Poll of the Day > Were you baptized, or circumcised?

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And are you proud of being baptized or circumcised, or if not, are you proud of that?

baptized, not circumsized. don't really care about the baptism. I'm glad to be natural in my body though. if we were supposed to be cut, evolution or god would have made us born that way

Born and raised a Buddhist so neither one.
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Circumcised, never baptized because my parents aren't religious zealots. I don't care one way or another, although my parents got a picture taken of me about 10 minutes after I was circumcised. It is pretty hilarious given how mad at the world I look in it.
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My grandma baptized me without my parent's consent when they dropped us off at her place to be baby sat while they went to the mall.
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BADoglick posted...

My grandma baptized me without my parent's consent when they dropped us off at her place to be baby sat while they went to the mall.

Wowza. One of my fellow Scout leaders told me his mother frequently ask when he is going to baptize his children. I almost wonder if she would pull something like this the next time the grandkids visit. I think his family practice both Catholicism and Buddhism and he might just leave the baptize decision to his children when they're old enough to decide for themselves.
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Both and don't care
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Both. I always wonder what my weiner would be like uncut

Circumcised when I was born. Baptized somewhere around the age of 16-18.

Circumcised, thankfully. Dont wanna run around with my ding ding looking like an anteater.

Cacciato posted...

Circumcised, thankfully. Dont wanna run around with my ding ding looking like an anteater.

An anteater? Is that what they look like? I've always wondered and never bothered to ask others to show me.

nesrtkfan posted...

Cacciato posted...

Circumcised, thankfully. Dont wanna run around with my ding ding looking like an anteater.

An anteater? Is that what they look like? I've always wondered and never bothered to ask others to show me.

they look how t hey are supposed to look. most people are cut in america, and they are used to what they have. myself, the first time i saw porn, I thought the guy had a weird disease. I wasn't used to the cut look.

Cacciato posted...

Circumcised, thankfully. Dont wanna run around with my ding ding looking like an anteater.

Probably the one time PotDers won't ask for pics.
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Neither.
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Like most Europeans, I'm uncut but baptized. My penis is untouched by some weirdo surgeon but they did dunk my head in holy water. I am proud to be baptized but when it comes to circumcision I'm indifferent. Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

Both, but I was baptized at 8 so technically I had a choice.
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minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

it dates back to the 1800's when some dude started a movement that told people that it would cut down on self pleasure. it was a popular idea amongst christians

Both. I was circumcised at birth. If we have a son, I won't do this to him.

When I was 16 and still hadn't been baptized yet, my mom had me go through a course to get me ready for it and I did. I regret this. I wasn't baptized earlier because I already had doubts. Pushing me into this only delayed the inevitable and left me in deep depression for years while I struggled with losing my faith. Waking up each day unable to believe but sure you're evil for not isn't pleasant. My children's religious choices are their own. I won't force them into anything.

Zikten posted...

minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

it dates back to the 1800's when some dude started a movement that told people that it would cut down on self pleasure. it was a popular idea amongst christians

I see. So I get more pleasure, but women often prefer circumcised schlongs for some reason. When I'm erect, the skin pulls back and it looks good tho. Sorry for graphic mental images.

SushiSquid posted...

Both. I was circumcised at birth. If we have a son, I won't do this to him.

When I was 16 and still hadn't been baptized yet, my mom had me go through a course to get me ready for it and I did. I regret this. I wasn't baptized earlier because I already had doubts. Pushing me into this only delayed the inevitable and left me in deep depression for years while I struggled with losing my faith. Waking up each day unable to believe but sure you're evil for not isn't pleasant. My children's religious choices are their own. I won't force them into anything.

According to some Christian doctrine, infants who die unbaptized go to limbo purely because their parents failed to make the rite of passage into Christendom. Don't know if I agree with this though.

Baptized and circumcised. The former doesn't mean anything to me anymore, and there's no use in focusing on the latter one way or the other. People like to make a big deal about circumcision, but it doesn't hold me back at all.

All is well in the Mushroom Kingdom.

minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

My parents just said it was what everyone does anyways, and it's supposed to be more hygienic. So they just went with it.

minervo posted...

SushiSquid posted...

Both. I was circumcised at birth. If we have a son, I won't do this to him.

When I was 16 and still hadn't been baptized yet, my mom had me go through a course to get me ready for it and I did. I regret this. I wasn't baptized earlier because I already had doubts. Pushing me into this only delayed the inevitable and left me in deep depression for years while I struggled with losing my faith. Waking up each day unable to believe but sure you're evil for not isn't pleasant. My children's religious choices are their own. I won't force them into anything.

According to some Christian doctrine, infants who die unbaptized go to limbo purely because their parents failed to make the rite of passage into Christendom. Don't know if I agree with this though.

That is not all Christen doctrine. Actually I believe that is mostly a Catholic thing. Most Protestants don't believe in Purgatory/Limbo at all. Some Protestant groups don't even believe in birth baptism. Some will do so when you join the church. Others do so when you actually pledge yourself to Jesus as a symbolic gesture.

Not sure about the Eastern Orthodox, views on such matters. But they are probably the closest to Judaism.

Imagine if there was some cult that murdered infants in order to give them free passage into heaven.

They would sacrifice their single soul to eternal punishment/annihilation in order to save hundreds of souls.

