It is very disturbing to me to see – on a regular basis – adorable little girls, dressed to the nines, holding their father’s hands, knowing that their lives are going to be OVER in just a few short years. What kind of father lets his daughter – who is still very much a child at 10 and 12 – get married?

It is insane to go to the malls and see little children – you know they are little girls – draped in black, just like their mother’s are. What kind of man is even looking at a child that small and seeing anything more than a little girl who should be free to be in pants, like her brother, riding her bike, playing in the park…

The little 7 or 8 year old girl that lives across the street from us is wearing an ankle length skirt when she is outside playing on the swing. I’ve never seen her ride a bike – I’ve seen a pink bicycle in the back yard – but I’ve never seen her riding it. I’ve seen her Dad hold her hand when they cross the street. To think that in two or three or four years she’ll be old enough to get married and that that is perfectly acceptable is beyond fathoming.

I think I know… since it appears you may see things through a certain light.

Well God is eternal (being the father of Jesus) and Mary couldn’t have been more than 20 (just a guess) so if you’re trying to draw parallels…. through that certain prism of yours… then you’ve achieved it (in a warped sort of way) God is as old as time and the Blessed Mary around 20ish. So I guess Beefeater that this guy (pictured above) is well within a reasonable time frame to marry a child, when considering “God” and the “Virgin Mary”

Keep in mind that this man (pictured above) is not God and that the Virgin Mary freely accepted.

About Joseph… he did not have relations with Mary until after the birth of Jesus. (Angel forbid him so) Sooooooo by then Mary was a woman!
She had a child remember!
Also keep in mind that Mary went and visited her “cousin” Elizabeth who was very old (80’s) so bearing that in mind Mary had to have been in her late teen or early 20’s

Last thing, I trust God to have waited until the right time to conceive in the blessed Virgin through the Holy Spirit his only begotten son.

I trust God’s moral standards! (and Joseph his servent) Not Allah’s

What do you say to that?

Under Jewish Law, the minimum age for the boy was 13 and for girls was 12. The Talmud recommends that the man marries at 18, but the range can be from 16-24.

However, during this time there was the Engagement, which was normally done by a match maker or parents, and could have been done at a very young age.

Then there was the Betrothal, that didn’t take place until the girl came of age, which was 12. This pretty much confirmed the marriage, and usually lasted one year. Finally, came the wedding itself.

What can be judged was that Joseph was older than Mary. There is no proof of that in the Bible, but he disappears from the Bible soon afterwards. We know that he was alive when Jesus went to the Temple with his parents, but there is no mention of him at the crucifiction. How old was Mary, there is no answer.

http://www.keithhunt.com/Jewish3.html

But where are the feminists? I thought they were concerned about women’s rights, or does this fall under the concept of it is my body and I can do with it what I want?

However, when i went to My Space, I saw this ad that said, “Girls wanting older men.” So, we are not too far away from that type of life style in this country afterall.

It’s a good thing he can marry a ten year old. An eleven year old would reject him.