(May 24, 2011 at 4:14 pm)Rhage Wrote:
1. Along with the absence of dissatifiction, she was also pleased and happy in being married to him, hence referring to him as an "apostle of Allah."
2. It doesn't make it right according to your own standards. This doesn't mean that her parents were shitbags or something. Since it is agreed upon in Western societies that the acceptability of customary laws and practices should be determined by the general consensus of their own society, not by God, the moral authority to determine what is or isn't acceptable to others can be different and yet acceptable.
3. Yes, it was culturally okay, but I didn't say that this makes it okay for everyone. You will not find such a thing in my post.
4. You don't know if her parents mentally fucked her up or not. If she turned out so well in the later years of her marriage (see # 4), then that is a valid argument which goes against your opinion.
5. As I said earlier, she was considered to be a woman when she was married since Islam does not allow marriage before puberty (which is the time of womanhood for a Muslim). Nine years of age might seem like a small child to you, but some people mature at different rates, and thus they enter womanhood much earlier than others from a social perspective (if not biologically). I believe this is what happened to Aisha.
(May 24, 2011 at 4:20 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote:
1. The idea that you're a a pedophile if you find the 'innocent' look appealing, is not a good one, since pedophilia has more to do with sexual attraction than simply looks. If that's the definition, then anyone who thinks that little children are cute and innocent are pedophiles. However, I agree that the definition on E. Britannica which says that a pedophile's relationship with an adult has to be "less threatening" doesn't necessarily have to be true. But aside from that, I read the same thing on wikipedia and a few other articles on the definition of pedophilia.
2. Like you or anyone else, I don't know the degree of his pedophilia, but it doesn't seem to be too strong since all his other wives were 17 years or older.
3. I am not attempting to control a natural response by merely attributing this to a social value. If you think so, then explain how I'm doing that based on what I wrote in my original post (in # 3).
(May 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
1. Muhammad was somewhere in the 50's while she was 9.
2. I find it a little inconsistent that you know so much about the history of religion and yet you think that Muhammad is not real. But, oh well, that's your opinion.
