[LostInCyberLand]

Why does everything always descend into a religious argument, both sides are no better than the other, completely forgetting the real reason I even bothered to bring this topic up, the young kids. Spare some sympathy for the botched MC some kids have to live with.

A mother and her son are suing a doctor, his practice and a local hospital for a circumcision that allegedly left the boy bleeding and deformed.

Glenda Manning and her son, Marquese Robinson, filed a complaint July 14 in Cook County Circuit Court against Dr. Lawrence Boysen, the University of Chicago Medical Center and OB/GYN Health Associates SC. On July 19, 2007, Boysen performed a circumcision just after Robinson was born.

Only a partial circumcision was done, the lawsuit states. As a result of the surgery, it continues, Robinson suffered "bleeding, deformation of the penis and other complications."

The doctor, his practice and the supervising hospital all are cited with carelessness and negligence for operating on Robinson in a way that caused him to bleed and have a deformed penis and failing to properly assess him; perform the surgery with the proper equipment; and properly perform the surgery.

As a result, Robinson suffered injury, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, loss of a normal life and medical expenses. The mother and son seek damages of more than $100,000, plus costs. The plaintiff is represented by the Law Offices of Craig L. Manchik and Associates PC in Chicago.

source http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/...d-circumcision

With any luck the global economic crisis will make it uneconomical for people to continue getting their boys circumcised, as after all it is only after governments in Europe, Canada and Australia stopped subsidising MC that the practice declined here. Sad that it all just came down to money and people were not intelligent enough to weigh up the risks and double standards when applied to girls, completely ignoring the fact girls suffer 4 times more complications than boys do, yet we treat girls with less invasive methods like antibiotics yet think it's ok to lop off the most sensitive part of a boys genitalia; despite the incidence of infections in boys being much lesser than girls.

Reading this thread, and seeing how a society blindly does something as drastic as MC, without even questioning why, when evidence tells us it is akin to FC, I have come to the conclusion all people are idiots.

Now we have morons saying MC doesn't have any affect on sex life. Obviously the people who wrote that study were not uncircumcised males. http://www.bustle.com/articles/97138...ew-study-shows

Not that anyone cares, but Heather Hironimus, the mother of Chase, has to go through a period of good behaviour or face 5 years in jail. Nobody knows what has happened to Chase. The fact the mainstream media have suppressed this story, and I can only read it online, is disgusting, the fact people continue to make excuses for MC simply astounds me.

source http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/ne...-deal-i/nmzqQ/

It seems even when faced with the modern advances science has given us, people still cling to their religion, and see no conflict which is something I can never comprehend. This further proves my theory all people are idiots. Now someone in Iran has made a robot that prays. Unbelievable!

By applying some mechanical modifications such as adding two extra engines, Akbar managed to let the robot perform praying movements, such as prostration, more easily.

?He built the robot at home with basic tools and gave it the designation ?Veldan,? a Quranic term meaning: ?Youth of Heaven.?

It was so exciting to me to see a robot pray. I have decided to always say my prayers too,? said Narges Tajik, a third grader at Alborz School said.

He describes the robot as an educational assistance to teachers and believes that it has so far been successful in attracting students and should be mass-produced.

?As you see the children?s reaction in their faces, you realize how interesting it is to them to see how the science of robotics has been beautifully used for a religious purpose and I am sure it will be greatly effective in teaching them how to pray,? he said.

He has formally registered the robot?s invention patent and its intellectual rights at Iran?s State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties, a body in charge of recognizing inventions.

source http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life...re/2014/02/25/

It's not about whether or not there is evidence for God, it's about the ethics of Gods teachings; even if God was real I would still not follow him because the teachings are flawed and full of hate, who wants to have anything to do with a guy who thinks drowning everyone in the world is a positive thing.