The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Anteater]

Originally Posted by elphenor

"Some traditional hadith sources state that Aisha was married to Muhammad at the age of 6 or 7;[11] other sources say she was 9 when she had a small marriage ceremony;[12] some sources put the date in her teens; but both the date of marriage, after which she stayed in her parents' home, and later consummation with Muhammad in Medina are sources of controversy and discussion amongst scholars."

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the reality is nobody really knows because birthdays were not a widely recorded thing, it's not documented well

When somewhere in the ballpark of 90% of these scholars place her somewhere between 6 and 10 when she consummated the marriage, I don't think you have much wiggle room.

[Zhanteimi]

Neither did she.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

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

That rear still sore, Bacon Butt?

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

Neither did she.

[Lucem Ferre]

Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

How do I argue with someone being emotional and reactionary? Prejudice isn't a logical position. The logical arguments have been put to him many times in the past and he's brushed them off seemingly without a second thought.

Kind of like what's happening with Catholics. You assume no Catholic questions their pope because it'd be considered blasphemous yet you think it's wrong to assume every Muslim is a women hating, homophobic bigot despite the fact that it's literally part of their doctrine. It's a complete and total double standard. So either you guys are being just as emotional and reactionary as OH or OH isn't being emotional and reactionary at all. In my opinion, it's the former. For the same reason DWV stated. It's okay to hate Catholics because they aren't considered an oppressed minority, though I'd say having your leaders trick and deceive you into getting into your child's booty is kind of oppressive in a way.

[OccultHawk]

Ex-FBI official: 'Crime may have been committed' by Trump (from @AP) https://apnews.com/5c271f23ec374033b0a1c9f9c3646137

I’ve only been saying this for three years. If Mueller wasn’t a coward Trump would be in prison.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Kind of like what's happening with Catholics. You assume no Catholic questions their pope because it'd be considered blasphemous yet you think it's wrong to assume every Muslim is a women hating, homophobic bigot despite the fact that it's literally part of their doctrine. It's a complete and total double standard. So either you guys are being just as emotional and reactionary as OH or OH isn't being emotional and reactionary at all. In my opinion, it's the former. For the same reason DWV stated. It's okay to hate Catholics because they aren't considered an oppressed minority, though I'd say having your leaders trick and deceive you into getting into your child's booty is kind of oppressive in a way.

Sigh. I see you missed where I explained to DWV that I was pointing out the power of the Pope because he is the central authority of the religion and could do much more about pedophile priests than he currently is and since Catholics stay Catholics anyway they are tacitly supporting his inaction. I wasn't saying that all Catholics are drones. Trying reading.

[Zhanteimi]

I hope I'm not a drone.

[Oriphiel]

Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

Trying reading.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Oriphiel