Well, having a career in make believe sure does exclude real world experience.

Alan B. you say:-As for consummating a marriage with a nine-year-old bride?

Who among you saw that as an eyewitness?
No- one alive, of course. I am old but not that old, but:-

According to the ahadith ( Arabic texts of Mohammed's life- singular hadith) Islamic historian Bukhari states "Prophet of Islam married Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed (i.e. consummated) that marriage when she was nine years old'.
The Muslim historian Tabari, however, quotes Aisha as saying;- "The Messenger of God married me when I was seven and the marriage was consummated when I was nine"

You do not believe Aisha was nine when the "marriage" was consummated but you believe in the Immaculate Conception. Did you demand an eye witness for that?

Mohammed sent most of his time murdering and robbing other tribes and little on religion.

Alan B has surpassed himself wanting eye witnesses to Mohammed's deflowering of a nine year old child! You come up with eyewitnesses to “sword-wielding Popes and Bishops at the head of blood lusting armies, putting the unbelievers to the sword”, and “centuries of paedophilia that has been the hallmark of Christianity”, and I'll find you eyewitnesses for Mohammed's dirty deed, Alan :)

Old Man seems to have got the right person to have a go at this time. No apologies or recognition of his previous blunder, though. He squeezed his eyes tight and covered his ears and it all went away.

Mr. ttbn
I acknowledge my blunder. I am silly as I have reached the age of brain shrinkage. My comments were aimed at "runner".

I see "faith" as a stone about the neck of civilisation.
People who demand "faith" (non- evidence based belief) and their followers have been responsible for multi millions of premature deaths and huge suffering. That starts with Abram and runs through Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao,Jones, David Koresh, Pol Pot to a dear lovely Australian citizen who cut of a man's head and had his son hold it up to be photographed.

It is time we recognised "faith " for what it is.

'Mohammed sent most of his time murdering and robbing other tribes and little on religion.'

don't forget the black african slaves he had. Then again that fact does not sit well with the Christophobes or Jew haters.