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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
I never said child marriage was fundamental to Islam, or that most practicing Muslims support it, or whatever other things you want to pretend I said to make your argument sound better.  I will rephrase what I said, so that you can't replace it for other things.  There is scriptural support for child marriage in Islam if one wants to find it. [/quote]

I think your position has evolved a bit more than you are suggesting, but I agree that there is "support for child marriage in Islam if one wants to find it" (I'd avoid the use of the term "scriptural" in this context). [b]The same could be said about Christianity. [/b]In both religions, it is also possible to find a basis for other interpretations.
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What? Where? The fact that some Christians might have married child brides in 100 AD is different from saying the founder of the faith married a child bride. Even if you think Jesus married Mary Magdalen, she wasn't a child. In two faiths where believers are supposed to model themselves on the founders, this is an important difference.[/quote]

I will assume that you are not any of the previous posters and that you are brand new to this discussion. But, my statement that you bolded refers to this:

"there is support for child marriage in Islam if one wants to find it"

If you read that carefully, you will notice that it says nothing about Muhammad or Jesus. But, if you do not think that support for child marriage can be found in Christianity if one wants to find it, you are not very well-versed in either current events or Christianity. Plenty of Christians find support for child marriage in their interpretation of Christianity.

But, to put your post in context, Aisha and Muhammad were married some time around 620 AD. Richard II married 7 year old Isabella around 1400 AD. I think that both of these marriages need to be seen in the context of their times. You seem to believe that Muhammad's marriage is more important because he was the founder of Islam and Muslims are supposed to model themselves after him. I don't think most Muslims believe they do need to model themselves in this specific instance. But, if they do, the vast majority have failed given that child marriage is far from the norm among Muslims.

BTW, what do you believe to be the ages of Mary and Joseph when they were married? What age was Mary when she gave birth?
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