Polycarp/Boaz

While many issues have shades of grey, there are few which are clearly beyond justification.

Sex with minors is wrong, immoral and abusive of a child's sovereignty.

End of Discussion.

Agree Fractelle.

This is another in a long line of Boazy religion by stealth threads.

For someone to only know where they stand on this issue ie. that this behaviour is wrong because religion says so makes me feel a bit sick.

We all have values systems Boazy just not all of them are based on religion. The irony is that it is mainly religius groups that are advocating polygamy and only religious groups that have married off old sleazes to very young girls.

Polybabble,

Thanks for your gratuitous blessing. But I can live a decent life without that from you of all people.

Today you give us a downright lie: "Rather than me provide answers... I've thus far simply provided facts and asked for your responses.." What!

You provided no facts whatsoever. Instead you provided a spurious and totally manufactured link between a notorious pedophile (although he soon disappeared from your scenario) and his hypothetical marriage with a hypothetical 8 year-old. You asked us to assume that such a marriage was legal (knowing that it is impossible and unimaginable).

To titillate yourself further you hypothesised that the 8 year-old could marry a man of any age and then speculated that groups in Australia could lobby for your fantasy of old men having lawful sex with young girls to become reality through a change in the law.

Now, in how in your wildest imagination can you call that "simply providing facts"?

Your deviousness and dishonesty is further revealed in contrasting your first post where you fraudulently suggest that your posting "...forms part of some research and serious responses only would be welcome. They should include references to medical or psychological works in support of the case for or against."

You wanted nothing of the sort because, as you say now, "... what I personally think is colored by my faith..." No medical or psychological works needed after all?

You then set out to lambaste "some larger churches" and you do so "for political purposes rather than faith or religious purposes".

I'll let you have the last word (nearly): "Such abominable behavior does not alter a syllable of the Lords condemnation for such behavior, which is absolute." Would your Lord condemn lying and manipulating people's fears and prejudices?

"Please don't feed the troll".

As soon as anyone provides a "serious" counter to polycrap/Boaz they provide "justification" (in his mind) for his troll topic.

Either ignore him totally, or ridicule him, but please don't "seriously" reply to his interest in underage children . He's "pulling your chain". Please don't feed the TROLL!

I'm afraid that I've got to agree.

This discussion is getting a bit
too strange for my taste.

Polycarp,
If I knew what you were talking about, I might be able to provided a sensible reply.