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To: xJones
He had the same spirit and tactics as Joseph Smith, but different locations, different times, etc.

Maybe, but I doubt JS married a 7 year old and then consummmated the marriage when she turned 9..... AND Mo was 60 at that time... dirty ole geezer
65 posted on 08/16/2004 12:42:45 AM PDT by Cronos (W2K4!)
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To: Cronos
Maybe, but I doubt JS married a 7 year old and then consummmated the marriage when she turned 9..... AND Mo was 60 at that time... dirty ole geezer

Aisha was 6 when they married and 9 when her 53 year old husband cosummated the marriage, but so what. Muhammed was a poor camel jockey hired by a wealthy twice widowed caravan owner, 15 years older than him. Love ruled and the 41 year old Khajida married the 26 year old Muhammaed. A few years later he had his first vision and she became his first convert. She was his only wife until she died at the age of 65 and after that he took 11 more wives, including a current wife of his stepson. The 6 year old was wife #3. If the moneybags Khajida had outlived the prophet, it's very doubtful that polygamy would have become a popular Muslim tradition.

67 posted on 08/16/2004 1:53:52 AM PDT by xJones
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