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Was Joseph, the husband of Mother Mary a pedophile? Joseph was 36 when he married a 13 year old girl!
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A lot of people seem to accuse the prophet Muhommed of this crime. If the shoe fits for one, it must fit for the other, right?
Wrong.
Not only was it a custom in the Arab society to Engage/Marry a young girl it was also common in the Jewish society. the case of Mary the mother of Jesus comes to mind, in non biblical sources she was between 11-14 years old when she conceived Jesus.
But Mary had already been "BETHROED" to Joseph before conceiving Jesus.
Joseph was a much older man. therefore Mary was younger than 11-14 years of age when she as "BETHROED" to Joseph. we Muslims would never call Joseph a Child Molester, nor would we refer to the "Holy Ghost" of the Bible, that "Impregnated" Mary as a "Rapist" or "Adulterer".
According to the Priest of Saint Mary's Catholic Church: "Mary was approximately 14 years old when she got pregnant with Jesus. Joseph, Mary's Husband is believed to be around 36.
Mary was only 13 when she married Joseph. When she first was arranged with Joseph she was between 7 to 9 years old."
According to the "Oxford Dictionary Bible" commentary, Mary (peace be upon her) was was 12 years old when she became impregnated.
The age of sexual consent is still quite low in many places. In Japan, people can legally have sex at age 13, and in Spain they can legally have sex at age 12. (This data comes from the Age of Consent chart, which you can see at:
[link to www.ageofconsent.com]
The Prophet's contemporaries (both enemies and friends) clearly accepted the Prophet's marriage to `Aisha without any problem. We see the evidence for this by the lack of criticism against the marriage until modern times.
However, a change in culture caused the change in our times today.
A 40-year-old man having sex with a 14-year-old woman may be a "pedophile" in the USA today, but not in China today (where the age of consent is 14), nor in the USA last century.
Biology is a much better standard by which to determine these things in my view, not the arbitrariness of human culture.
In the USA last century, the age of consent was 10 years old. California was the first state to change the age of consent to 14, which it did in 1889. After California, other US states joined in and raised the age of consent too.
[link to www.ageofconsent.com]
To those who keep bringing the crap about Muhammad was a child molester read and think before you post anything against him.
As you speak not only against him, but all other people in this planet and the worse thing is by your own standard Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a child molester too.
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