Originally posted by: Codewiz
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Originally posted by: Atheus
"Wacko Jacko has now made the conversion to full blown wacko. He has expressed his interest in recent past of the the religion of the pedophile prophet Muhammad, especially their fashion."
Ah good old religeous intolerance - and we all wonder why they hate us.
Also, this story is not true.
Um, his wife was a 9-year-old. And he consummated the marriage. But this shouldn't be a flame thread, so let's forget it.
But I think Wacko Jacko just wants attention. It's like Madonna "studying" the Kabbalah.
Edit:
HAHAHA
You realize that life expectancy was like 24 years during that time. Girls got hitched at age 13 was nothing out of the ordinary.
You can't apply today's moral standard to people of the past.
Life expectancy was that low because of averaging. Lot of miscarriages and deaths of children due to diseases. Many adults lived to 50s or 60s, and wasn't uncommon (though not as common as now) for people to live longer than that.
Girls getting hitched at 13 was pretty normal, yes. That had to do more with social maturity level being high for both sexes, due to the fact that education was simpler for most people (apprenticeship, not years and years of formal education). Even then, 13 year old girls might have married men 5 to 10 years older. And morality applies regardless of the culture. It's not right for 9 year olds to get married.
I'm not speaking against Muhammad or Islam, but against general misconceptions. Same applies to individuals and cults practicing child marriages in the United States and elsewhere.