Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve!!! As we go into the 23rd chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, let us place strong emphasis on the 1st verse in this chapter. We must remember that there is nothing new under the sun. “He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD”. Deliberate bodily mutilation had been practiced by pagan cultures for years. In some cultures, involuntarily perpetrated against men and woman, but in others and as it is done today, male and female members of society are hiding their breasts and genitals or having them completely removed. An ancient example is of the Aztecs and Mayans. Children were grabbed by the neck to make them grow tall. The Padaung women of Myanmar would use coiled brass neck rings to stretch their necks 15 inches, pushing down the collarbones, while compressing their rib cages. Self-flagellation, which is even practiced in Christianity and by some Muslims, is the practice...