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no point in arguing with you. when you look at history, you have to put aside your bias, and look at the context of the time. she came to live with him after puberty. at that time, when children reached puberty they were considered adults. at that time kids that age also did other mature things. boys would go to war at a young age. so if you already researched about this, you should know all the arguments of the side. you are judging things that happened at that time, with your own modern day way of thinking. also, have you read on what Islamic scholars say about this, and what other historians who are on the other side say? or when you "read" up on him did you only read what people who have something negative to say about him have to say, or did you read what the other side had to say. I also suggest reading the biography of Muhammad by martin lings.

by alfarooq88 on 02/06/2010 08:08:24 PM EST

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in case you don't notice. Earlier in the thread you wrote she entered puberty at 9, now she was already through puberty at 9? You know what that would make her? Sick, as in: she has had a condition that led to this premature puberty! If you have to adapt your story all the time, it tells a lot about whether your story is true or not. We are still waiting for sources btw. If you want to cite your books by Armstrong or Lings, go ahead, do that.

no point in arguing with you. when you look at history, you have to put aside your bias

Dude, Tashi provided primary sources for his claims, you only alluded to popular science books, without even citing secondary sources. What you call bias btw, arose probably only after having heard about critical sources, so it is neither bias nor prejudice but a critical opinion based on (more or less disputed, I think less) facts.

boys would go to war at a young age.

So, after pedophilia, child soldiers are also OK. Child soldiers were an anomaly when all other options were exhausted. It does not make sense to regularly send your children into battle.

This has nothing to do with modern sensibilities but with natural, innate human behaviour. Murder is, though, much more natural than pedophilia.

by eborujion on 02/07/2010 07:08:13 AM EST

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cenks comment on the prophet Muhammad | 116 comments (116 topical, 0 hidden)