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  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

    Yes, he was a pedophile. And if you say that out loud, muslims become very angry. :)

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    Christian Graus
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    well, that may be true by modern standards, but how different was his behaviour to those around him ? The age of consent in New York at the turn of the century was 12.

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    • C Christian Graus

      well, that may be true by modern standards, but how different was his behaviour to those around him ? The age of consent in New York at the turn of the century was 12.

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      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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      So... long time ago, more pedophiles were more common. :)

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        well, that may be true by modern standards, but how different was his behaviour to those around him ? The age of consent in New York at the turn of the century was 12.

        Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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        That's a good point! Now will you consider such an act immoral now? If yes then doesn't morality depend on time, place and circumstances.

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        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

          So... long time ago, more pedophiles were more common. :)

          -- As Foretold by Nostradamus

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          Christian Graus
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          Sure - I'm not saying that I think it was acceptable, precisely because I see it through the eyes of a member of modern society. I'm saying, it's not right to assume that someone who lived in a different society to the one we live in, by the rules of our society. No-one should be scandalised about the number of US presidents who 'owned' slaves, for example. But, if GWB turns out to have slaves, then that's another matter.

          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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            Sure - I'm not saying that I think it was acceptable, precisely because I see it through the eyes of a member of modern society. I'm saying, it's not right to assume that someone who lived in a different society to the one we live in, by the rules of our society. No-one should be scandalised about the number of US presidents who 'owned' slaves, for example. But, if GWB turns out to have slaves, then that's another matter.

            Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            I am not arguing whether it was right or wrong then. :) My point is: many of today's muslims become infuriated for making the simplest of simplest observations: he was a pedophile.

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            • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

              I am not arguing whether it was right or wrong then. :) My point is: many of today's muslims become infuriated for making the simplest of simplest observations: he was a pedophile.

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              Christian Graus
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              Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

              My point is: many of today's muslims become infuriated for making the simplest of simplest observations: he was a pedophile.

              Yes, that is probably true. The problem is, if one accepts he was a holy man, then one would expect him to rise above the mores of his time. If you think he was just some guy, then you'd expect him to do the same as those around him.

              Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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              • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                That's a good point! Now will you consider such an act immoral now? If yes then doesn't morality depend on time, place and circumstances.

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                Christian Graus
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                yes, morality is definately a construct of society, that's my point. I'd still think it was wrong, but I'm a product of a society that causes me to think that. I also assume that his 9 yo wife was similar in terms of mental age to my 10 yo daughter, when the truth is she probably had adulthood thrust upon her far younger than kids do today. I read an interesting book by Neil Postman on the subject of the construct of childhood, and how it was unknown in the West as well, 1000 years ago. Childhood as a seperate stage of life, or something to be cherished, is a relatively new idea, and in many ways, it revolves around the idea of reading. If adult society is build on the ability to read and write to pass on and store information, one is not ready to take part until one has had time to learn how to do these things.

                Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                • L Lost User

                  Did you know that Mohammad had a 9 year old wife? http://www.muslimhope.com/AishaNine.htm

                  The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. - John Adams

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                  She was orphaned and since there was no way to adopt her it was that or she would have starved to death, a mechanism nothing more.

                  The tigress is here :-D

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                  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                    Yes, he was a pedophile. And if you say that out loud, muslims become very angry. :)

                    -- No humans were probed in the making of this episode

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                    Stan Shannon
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                    Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                    muslims become very angry.

                    Fuck 'em. What doesn't make them angry?

                    Pardon Libbey!

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                      She was orphaned and since there was no way to adopt her it was that or she would have starved to death, a mechanism nothing more.

                      The tigress is here :-D

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                      Is that what you heard on your BBC politically correct news channel?

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                        Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                        muslims become very angry.

                        Fuck 'em. What doesn't make them angry?

                        Pardon Libbey!

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                        Quote: What doesn't make them angry? Politically correct morons like trollslayer probably make them laugh.

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                        • M Mike Gaskey

                          Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                          Do you have any objections to that?

                          nope, only amazement.

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                          Mike Gaskey wrote:

                          nope, only amazement.

                          Why are you amazed? Assuming what HotAir came out of that site has any truth to it; do you not do something bigger? Do you not believe that you eat the flesh & drink the blood of Jesus (peace be upon him)? What is more is that in your belief you are devouring part of a God...

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                            She was orphaned and since there was no way to adopt her it was that or she would have starved to death, a mechanism nothing more.

