Back in the 1800s, people used to marry girls who were a lot younger (I’m talking 10), and just recently, we’re starting to reform these laws that we used to have. For example, the state of Virginia just recently removed a law that made it legal for adult men to marry 12-year-olds.
>inb4 Matthew 18:6
That verse was addressing newcomers to the faith. Read Numbers 31:7-18, Exodus 21:7-11 and Numbers 31:35-40. Also read Leviticus 20:10-21.
10: Don’t lie with another man’s wife.
11: Don’t lie with your father’s wife.
12: Don’t lie with your daughter-in-law.
13: Don’t lie with another man.
14: Don’t take a wife and her mother.
15: Don’t lie with a beast.
16: Don’t let another woman lie with a beast.
17: Don’t lie with your sister.
18: Don’t lie with a woman while she’s menstruating.
19: Don’t uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or your father’s sister.
20: Don’t lie with your uncle’s wife.
21: Don’t lie with your brother’s wife.
Pedophilia is mentioned NOWHERE.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia:
“Joseph married a woman called Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they lived forty-nine years together and had six children, two daughters and four sons, the youngest of whom was James (the Less, the “Lord’s brother”).
A year after his wife’s death, as the priests announced through Judea that they wished to find in the tribe of Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then twelve to fourteen years of age, Joseph, who was at the time ninety years old.”
That article on Catholic Encyclopedia obtains it’s information from early Christian writings including Apocryphal writings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm
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.”
In fact, the age of 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.
Source:
The Age of Consent chart
http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm
In the USA in the century before the last, 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.
Source:
http://www.ageofconsent.com/comments/numberone.htm
Here’s a story of a 9-year-old Thai girl who gave birth.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/thai_girl.htm
Also, relevant image.
>inb4 Matthew 18:6
That verse was addressing newcomers to the faith. Read Numbers 31:7-18, Exodus 21:7-11 and Numbers 31:35-40. Also read Leviticus 20:10-21.
10: Don’t lie with another man’s wife.
11: Don’t lie with your father’s wife.
12: Don’t lie with your daughter-in-law.
13: Don’t lie with another man.
14: Don’t take a wife and her mother.
15: Don’t lie with a beast.
16: Don’t let another woman lie with a beast.
17: Don’t lie with your sister.
18: Don’t lie with a woman while she’s menstruating.
19: Don’t uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or your father’s sister.
20: Don’t lie with your uncle’s wife.
21: Don’t lie with your brother’s wife.
Pedophilia is mentioned NOWHERE.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia:
“Joseph married a woman called Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they lived forty-nine years together and had six children, two daughters and four sons, the youngest of whom was James (the Less, the “Lord’s brother”).
A year after his wife’s death, as the priests announced through Judea that they wished to find in the tribe of Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then twelve to fourteen years of age, Joseph, who was at the time ninety years old.”
That article on Catholic Encyclopedia obtains it’s information from early Christian writings including Apocryphal writings.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08504a.htm
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.”
In fact, the age of 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.
Source:
The Age of Consent chart
http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm
In the USA in the century before the last, 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.
Source:
http://www.ageofconsent.com/comments/numberone.htm
Here’s a story of a 9-year-old Thai girl who gave birth.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/thai_girl.htm
Also, relevant image.
