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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you feel about Muhammed marrying a 9 year old?  Do you consider him a pedophile? If not, would you allow your 9yr old girl to marry a 50 something prophet (assuming that "the prophet" returned?[/quote]

Does it bother you that Mary was 12 or 13 when she gave birth to Jesus?
You know even in the United States about 100 yrs ago it was normal for 12 and 13 yr olds to get married.[/quote]

Maybe Aisha was a mature 9?  Yes, 12/13 was the norm in those days, soon after their first period, but Aisha was 6 or 7 when actually married and then 9 when she moved in with her 53 year old husband (which was ANCIENT at that time).

not only do I know that in the US it was normal for a 12/13yr old to marry, but I EVEN know that in other parts of the world it is still the norm, but I'm not so sure where marrying and haivng sex with 9yr olds is the norm.
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NP here.  The age of Mary bothers me a LOT less than the ages of Muhammad and Aisha when they consummated their marriage.  (Although, I'm not Christian).  The reason being is because in Islam, Muhammad told his followers to emulate his life - follow Sunnah.  Then, he goes and marries a 6 year old, while in his 50's, and consummates the marriage when she is 9.  This is EXACTLY why child marriage is so difficult to eliminate.  Muslims are told to live their lives as Muhammad did, so if you try to tell them that a 50 year old marrying a 9 year old is wrong and bad, you are basically saying that Muhammad was wrong and bad for doing it, and that's blasphemy/insulting the Prophet.  Further, you can't just skirt the issue by saying, oh, that's just what was done back then, but we shouldn't do it anymore in this day and age, because Allah said that the rules of Islam are for all mankind and until the end of time.  Marrying a tiny child to a man over 40 years her senior is gross and dangerous.  The girl can end up injured from sex, and if she gives birth at such a young age, she could die, or end up with fistula and be shunned.

I don't believe in ANY religion.  However, I just have to think that if there was a god, and he was all-knowing, he would know the dangers of marrying little girls to old men, and thus NOT command his Prophet to do a marriage like that.

Further, we know how bad the effects (genetic disorders, low IQ, disabilities, etc.) are of first cousins marrying eachother continuously down the lineage, which is extremely common with Pakistanis.  If god is all-knowing, why wouldn't he have known about that and when he sent down the rules for who is marriagable in Islam, and forbid first cousins to marry?
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