Recently a group in San Francisco proposed a law that would make it illegal to “circumcise, excise, cut, or mutilate the whole or any part of the foreskin, testicles, or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years.” The lead organizer’s reasoning goes like this: “When you take an infant, hold them down and give insufficient or no anesthesia and you cut off the most sensitive part of their body,...

I have posted the current draft of the Pearl of Great Price on the Structured Edition page. In this post, I will describe some ways in which the Pearl of Great Price is unique its use of the features of the Structured Edition. If some of the unique terminology I use seems new or obscure, please refer to the main blog post introducing the features of the Structured Edition (post is forthcoming). Not a stand-alone work First of all, the five...