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To: Richnorth who wrote (86944)	6/15/2002 7:43:40 PM
From: marek_wojna	Respond to of 117104

<<Jewish maidens were considered marriageable at the age of twelve years and six months, though the actual age of the bride varied with circumstances. The marriage was preceded by the betrothal, after which the bride legally belonged to the bridegroom, though she did not live with him till about a year later, when the marriage used to be celebrated. All this agrees well with the language of the Evangelists. St. Luke (1:27) calls Mary "a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph"; St. Matthew (1:18) says, when as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost". As we know of no brother of Mary, we must suppose that she was an heiress, and was obliged by the law of Numbers 36:6 to marry a member of her tribe. The Law itself prohibited marriage within certain degrees of relationship, so that the marriage of even an heiress was left more or less to choice.>> newadvent.org We can easily assume the Arabs culture allowed marriage of younger girls. My point is that the pastor who is calling the prophet a pedophile is at the same intelectual level as those who demand the death of S. Rushdie.