                            The tigress is here :-D

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                            Trollslayer wrote:

                            since there was no way to adopt her it was that or she would have starved to death

                            Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did not marry the Prophet because of any threat of starvation, in fact her father (AbuBakir AlSidiq) was well off at the time.

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                              Trollslayer wrote:

                              since there was no way to adopt her it was that or she would have starved to death

                              Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did not marry the Prophet because of any threat of starvation, in fact her father (AbuBakir AlSidiq) was well off at the time.

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                              A.A. wrote:

                              it was that or she would have starved to death

                              He wasn't able to just feed her ?

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                              (may Allah be pleased with her)

                              Islam seems a very regimented religion to me, the way you guys seem required to interject this sort of stuff all the time.

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                              in fact her father (AbuBakir AlSidiq) was well off at the time.

                              If her father was alive, that points towards it being in line with the way society worked at the time. I guess that's only a problem if you want to claim Mohammed was anything more than an example of a person of his times.

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                                Mike Gaskey wrote:

                                nope, only amazement.

                                Why are you amazed? Assuming what HotAir came out of that site has any truth to it; do you not do something bigger? Do you not believe that you eat the flesh & drink the blood of Jesus (peace be upon him)? What is more is that in your belief you are devouring part of a God...

                                Who is the creator? Finding Allah (Video) Surah Al-An'aam (Ayah 74-110)

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                                A.A. wrote:

                                Do you not believe that you eat the flesh & drink the blood of Jesus

                                No Christian believes that.

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                                  A.A. wrote:

                                  it was that or she would have starved to death

                                  He wasn't able to just feed her ?

                                  A.A. wrote:

                                  (may Allah be pleased with her)

                                  Islam seems a very regimented religion to me, the way you guys seem required to interject this sort of stuff all the time.

                                  A.A. wrote:

                                  in fact her father (AbuBakir AlSidiq) was well off at the time.

                                  If her father was alive, that points towards it being in line with the way society worked at the time. I guess that's only a problem if you want to claim Mohammed was anything more than an example of a person of his times.

                                  Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                  Christian Graus wrote:

                                  He wasn't able to just feed her ?

                                  :confused:

                                  Christian Graus wrote:

                                  Islam seems a very regimented religion to me, the way you guys seem required to interject this sort of stuff all the time.

                                  Ok

                                  Christian Graus wrote:

                                  If her father was alive, that points towards it being in line with the way society worked at the time.

                                  That what is in line with society?

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                                    A.A. wrote:

                                    Do you not believe that you eat the flesh & drink the blood of Jesus

                                    No Christian believes that.

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                                    Christian Graus wrote:

                                    No Christian believes that.

                                    Eucharist[^]

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                                      Christian Graus wrote:

                                      No Christian believes that.

                                      Eucharist[^]

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                                      Even this Wikipedia entry doesn't quite claim that. I plainly knew what you were talking about, but even Catholics don't literally believe that nowadays, I don't believe. Certainly the vast majority of Christians understand Jesus words to mean that He was indicating a ritual to remember His blood and body, not that it literally becomes that.

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                                        Christian Graus wrote:

                                        He wasn't able to just feed her ?

                                        :confused:

                                        Christian Graus wrote:

                                        Islam seems a very regimented religion to me, the way you guys seem required to interject this sort of stuff all the time.

                                        Ok

                                        Christian Graus wrote:

                                        If her father was alive, that points towards it being in line with the way society worked at the time.

                                        That what is in line with society?

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                                        Christian Graus
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                                        A.A. wrote:

                                        That what is in line with society?

                                        To marry a nine year old. In response to Trollslayer, I'm asking why it was impossible for him to look after this girl without marrying her.

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                                        • C Christian Graus

                                          Even this Wikipedia entry doesn't quite claim that. I plainly knew what you were talking about, but even Catholics don't literally believe that nowadays, I don't believe. Certainly the vast majority of Christians understand Jesus words to mean that He was indicating a ritual to remember His blood and body, not that it literally becomes that.

                                          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                          Christian Graus wrote:

                                          Even this Wikipedia entry doesn't quite claim that.

                                          From article:

                                          According to the Roman Catholic Church, when the bread and wine are consecrated in the Eucharist, they cease to be bread and wine, and become instead the body and blood of Christ. The empirical appearances are not changed, but the reality is.

                                          Christian Graus wrote:

                                          but even Catholics don't literally believe that nowadays

                                          I've seen otherwise...

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