Circumcision NOT for the Christians?

Should Christians follow the Law of Moses about circumcision?

No Christians were freed from the Law, including circumcision (Acts 15:1-20). {kaya supot po talaga ang karamihan sa kanila, ito ay batay na rin sa patoto ng kanilang Bibliya} It was described as an almost unbearable yoke on the neck (Acts 15: 10).

The yoke, of course, was a sign of slavery and Christians were told not to become entangled with 'a yoke of bondage' (Galatians 5:1-2).

The Law as we read it contains things that appall us, such as forcing a rapist to marry his victim (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) or rejecting people born out of wedlock and their descendants (Deuteronomy 23:2). However, almost all of us read the Law in translation, which inevitably changes and distorts the text.

Even fewer read it with a background of the checks, balances and insights of the Jewish oral and legal tradition. This has contributed to atrocities such as when Christians used Exodus 22:18 to justify the slaughter of 'witches' or other verses to justify slavery and the slave trade (e.g., Exodus 21:2-11, 20-21, Leviticus 25:44-46 and Deuteronomy 20:10-15).

What did Paul teach about circumcision?

Genesis 17:14 says that an uncircumcised man shall be 'cut off from his people' but Paul taught that those who accept circumcision are obliged to keep the whole law, {ah that simple! So ignoring the LAWS & COMMANDMENTS mean Supot talaga! just like the Christains na ang karamihan sa kanila if NOT ALL ay mga SUPOT po talaga} and those who want to be justified by the law have cut themselves off from Christ (Galatians 5: 2-4).

Paul confirmed that circumcision was nothing (Galatians 6:15) {No Wonder mga SUPOT ang karamihan sa kanila!} and Christ was all and in all (Colossians 3:11). Jeremiah had already taught that circumcision in other nations was uncircumcision (Jeremiah 9: 25-26).

Paul advised people to accept their lot in life and not seek circumcision or uncircumcision, or slavery or freedom (1 Corinthians 7:17-24).

Paul condemned people he described as false believers (Galatians 2:4). These people were pressuring uncircumcise Christians to become circumcised. Paul was so incensed by this that he said:

I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves! (Galatians 5: 12, New RSV)

Paul taught that Jesus accepts people as they are and does not ask them to become circumcised or uncircumcised to become Christian (Galatians 5: 6). Paul said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved...' (Acts 16: 31) even if your not circumcised. WOW! CONFIRMED!