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You say that like someone isnt going to immediately jump in and point out that Aisha was 9 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha?wprov=sfla1
We live in a fucked up world, and it turns out we always have. Sad stuff, man.
The youngest royal brides in history
https://www.theroyalforums.com/threads/the-youngest-royal-brides-in-history.17081/
What the fuck did I just read? She was 6 at the time of marriage and 9 when it was "consummated".
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Yup. Maybe someone from that religion can explain to you how they make it OK in their head, if they want to. Of course, nobody has to defend their religious beliefs to anybody else, so i hope it doesnt come across like im pressuring anyone.
I can shed some light as an ex-Muslim. There are a bunch of common, disgusting excuses: "times were different", "girls used to mature faster", "it was common back then".
There're more interesting possibilities though. It's true that it was a political marriage that was basically forced onto Muhammed. But an extension of that reasoning is that the consummation never happened either.
It's been a while since I looked at this stuff but I remember that there's actually also a surprisingly compelling case against her ages being 6 and 9. But it would still be 13 to 16 IIRC. The historical side of this is pretty interesting (like how hadith was compiled vs the quran), but not really worth discussing here.
Anyway, yeah, like every other religion, just a cult that grew too large. Anything but admitting that they're wrong.
Thanks for the perspective. It's interesting that the disgusting excuses still exist alongside the "consummation never happened" and "they got the ages all wrong here" excuses. Zealots be zealoting in every religion.
I'm sure there are a lot of people in that religion that don't find that acceptable.
I meant "make it OK" like how I was raised Roman Catholic and the church abused/raped children and lied about it, but many of my fellow roman catholics still believe the church to be "of God." They dont condone the abuse, but despite knowing how systemic it all was, they still remain devout. They somehow make it OK to continue being Catholic.