history | edited | Dan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
removed unnecessary assumption of shared religious audience
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| Feb 11, 2018 at 15:05 | comment | added | Joshua | @Tau There's a small peak in VitK on the 3rd day, many doctors prefer to put it off until then. But its all irrelevant in modern Western medicine, since a Vit K shot is generally given to all newborns in case of internal bleeding. It's a broad policy, and some do reject it unless needed to avoid unnecessary shots. Honestly it's insurance driven. | |
| Feb 11, 2018 at 8:56 | comment | added | diego b | @Tau yes there is a spiritual reason. Abraham was promised a seed that all nations would be blessed through. The circumcision of the reproductive organ has to do with the promised seed that would shed his blood to bring us into a covenant with the Father. The 8th day symbolized the first day of the week that he would be ressurected, as Justin martyr and other church fathers suggested. | |
| Feb 10, 2018 at 18:05 | comment | added | Tau | Thank you for your response! Of course, no mention of female studies are shown, and in any case, physicians all over the world perform MALE circumcision shortly after birth, with no apparent consequences. The reason, I believe is spiritual: it encompasses the truth of why God required circumcision under the Old Covenant, and why circumcision(vs any other act) in the first place. Was God merely being "capricious"? Or, is there a deeper truth that He was giving those who follow after His Covenant? | |
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| Feb 10, 2018 at 17:35 | history | answered | Terry Holzheu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |