When I was pregnant with #3, I discussed circumcision with my ex/father of my children. His opinion was that because he was baby should be. It became a moot issues cuz #3 was another girl. I would not choose to do it for my own child. However, my first ex was not circumcised and not into good person hygiene. ICK.

I would agree with you if it didn't have physical benefits. Namely, appearance. I'm 100% Atheist, but I'm glad I'm circumcised.

I was circumcised for medical reasons as a small . In some cases it just has to be done.

I don't know what it is about this that needs farther study. It's genital mutelation for no good reason. The procedure itself subjects it's victems to infection and psychological scaring. It's another control tactic that makes up what religions are primarily about.

The penis is designed the way it is to prevent infection in the urethra from feces. I'm not pro-choice, but the pro-life people say there is. But circumcision is usually done without anesthesia. Hmmmm.

When I was a teenager, I babysat a couple of little boys. They had problems going to the bathroom cuz they weren't circumcised, their mom never taught them to clean themselves properly, and they had gunk and infection under the skin. The little one cried when he peed. I swore if I ever had sons they would be clean and circumcised!!! Religion had nothing to do with it.

I was circumcised at and early age , don’t know any different

This topic always causes raging debates lol!
After reading a few comments stating that circumcision is good because of sanitary reasons I had these thoughts come up!

1. modern surgical methods where antiseptics and sanitation rule are more recent inventions than circumcision. Before it was realized that germs in the air cause sepsis, surgery was likely to cause sepsis related death. Given this, how did the "doctors" decide that cutting a baby's foreskin (under dreadful unsanitary conditions) was better than just letting it be? Anyone with medical history knowledge?

2. I do not have anatomical familiarity with female genitalia, so this might be a silly question ?
   What features of female genitals make it resistant to UTI, the supposed prevalence of which makes circumcision beneficial in male babies? Do female babies just take better care of themselves (sarcasm)?

There are hygienic reasons for circumcision, as well as desensitizational benefits that prolong sexual stimuli that have nothing to do with religion.
I'm curious, what's your stance on ear piercing an infant?

Not defending circumcision, but it's one of those things that was adopted by religion, not created by religion. It has been an aspect of humanity long before organized religion and was done during a time when we didn't have great hygiene. Back then, it was a source of infection. Now if we would have stayed natural and never put on clothes and stayed wild, that hygiene wouldn't have been an issue. In the modern world, we have much better hygenic practices and there is really no point to it other than custom and appearance. If I ever have a son, I will most likely let him make the choice when he is older.