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	Circumcision in Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Settlement for circumcision contrary to parents' expressed wishes in Texas.
		Article argues circumcision is contrary to Canadian law.
		A judge rules against circumcision in a landmark British case.
	www.circumstitions.com /Law-cont.html (167 words)

	Ritual Circumcision and Law
		The hospital refused to permit Rabbi Zlotowitz to perform circumcisions at the hospital, despite the fact that Rabbi Zlotowitz and other members of the corporate plaintiff were requested by the parents of male children to circumcise their children.
		Section 40 of the Civil Rights Law does not support this action because the plaintiffs have not been denied admission to the defendant's hospital on account of "race, creed or color." It is clear that the defendant does permit circumcision, in accordance with the Jewish faith to be performed on the premises.
		The law demands that the equation be balanced; that the damaged plaintiff be able to point the finger of responsibility at a defendant owing not a general duty to society, but a specific duty to him.
	www.cirp.org /library/legal/morse (1218 words)

	CNN.com - Kenyan women lawyers call for law against female circumcision - December 14, 2000
		NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A leading women's law group in Kenya is pushing for a law banning female circumcision, saying this week's court ruling against the tradition is not enough.
		Circumcision of boys and girls is widely practiced in Kenya as a rite of passage to adulthood and is not illegal.
		Wafula said Kandie told him he wanted the girls circumcised because he feared they might be returned home after marriage when their new husbands discovered they had not undergone the ritual.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/12/14/kenya.circumcision.ap (576 words)

	Romans 2:25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer
		For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
		For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
		Circumcision does indeed profit, if you obey the Law; but if you are a Law-breaker, the fact that you have been circumcised counts for nothing.
	bible.cc /romans/2-25.htm (225 words)

	The Worldwide News - Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Circumcision was an essential part of religious practice for the nation of Israel.
		Circumcision has value if a person observes the law, and we certainly don't want to encourage these new converts to be lawbreakers.
		Circumcision is obsolete, Paul said, since it has been replaced by the cross of Christ and all that the cross symbolizes (verse 14).
	www.wcg.org /wn/study/circumci.htm (4271 words)

	Circumcision
		Circumcision was essential to the true worship of Almighty God throughout the Old Testament.
		Paul declares that anyone who seeks to be justified by the law, whether it be circumcision, sabbath-keeping, honoring parents, or whatever, is fallen from grace and the Messiah's sacrifice for their sins is made null and void.
		Infant circumcision is not to be done so that the child can be saved, but because the father is already saved and now bears the fruit of obedience of his salvation.
	ecclesia.org /truth/circumcision.html (1922 words)

	Eastern Cape tightens law on circumcision to stem casualties -- Sidley 323 (7321): 1090 -- BMJ
		It also provides for the regulation of people qualified to perform the ritual and regulates the circumcision "schools." It is during several day-long retreats (schools) that the boys are taken and taught how to be men according to their traditions, and they are circumcised during that time.
		The law has been vigorously opposed, however, by traditional leaders in the area, irritated at the infringement of ancient traditional practices and the appearance of women in the legal process.
		The law makes it compulsory for parents or guardians to give permission and requires that in all but exceptional circumstances the young men cannot be younger than 18.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/323/7321/1090/b (540 words)

	men and circumcision
		Circumcision began in the English-speaking countries during the mid-1800's supposedly to prevent masturbation which was believed to cause many diseases.
		A US federal law and a number of state laws have outlawed female genital cutting, which sets the standard, while at the same time driving the practice underground among immigrants, especially from Africa, who continue the practice in the US.
		The practice of medically unnecessary surgical circumcisions, excisions and incisions on male and female genitalia (under the age of eighteen), whether for religious or non-medical reasons, constitutes sexual mutilation and should be prosecuted under the law.
	www.menstuff.org /issues/byissue/circumcision.html (2002 words)

	Is Baptism Christian Circumcisn? Is Baptism Keeping the Law
		Christian Baptism is denied its value because it is equated to circumcision and Paul therefore taught that to be baptized causes one to fall from Grace.
		Circumcision was given before the law and did not depend upon the law.
		Circumcision never removed guilt, but Paul could use a physical symbol the Jews understood to show that God's inheritance and citizenship is based upon what ones spirit or mind does.
	www.piney.com /EmailTilGal5.html (1536 words)

	JFB Commentary (xi.ix.vi)
		Circumcision here is not regarded simply by itself (for, viewed as a mere national rite, it was practiced for conciliation's sake by Paul himself, Ac 16:3), but as the symbol of Judaism and legalism in general.
		Circumcision, or uncircumcision, are things indifferent in themselves: their lawfulness or unlawfulness depends on the animus of him who uses them.
		The law is made for a fleshly man, and for the works of the flesh (1Ti 1:9), "not for a righteous man" (Ro 6:14, 15).
	www.ccel.org /ccel/jamieson/jfb.xi.ix.vi.html (3046 words)

