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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper
Why do religious people cut skin off babies?
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I think as i recall it was initially to guard against welcoming into a tribe a stranger who could be dangerous, if they were circumcised they were part of them and so could be trusted. ie a sure fire way of making sure a person was who they said they were
back in early civilisation and through human evolution religion was discovered to be a way to make large numbers of people do things together and behave in large groups. One man could not make more than say 100 people do things, one god could make 5000