Q&A: Forcing Infant Circumcision
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Forcing Infant Circumcision
Question
An anonymous expert philosopher and heretic has, thank God, had a baby boy, and he refuses to circumcise him. Is it permitted (or required) to kidnap the baby and circumcise him? What wrong has the son done that his father is such a sinner?
Answer
The son has done nothing wrong. When he grows up, he can circumcise himself.
It is true that, strictly speaking, commandments are enforceable, and if his father did not circumcise him, the public / a religious court has an obligation to circumcise him. But all that is not relevant nowadays, when society is not governed by Jewish law.
What would need to happen for us to be able to force heretics who deny their son the basic right to be circumcised