	Piper's Notes
		For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
		Circumcision, Paul says, is, in essence, an internal change of heart, not an external change of the sexual organ.
		This promise shows that keeping the Law and fulfilling the Law are something that God promised when the Holy Spirit was given to his people in the fuller measure of the new covenant.
	www.soundofgrace.com /piper99/2-21-99.htm (2006 words)

	Islamic Law on Female Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is prohibited by law in most Westen Countries since it is a horrendous and cruel procedure that women are forced so suffer in many countries, particularly in North East Africa.
		The deceptive translation by Nuh Hah Mim Keller, made for Western consumption, obscures the Shafi’i law, given by ‘Umdat al-Salik, that circumcision of girls by excision of the clitoris is mandatory.
		This particular form of female circumcision is widely practiced in Egypt, where the Shafi’i school of Sunni law is followed.
	www.answering-islam.org /Sharia/fem_circumcision.html (355 words)

	Circumcision-analogues in Law
		The law, initiated by MK Zevulun Or-Lev (National Religious Party) said owners decide how their pets should look without taking into consideration the "great suffering" the animals endure in the process.
		The woman posed as a mother who wanted her daughter circumcised and visited Dr Ahmed aat his home in Manchester with a video camera hidden in a handbag.
		Female circumcision is illegal in Britain but is still practised in some ethnic minority communities, and carried out in backstreet clinics.
	www.circumstitions.com /Law-other.html (2312 words)

	Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Circumcision is thousands of years old and hasn’t seemed to have harmed people like the Jews and Moslems.
		Circumcision may be required in a small number of boys when phimosis, paraphimosis or recurrent balanoposthitis occur and may be requested for ethnic and cultural reasons after the newborn period.
		When circumcision is being discussed with parents and informed consent obtained, medical benefits and risks, and ethnic, cultural, religious and individual preferences should be considered.
	www.edae.gr /circumcision.html (3130 words)

	Circumcision
		Spiritual application of God's Laws are found throughout the Old Testament and were necessary for the salvation of those holy men and women called by God as well as for the knowledge of all Israel.
		Or is there an allusion to circumcision for the purpose of a sign of conversion having been substituted by water baptism, but circumcision as a hygienic requirement remaining.
		Rather, circumcision for grown men for the sake of salvation was not required and this is endorsed elsewhere by Paul.
	www.british-israel.ca /Circumcision.htm (5074 words)

	Kevin's English law glossary: female circumcision
		However, male circumcision is one of the class of activities in which consent can be used as a defence; others include agressive sports and surgery.
		The distinction seems to be that female circumcision was widely practised among certain ethnic groups, and women were too scared to deny consent.
		In addition, male circumcision may serve a medical benefit, while this is never true of female circumcision.
	www.kevinboone.com /lawglos_female_circumcision.html (125 words)

	Book #4 web b4w4
		The law of circumcision is first mentioned in Genesis 17:10-12 in reference to the covenant between God and Abraham.
		Some use the example of Timothy's circumcision to argue that, even though Paul had agreed with the Jerusalem council's decision that circumcision was no longer necessary for salvation, he later decided they were wrong and went against their decision.
		Those who became circumcised in an attempt to become justified before God are fallen from grace, because they make the sacrifice of Christ void by trying to earn justification through keeping the law through their own efforts.
	www.bibleresearch.org /lawbook4/b4w4.html (1816 words)

	Righteousness by Faith: Apart from Works, Before Circumcision, Beyond Law (4:1-15)
		Then he saw that righteousness came by faith, not by circumcision, and that circumcision was a symbol of that faith.
		Circumcision was initiated with Abraham, so you can only weigh the value of circumcision AFTER Abraham to evaluate its contribution to our righteousness as Jews." In vs. 11, Paul masterfully refutes this supposed problem.
		Abraham was not under the Law when the promise was made, nor could the fact that his subsequent descendants came under the Law change the condition of believing the original promise, because the promise and the Law have two entirely different uses in God's plan.
	www.pbc.org /dp/dorman/romans/rom15.html (6555 words)

	The Law and the Believer (Page 4)
		therefore The Law was either to be accepted as a whole or not at all - one couldn't pick and choose the bits that one wanted; this is why Paul wrote 'Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.' Gal.
		We have seen clearly that The Law has been brought to an end and that the New Covenant is now the rule of life for all believers.
		If a Messianic believer wants to keep parts of The Law, then he is free to do so; only that it would be recognized that it is not obligatory and that he cannot add to his salvation by doing so.
	www.i-amfaithweb.net /paul_law.htm (1805 words)

