As Christian: To Be Or Not To Be Circumcised
Circumcision in the Philippines is big deal. Every summer, all young men who turned 12 or thirteen or at any age before going to high school, seek a doctor for circumcision. Some organisations even conduct medical outreach pegged as "Operation Tuli" offering free circumcisions for men of any age especially in remote areas where doctors are scarce; thus preventing young men to approach non-medical practitioners who offer circumcision using traditional ethnical method. Filipinos view and accepted circumcision as both cultural and traditional that were passed since the Spaniards converted filipino ethnical gentiles to Christianity. In a way, early Spaniard Christians evangelised circumcision as religious and a sign of baptism for Christ. In Galatians, however, Paul viewed circumcision as unnecessary for Gentiles, strongly believing that converted Gentiles need not be a Jew in order to follow Christ. For the Jews, circumcision is a law. 🌿 --- ✂️ Was Circumcision a Jewish Tradit...