Foreskin’s Lament by Shalom Auslander: Completed Dec 21, 2011
A few of my favorite bits:
“When I was a child, my parents and teachers told me about a man who was very strong. They told me he could destroy the whole world. They told me he could lift mountains. They told me he could part the sea. It was important to keep the man happy. When we obeyed what the man had commanded, the man liked us. But when we didn’t obey what he had commanded, he didn’t like us. He hated us. Some days he hated us so much, he killed us; other days, he let other people kill us. We call these days “holidays”.”
“This is the term we’ve been using lately: theological abuse. It involves adults, known or unknown to the underage victim, telling them a Lunatic runs the world, that He’s spying on them, that He’s waiting for them to break a rule.”
“And I discovered the SmartKlamp, a clear plastic at-home circumcision device that looks like a corkscrew designed by Philippe Starck.”
“I believe in God. It’s been a real problem for me.”