I was circumcised without my consent. Doctors get away with anything I tell ya.
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Zikten posted...

minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

it dates back to the 1800's when some dude started a movement that told people that it would cut down on self pleasure. it was a popular idea amongst christians

Pretty sure circumcision is a lot older than the 1800s.

Cacciato posted...

Zikten posted...

minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

it dates back to the 1800's when some dude started a movement that told people that it would cut down on self pleasure. it was a popular idea amongst christians

Pretty sure circumcision is a lot older than the 1800s.

Yes, but it wasn't done outside of Jewish communities. In the 1800s a dude decided cutting little boys around adolescence was the best way to stop them from jerkin' it. It's fucked up.

Im circumcised and I hypnox all the time. Take that, guy from the 1800s.
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Baptised, maybe? It doesn't matter regardless.
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Sarcasthma posted...

Im circumcised and I hypnox all the time. Take that, guy from the 1800s.

The idea was that the area being so sore for so long while it heals would break the habit. Again, really terrible.

SushiSquid posted...

Cacciato posted...

Zikten posted...

minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

it dates back to the 1800's when some dude started a movement that told people that it would cut down on self pleasure. it was a popular idea amongst christians

Pretty sure circumcision is a lot older than the 1800s.

Yes, but it wasn't done outside of Jewish communities. In the 1800s a dude decided cutting little boys around adolescence was the best way to stop them from jerkin' it. It's fucked up.

Well a quick google search shows that it looks like a lot of cultures did it.

Sarcasthma posted...

Im circumcised and I hypnox all the time. Take that, guy from the 1800s.

Also this

SushiSquid posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

Im circumcised and I hypnox all the time. Take that, guy from the 1800s.

The idea was that the area being so sore for so long while it heals would break the habit. Again, really terrible.

Shit, how hard were guys jerking it in the 1800s?
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Luckily, no.
Both of those quaint and outdated practices are a waste of time and resources.

Both. The baptism was my choice when I was a kid. (I think it was around the time of the Atlanta Olympics, so I'd have been 10.)

I don't really consider either one to be something to necessarily be proud of unless you're just one of those super faithful people who feel like you have no worth if not baptized, nor am I bothered by either or someone's lack thereof.
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Never baptized and kids beat me up in school when I told them lol

benbeverfaqs posted...

Luckily, no.
Both of those quaint and outdated practices are a waste of time and resources.

I feel like baptism requires very little time and/or resources outside of a cup of water/thing filled with water large enough for two people.

SushiSquid posted...

Cacciato posted...

Zikten posted...

minervo posted...

Don't know why Americans are usually circumcised, thought it was a Jewish or Muslim thing.

it dates back to the 1800's when some dude started a movement that told people that it would cut down on self pleasure. it was a popular idea amongst christians

Pretty sure circumcision is a lot older than the 1800s.

Yes, but it wasn't done outside of Jewish communities. In the 1800s a dude decided cutting little boys around adolescence was the best way to stop them from jerkin' it. It's fucked up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg
That was the guy, yes he was the same guy who founded Kellogg's brand cereal when he invented corn flakes. I think a person would have to be completely anti-fun to invent such a bland cereal.
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Cacciato posted...

benbeverfaqs posted...

Luckily, no.
Both of those quaint and outdated practices are a waste of time and resources.

I feel like baptism requires very little time and/or resources outside of a cup of water/thing filled with water large enough for two people.

To my limited knowledge it requires a church, a professional priest, with water cup equipment, a baby/child/adult is special festive clothes and invitation of family/friends.
Seems silly to me, but to each their own rituals.

Never knew Mr. Kellog was a sadist.

I knew about the Kellogg thing. Btw, I'm both. My family is super religious, even though I'm not on their level. But I'm fine with the baptism. As for being cut, I like it. Someone else said that the first time they saw a cut penis during porn, it was weird, same thing with uncut for me. Haha. Also, I think they thought it was easier to jerk it uncut or something. And more pleasurable. I've heard people say that, but never asked. Also heard they get more pleasure, but I'm fine with the amount I get. So, I'm good with both.
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Sarcasthma posted...

SushiSquid posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

Im circumcised and I hypnox all the time. Take that, guy from the 1800s.

The idea was that the area being so sore for so long while it heals would break the habit. Again, really terrible.

Shit, how hard were guys jerking it in the 1800s?

Well, there weren't any video games.

I'm an unbaptized bastard child and basically a Satanist, whooo partay.
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Both. It's just you can stop being a Catholic, but you can never get the tip of you penis back.
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Just baptized.
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Red_Frog posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

SushiSquid posted...

Sarcasthma posted...

Im circumcised and I hypnox all the time. Take that, guy from the 1800s.

The idea was that the area being so sore for so long while it heals would break the habit. Again, really terrible.

Shit, how hard were guys jerking it in the 1800s?

Well, there weren't any video games.

Good point.
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Both.

Not proud of being baptized as my parents only did it so I could go to a private school.
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neither. thankfully i wasn't brainwashed and was allowed to think and decide on religion for myself. even more thankfully, i wasn't mutilated for zero practical reason
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I was baptized as a baby. I obviously didn't have a say in the matter but I really couldn't care less
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I was baptised as an infant. But....I don't think it's anything to be proud of. I'm not ashamed either. ;)

Baptism is a Sacrament; it was a sacred and special event for me and my family for sure. But I don't attach any other feeling towards that other than gratitude and silent and private happiness.
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