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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
The argument that other peoples used to allow child marriage isn't very convincing. If Delaware or Christianity allowed patricide, we still wouldn't find patricide acceptable.

We need to make every belief system stand on its own, without regard to whatever Delaware or somebody else used to do.

The question is, is child marriage, or isn't it, supported by religious scripture or tradition? [/quote]

If your interest is in understanding the facts and gaining knowledge, then context is a great benefit. If your interest is creating a "gotcha" in order to be able to say that you won a debate or managed to put a check mark in the win column, then of course stacking the deck in this manner is very helpful.

Those who wish to find religious support for child marriage in Islam can and do find it. So there, you can do your victory dance.

But, many more believe Islam says the exact opposite.

Moreover, the exact same thing is true for Christianity.

I am really curious. Why is this important for you?

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Stacking the deck? This is a simple question with a simple answer. "Stacking the deck" is insisting on so-called context and throwing sand in peoples' faces re Richard III and Delaware. Of course we all like history, but it doesn't lead us to the answer here.

And you ask why this is important to me, with the subtext that my motives are suspect and I'm only here to score debating points, or worse? Basically, it's close to an ad hominem attack without really being a direct ad hominem attack, because you're only suggesting that I'm here for a victory dance. There are several people on this thread, don't assume it's all me.  There was a really abusive poster a page or two back, why didn't you go after that person? Or the divorce person, which again was not me--why didn't you go after that person? This is very intimidating.[/quote]

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