[JAKraig]

I suppose if you were a protestant and had a wrist watch during the Salem Witch trials you would be burned at the stake.

It is not wise to judge people of the past by today’s standards.

[Colofornian]

It is not wise to judge people of the past by today’s standards.

Excuse me, but between today and a certain man named "Moses" the standard of adultery has been the same. And even between now & the beginning of peoplehood -- what Jesus referenced as "at the beginning" -- the standard was one wife:

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. (Matthew 19:4-6)

And if you're not talking about either adultery or polygamy, you're not going to become the pedophile's apologist, are you, by trying to tell us that sexual relationships with young teens (on top of already existing marital relationships) was A-OK as long as you hit some "ripe" spot on a calendar?

[flowerplough]

I suppose if you were a protestant and had a wrist watch during the Salem Witch trials you would be burned at the stake.

It is not wise to judge people of the past by today’s standards.

So, in your (Mormon?) head, owning a wrist watch in Salem in 1648 equates somewhat with sweet-talking a 12-year-old girl (at least it was a girl!) out of her panties and banging her in 1989? Right...


Many hold that most any of today's standards of decency, propriety, honesty, and charity are universal and apply to all, throughout all time and eternity. People who hold such views are often called "conservatives". You may have met some. And if Massachusetts RomneyCare Romney runs for president again, you'll probably meet more.

[delacoert]

It is not wise to judge people of the past by today’s standards.

Yeah well, that's pretty standard worldly wisdom, funny you can pitch it to sound holier-than-thou.

FYI, people of faith DO NOT view their past as recorded in scripture as a poor standard by which they may be judged.