Mutilating oneself for love or duty is an old practice.
Van Gogh cut off his ear for his beloved.
Self-mutilation is even implied when loved ones of cancer victims shave their own head for the sake of solidarity.
Van Gogh cut off his ear for his beloved.
Self-mutilation is even implied when loved ones of cancer victims shave their own head for the sake of solidarity.
But nothing commends self-mutilation like religion.
The most famous form of mutilation in the West is circumcision.
And in Mark 9:47, Jesus says, “And if your eye makes you sin, pluck it out.”
Eye-plucking has not gained traction like circumcision. I, for one, am glad.
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Circumcision isn't really self-mutilation either, really it's people parents mutiliating them. I mean how many guys would voluntarily do that?
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