True, circumcision is biblical. Genesis 17 of the Old Testament depicts Abraham's covenant with God, which was written more than a thousand years after Abraham allegedly lived. In the New Testament, beginning with Acts 15, you'll read more than 120 references to circumcision, each one saying that circumcision is of no value to Christians. Christ was the last blood sacrifice, and there is no more need for blood rituals. Christians are to circumcise their hearts--not their bodies or the bodies of their children--and they are guided to live with faith expressed through love not by outward signs, such as circumcision.

Now, in the 21st Century, ethics and human rights prevail, and the right of the child to his own body trumps religious, cultural, and parental preference.