Assertion: circumcision | /r/HasProperty | necessary
Facets:
value: medically
type: DEGREE
value: always
type: DEGREE
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
value: to enter the church
type: PURPOSE
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: in connection with such a ceremony
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of ’s
type: CAUSE
value: on two arguments
type: OTHER
value: for severe cases
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Is circumcision necessary?
text: Circumcision may be needed to treat chronic inflammation of the penis and penile cancer.
text: The heated debate around whether or not circumcision is necessary hinges on two arguments.
text: Because of today’s better hygiene, circumcision isn’t always considered necessary, although the debate isn’t entirely over.
text: It is not quite obvious why circumcision should be necessary in connection with such a ceremony.
text: Because British doctors could not agree that circumcision was necessary, the practice was not covered.
text: Circumcision of older males is sometimes medically necessary when there is some gross defect of the foreskin, interfering with sex.
text: Phimosis can be treated by using topical steroid ointments and using lubricants during sex; for severe cases circumcision may be necessary.
text: Some parents and physicians no longer believe circumcision is necessary.
text: To be clear, professional associations in the U.S. also do not consider circumcision to be medically necessary.
text: Although there has been some debate in recent years over whether a circumcision is medically necessary and whether it provides any health benefits, the general agreement among healthcare providers is that benefits outweigh risks for the procedure.
text: There is no record in the New Testament of any of the apostles or faithful brethren teaching that circumcision was necessary to enter the church.
text: If baptism is the simple replacement of circumcision as a sign of the new covenant, and thus valid for children as well as for adults, as circumcision was, surely this would have been the time to develop the argument and so show that circumcision was no longer necessary.
text: Why is circumcision necessary?
text: Interestingly, there are modern, faithful Jewish people who do not believe that circumcision is necessary and there is even an organization called Jews Against Circumcision.
text: As a Canadian physician who has worked for 10 years with venereal diseases, I’d say that circumcision is absolutely necessary.
text: Is circumcision ever medically necessary?
text: Circumcision might be necessary if the foreskin is damaged and won't slide back over the head of the penis.
text: The advent of antibiotics negated the rationale that circumcision was needed to prevent venereal disease.