Quote Originally Posted by Patriarch of Constantinople
How do you know? I bet you would be doing it if you lived back then. Really, you can't say that a man wouldn't be attracted to a young girl. I'm not saying being a pedophile is right, I'm saying it was common practice, Abraham had another wife, who was his maid (Hagar wasn't it?). Today that would be considered a no-no, but back then it was common practice.
i cant believe you are arguing this issue. we are not talking about a "young woman" here, a 9yr old is a 9yr old. men arent biologically programmed to find 9yr olds sexually attrative, it is not something that should cross a normal persons mind.

hagar iirc was simply a second wife, that might not be standard practice now but there is nothing inherently abhorent or unnatural about it.