The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Anteater

Slavery as a practice is condemned on at least two separate occasions in the New Testament. Just because you read a parable where slaves got beaten or something doesn't mean much.

My criticism of Muhammad isn't disingenuous, because unlike Jesus he's a terrible role model AND a pedophile...yet still serves as the focal point for the entire Islamic faith. If adherence to Muhammad and acknowleding his "perfection" as a human being and as Allah's #1 prophet wasn't the crux of the entire freakin' belief system, maybe you would have a point. But that isn't the case, seeing as millions of people follow him as we speak.

I don't think most Christians know much about Jesus beyond the greatest hits and I imagine most Muslims are the same with Mohammed. For the casuals it's just a guy to see as a paragon, not someone to follow word for word.

[Oriphiel]

Originally Posted by Anteater

irregardless

[Zhanteimi]

Originally Posted by elphenor

but in both the middle east and Europe adulthood was considered to come much earlier as people were dying at 30

This is a myth based on people not understanding how life expectancy is calculated. It doesn't mean people died at 30. It meant that there was a high infant mortality rate. If you made it past childhood, the likelihood that you would live past 30 was high.

[Zhanteimi]

Some 12-year-olds are nubile.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

This is a myth based on people not understanding how life expectancy is calculated. It doesn't mean people died at 30. It meant that there was a high infant mortality rate. If you made it past childhood, the likelihood that you would live past 30 was high.

There was a higher mortality rate every step along the way

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

Some 12-year-olds are nubile.

It’s only a very recent phenomenon that anyone thought beyond a hairy snatch and a pair of titties. They weren’t carding bitches back then lol

[The Batlord]

Well then let's die at 25 like cavemen. And live in caves. Cause we all want to live in caves. And yes I know OccultHawk will second this because he's too stupid to realize he has zero desire to be a caveman and must be saved from himself.

[Zhanteimi]

^Someone's drinking.

[The Batlord]

Hell yes but come on Occult Hawk is a moron we all know this.

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by elphenor

what the Quran says about marriage is that it can only be done between consenting adults and the wife has the right to choose her spouse, it's widely debated how old the wife in question was, as people did not track their birth years with any precision at the time, but in both the middle east and Europe adulthood was considered to come much earlier as people were dying at 30

Lol, bro...just no.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha