Those who are circumcised are often circumcised when they are just a few days old, like me. Can an 8 day old baby consent to such a procedure? Of course not.
In the Protestant church my parents were going to when I was born, it was common practice for the Christians there to circumcise their children. So that’s what my mom did. We aren’t Jewish. It’s not required of us Christians. When I realized I was circumcised (whilst in high school) I was quite quite mad.
Circumcision has permanent effects on the male who is at the receiving end. At the very least shouldn’t they get a say in it? Imagine if a female got an equivalent to a male circumcision. That would F up their capacity to be intimate at least in some degree.
If you feel circumcision is wrong without consent, do you also feel that way for the Jewish people? Their religion demands that they do this, right? Is it wrong for a Jewish person to circumcise their baby?
I feel like Moses had some reservations about circumcision. He didn’t circumcise his kids, even at the threat of God killing him. It was his wife who cut the foreskins off their sons when God was chasing them.
Even Jesus was circumcised and he didn't complaint about it.
When the biblical God told Abraham to circumcise himself and the males of his clan, in that moment Judaism didn't exist. Circumcision is not for Jewish people alone but for everyone who obeys the law given in the Torah.
The common mistake is to think that circumcision is about the baby boy.
Circumcision is about the parents obedience to God.
Your parents obeyed the biblical God when they circumcised you. It wasn't about you but about their faith.
Same happens with baby baptism in Catholic church, it is not about the babies but about the obedience of those parents to the doctrines of their religion.
Same as well, if a man was not circumcised days after being born or later by the action of his parents, and as an adult he decides to be circumcised, such is also and act of faith thru obedience, following the example of Abraham.
(I think that Abraham was already a chosen one before circumcision)
Your question about your rights as a baby is very well accepted. Your position is valid as a complaint according to the law of the land. However, will you sue in a court your parents faith and obedience to their God?
I guess you can do that. I remember a young man suing their parents for that same reason. According to the victim, he didn't feel much pleasure when having sex due to the circumcision applied on him when a baby. I truly don't know what happened next, how that court case ended.
And this, in the layman world, is one more example of children's rights.
