2007-10-05 18:50:53 · 15 answers · asked by wwhy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can't speak for the Bible - but in other regions of the world marriage started around that age as well.
Of course, most people didn't expect to make it beyond 30...
2007-10-05 18:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by D.Chen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it would have been extremely rare for a girl of 9 to begin her menstral cycle. It is still rare today, and girls are entering puberty at younger and younger ages. In Biblical times, if memories of my old studies are accurate, the average age for the onset of menses in a girl was about 14.
When I was a young fellow, the average age had dropped to about 11.5, and is now around 11 years, with onset of puberty at 10 not being all that uncommon.
2007-10-05 18:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
as quickly as they hit puberty and started menstruating, females have been seen mature and able to undergo infants, so, they have been placed able to undergo infants. maximum religions from biblical cases placed great magnitude on construction a family participants, that young infants have been the main explanation for all times. In some tribal aspects, infants have been married quickly as quickly as they have been born yet ought to no longer stay at the same time or consummate the marriage till after the lady hit puberty.
2016-10-10 09:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by megna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human like any other animal God created on Earth becomes an adult as soon as we are able to reproduce. Do you think any other animal species wait to have sex after puberty because of their young age. I don't think so. It was mankind not God that established their own law on what age a child is considered an adult.
2007-10-05 19:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
While this might seem atrocious today, there is one key fact that critics of this point seem to always leave out:
Your average lifespan was about thirty years.
Marrying at 14 back then was like marrying at thirty-five nowadays.
2007-10-05 18:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by CanadianFundamentalist 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you suggesting that it should have been before their menstruation? That's not cool! ;)
Basically, shorter life spans meant shorter spans for child-bearing. Marry young, parent young, die young. It's just how things were.
2007-10-05 19:04:51 · answer #6 · answered by Wanderer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
great question.
I always have wondered about the teachings of Christianity about marriage regarding boys and girls when comes to age, divorce, responsibility, and custody of kids.
What does Christianity teach??
2007-10-05 18:53:47 · answer #7 · answered by Ahmed A 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mainly a cultural phenomenon.
2007-10-05 18:55:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because that meant they can bear children. It was quite horrible for the girls.
2007-10-05 18:55:16 · answer #9 · answered by the_dragyness 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
And they blame the Muslim Prophet...lol
2007-10-06 00:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by handful_01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