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George Oilwell · 09-06-2004, 04:13 AM

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A Ridgefield man was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault of a child after he allegedly attempted to circumcise his 8-year-old son.

Clark County sheriff's Sgt. Tony Barnes said the man, whose name is being withheld to protect the victim's privacy, claimed reading the Bible led him to try to circumcise his child Friday night.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, took the boy into the bathroom and used a hunting knife for the procedure, Barnes said.

"When he couldn't stop the bleeding, he called 911," Barnes said.

Reading the bible obviously doesn't make you any smarter. :huh:

kelsos · 09-06-2004, 11:30 AM

And the evil continues ...

jbernier · 09-06-2004, 12:44 PM

Somehow I suggest that this might have as much to do with some sort of mental illness on the father's part than anything else. Just a hunch.

woodstock memories · 09-06-2004, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jbernier

Somehow I suggest that this might have as much to do with some sort of mental illness on the father's part than anything else. Just a hunch.

Yes, the mental illness of believing in a supernatural deity that created a lifeform that must mutilate itself in order to appease its creator.

WCH · 09-06-2004, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by woodstock memories

Yes, the mental illness of believing in a supernatural deity that created a lifeform that must mutilate itself in order to appease its creator.

Belief is not a mental illness. Mental illness can lead to belief, and belief can contribute to mental illness, but the two are not synonymous.

Just as using guns doesn't make you a murderer.

woodstock memories · 09-06-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WCH

Belief is not a mental illness. Mental illness can lead to belief, and belief can contribute to mental illness, but the two are not synonymous.

Just as using guns doesn't make you a murderer.

I was not referring to "belief", but "a belief".

Articles are an important part of the English language.

WCH · 09-06-2004, 03:52 PM

Same thing. Christianity is not a disease (in an allegorical sense, perhaps), even if it causes diseases and diseased people are likely to follow it. Going to hospital doesn't mean you're dieing, even if people go to hospital for that very reason and others, while there, catch things which cause them to die.

Emp-JohnIV · 09-06-2004, 04:07 PM

Religion is a sympton of the disease of faith, and religion is the cause of some other mential disorders.

socratoad · 09-06-2004, 04:32 PM

[QUOTE=WCH]Belief is not a mental illness. Mental illness can lead to belief, and belief can contribute to mental illness, but the two are not synonymous.

Well at least according to you.
I suggest that if belief in invisible all-powerful deities were not so prevalent then indeed such phenomena would be classified as mental illness, as I believe them to be.

For your consideration and pondering

sourdough · 09-06-2004, 06:15 PM

makes one wonder why would God create men with a foreskin in the first place and then tell them to cut it off?

big G is a bit of a S&M freak,eh? :devil3:

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09-06-2004, 11:30 AM	#2
kelsos Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 147	And the evil continues ...

09-06-2004, 12:44 PM	#3
jbernier Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 1,011	Somehow I suggest that this might have as much to do with some sort of mental illness on the father's part than anything else. Just a hunch.

09-06-2004, 03:52 PM	#7
WCH Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 6,290	Same thing. Christianity is not a disease (in an allegorical sense, perhaps), even if it causes diseases and diseased people are likely to follow it. Going to hospital doesn't mean you're dieing, even if people go to hospital for that very reason and others, while there, catch things which cause them to die.

09-06-2004, 04:07 PM	#8
Emp-JohnIV Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Makezero.com Posts: 1,547	Religion is a sympton of the disease of faith, and religion is the cause of some other mential disorders.

09-06-2004, 04:32 PM	#9
socratoad Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada, deep in the heart of the boreal forest Posts: 4,239	[QUOTE=WCH]Belief is not a mental illness. Mental illness can lead to belief, and belief can contribute to mental illness, but the two are not synonymous. Well at least according to you. I suggest that if belief in invisible all-powerful deities were not so prevalent then indeed such phenomena would be classified as mental illness, as I believe them to be. For your consideration and pondering

09-06-2004, 06:15 PM	#10
sourdough Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: one nation under-educated Posts: 1,233	makes one wonder why would God create men with a foreskin in the first place and then tell them to cut it off? big G is a bit of a S&M freak,eh? :devil3:

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