Praise Be (lemmy.world)
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[–] 32 points 9 months ago (15 children)

Pedophilia has always been a part of Christianity. Mary was 13 when she gave birth to Jesus. Joesph was in his 70s. It's the basis of the religion. At least Christianity tries to hide it by pretending that she was virgin and her child was actually from god. That's better than, say, islam, where mohammad just outright marries Aisha when was 6 years old and pretended that allah told him its halal.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    It's very unlikely Joseph was in his 70s. Neither of their ages are mentioned. Common estimates for Mary are 13-14, and Joseph being in late teens or early 20s.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Why are you acting like that is better?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Yes, but Marry technically didn't get diddled.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Not by Joseph, but someone diddled her and he's allegedly much older.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I had a Catholic education and it's the first time I've heard this about Mary's age, are those ages actually in the scriptures/Koran?

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    I don't know anything about Mary in the Bible but yes Aisha was definitely 6 when she was married according to the Koran, Muslims don't deny it. They just do a bunch of mental gymnastics to explain how that's somehow okay. Usually involving the fact that he waited until she was 9 to consummate the marriage, how noble and considerate.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Yes, the sahih hadiths explicitly state that mohammad married Alisha when she was 6 and consummated the marriage when she was 9.

    This marriage was justified in the quran via a verse 65:4, which virtually all the credible islamic tafsirs agree that it justifies child marriage and pedophilia.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That doesn't make any sense. Morality is not something that was given by Gods, but something we have invented.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Morality and legislation used to be entirely justified by being the word of God. Not that long ago (enlightenment) we started making those decisions based on what we think is a good idea. That's basically what Nietzsche was talking about when saying "good is dead", he didn't mean that literally...

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