	Past Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The law of circumcision was not a curse, it was given to Abraham to perform first by himself and his descendants after him.
		Now let’s deal with Galatians and the law of circumcision and take heed not to fuse it with the 10 Commandment “Law” because they are definitely separate -one is spiritual, one is fleshly.
		See circumcision is the law he was speaking about, that in the messiah circumcision or no circumcision availeth nothing - that law, flesh law, not the spiritual law written by the fingers of Yahweh.
	www.yahwehsassembly.org /past.htm (12631 words)

	CIRCUMCISION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Circumcision was a part of the law that Moses and the Children of Israel received at Sinai, to be done on newborn males.
		Through the forty years in the wilderness, this law was apparently ignored and the issue had to be addressed before Joshua took the people across the Jordan River to settle in the land.
		Meaning, if you insist that everyone must be circumcised, then you had better be keeping all the law perfectly, or your own circumcision is worthless.
	www.equipministry.com /studies/circumcision.htm (3961 words)

	law topics
		This study explains what the Law of Moses is and it answers the question concerning whether or not this law is binding on the elect of God today.
		This study shows that the sacrifices and the law that God gave to Moses are God's law and this law did not originate from Moses.
		This study shows how to determine which of the laws that God gave to ancient Israel must still be observed today by the elect of God and how to analyze each law according to the guidelines given in Acts 15 and other scriptures.
	www.bibleresearch.org /lawtopics.html (851 words)

	Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Circumcision (Gen. 17:9-14) was the sign of the covenant Abram made with God (Gen. 17:10), in token of which his name was changed to
		Circumcision as a necessity for salvation became a major controversy in early Christianity (Acts 10:45; 11:2; 15:1-31), since it had become associated with the Law of Moses.
		The Book of Mormon seems to imply the continuing practice of circumcision among its peoples from about 600 B.C. They "were strict in observing the ordinances of God, according to the Law of Moses" (e.g., Alma 30:3), apparently including the practice of circumcision.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/daily/interfaith/Circumcision_EOM.htm (280 words)

	NPNF (V1-05) (xi.xvi)
		For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”
		He calls, however, “the circumcision of the heart” the will that is pure from all unlawful desire; which comes not from the letter, inculcating and threatening, but from the Spirit, assisting and healing.
		Such doers of the law have their praise therefore, not of men but of God, who by His grace provides the grounds on which they receive praise, of whom it is said, “My soul shall make her boast of the Lord;”
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf105.xi.xvi.html (476 words)

	CIRP: Circumcision Reference Library
		Effects of circumcision on breastfeeding, maternal bonding, and child development
		Circumcision procedure: Surgical methods, costs, cost-benefit analyses, reimbursement
		History of circumcision; Historical and modern rationales for circumcision
	www.cirp.org /library (76 words)

	Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The law gives five years in jail for parents who allow their daughters to participate in this ancient religious ritual.
		This is a African Islam practice to keep young girls from being promiscuous, they remove the clitoris to take away the pleasure of sexual experience, hard liners sew the opening almost shut as well to prevent intercourse and save virginity.
		The practice of male circumcision is just as cruel and unwarranted.
	members.aol.com /station019/circum.htm (265 words)

	Romans 2:27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature
		Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
		And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.
		and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, 'art' a transgressor of law.
	bible.cc /romans/2-27.htm (237 words)

	Easy Christianity: 5. Free From the Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		They are free from the judicial and ceremonial law given to Israel.
		But Christians are under the moral law as revealed in the Ten Commandments as a rule of life.
		In other words, they keep the law as the authoritative instructions of their Savior for living.
	www.vor.org /truth/sew/easychr/easych05.html (193 words)

	Jewish Brethren At Jerusalem Believed That Paul Was Teaching Jews Living Among Gentiles To Forsake Moses
		Nevertheless, it should be noted that Paul did not address the issue of whether Israelites should forsake circumcision and the law of Moses, which is really the accusation against him.
		He opposed those who attempted to impose circumcision and the law of Moses upon non-Israelites, those who argued that practising circumcision and the law of Moses was essential for salvation.
		The issue of whether Paul taught his fellow Israelites to forsake circumcision and the law of Moses was therefore not addressed in his trials before the authorities.
	www.serveyahweh.org /Paul/paul05.htm (3570 words)

	OVERVIEW OF CIRCUMCISION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Circumcision is a Israelite rite representing spiritual purification of the heart.
		Abraham was the father of faith for all nations first before the law of circumcision.
		CIRCUMCISION, FOR BELIEVERS SHOULD NOT BE OBSERVED AS A LAW SINCE JESUS COMPLETED BY THE CROSS.
	home.att.net /~dennisschmidt/qv-pap/circumci_outline.htm (518 words)

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