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Originally Posted by dereds
And you are drawing equivalence between acts separated by 1500 years when the age of consent seems to have been lower everywhere. People died a lot younger I'd be surprised if that didn't mean people having kids younger given the need for the parents to raise the child. I don't think that makes 9 okay but then I don't think that makes 12 ok.
The whole idea of religion is moral absolutes that are true for all time. If Mohammed did something, that means it was morally OK, under Islam (or at least that it was not a major sin; read on).
The age of puberty has been trending downwards, at least for the last couple centuries. In the 19th century the average age at which girls began puberty was 15; it is now 11.
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Originally Posted by fretelöo
(Unless you want to suggest that there's a significant difference between having sex with a 9- and a 12-year old and/or roman society was openly accepting of intramarital rape)
But nobody follows the example of Roman society today, whereas many follow the example of Mohammed.
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The other issue is contemporary muslims citing customs from 600 AD for their present-day actions. The latter is obv. absurd - unless you assume that Muhammed was infallible or something (which I don't think is a tenet of islam).
The prophets are held to have been incapable of committing "major sin". ****ing children is not a major sin in Islam, or indeed a sin of any kind, as long as you're married.