Bible specifies best time for circumcision (Talk.Origins)

Claim CH135.1:


 * The Bible, remarkably for its time, notes that the eighth day after birth is the safest time to perform circumcisions [Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:2-3]. When a baby is born, they have no bacteria in their intestines for the first few days. By the seventh day, the bacteria multiply and produce vitamin K. Without vitamin K and prothrombin protein (which is produced by the liver using vitamin K), the blood will not clot properly and the possibility of severe bleeding as well as infection would make circumcision dangerous in a primitive medical situation.

Source:
 * Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1985. Life&#151;How Did It Get Here? Brooklyn, NY, p. 205-206.

CreationWiki response:

Even if true, this would not change the fact the the 8th day after birth is the best time for it. But studies have shown that the statement "the best time for circumcision is never" is not true. Results of a study released in November 2006 by the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences in New Zealand says there are "substantial benefits" from the practice.

The New Zealand study suggested that circumcising all baby boys could cut the rate of sexually transmitted diseases by about half, according to a report in USA Today. The report said. "The study adds to the growing scientific evidence that challenges a policy against routine circumcision by the American Academy of Pediatrics."

Pure malarkey. The pain of circumcision is not remembered, nor does it affect a person's future sensitivity to pain. This is nothing but psycho-babble.

Except that this was a direct commandment from God.

There is nothing in Talk Origins' source that suggests that this is not a result of Biblical influence.

True, but accuracy on many points supports overall accuracy.