Please forgive me for failing to realize that a thread which began as a discussion of what the Bible says about castration, had changed into an academic discussion on the non biblical history of castration.

What is important, though, is that the author of Daniel attributed to him a governmental position that was reserved for eunuchs, as all contemporary readers of the text would have known.



As anyone who has read the book of Daniel with an open mind would know, the book makes many statements that ...

Of the list all of the things that people do to themselves that God might worry about I would place castration near the bottom. I can't give a lot of examples but word is that the Prophet Daniel was a Eunuch.



I don't think castration would even make the list depending on the rest of what ...

Im torn between what i believe in God...Im not sure if i can believe anything thats written in that book anymore....



What's written in the Bible is exactly what you can believe. What you need to be careful of is the things people tell you without telling you the specific biblical reference ...

Paolo wrote: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:08 am Nice to see you post bill, and bravo for being in the documentary.

Thank you Paulo ... have you seen the documentary yet? I have not.

But getting back to Matt. 19:12, Jesus didn't advocate castration, He was simply stating why some men castrate themselves. Had he truly advocated the practice, Christianity would have eventually died out like the Skoptics. Did you know that there is a website of a Christian man named Bill, who ...

Yes, a burdizzo can be used to castrate a human male. Many folks over the years have had a great variety of experience and all swear they are experts on just the proper application of a burdizzo - i.e., fast clamping, slow clamping, single clamp, multiple clamps, twisting, short duration, long ...

Well I came in on the tail end of this whole project but I have talked with Tanya at Form Media at great length and from the nature of the questions that she asked me my feelings are that the intent is to produce a show that honestly portrays the motivations and goals of a prospective eunuch.

She ...

I think we are eunuchs first, family second and gay or straight is last and least significant.