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Rebuttal to Silas' article
MUHAMMAD, AISHA, ISLAM, AND CHILD BRIDES
Answering-Islam
author and missionary Silas has come out with his own article on the issue of
the prophets marriage with Aisha, his article can be
located here:
http://./Silas/childbrides.htm
As
we shall shortly see, Silas was so desperate to simply attack Islam that he did
not think properly when he made his arguments, and as we shall soon see this
lapse of his led to him refuting his own Bible as the word of God. So I must
thank Silas for that, although he is known for making arguments that usually
backfire against him, see these rebuttals for some examples of his stupidity:
http://answering-christianity.com/rebuttal_to_silas_4.htm
http://answering-christianity.com/rebuttal_to_silas_3.htm
Before
refuting his article, let me post links that deal with the prophet's marriage
with Aisha, this site has efficiently dealt with this
subject:
http://answering-christianity.com/prophet_marriage_with_aisha.htm
http://answering-christianity.com/aisha_and_prophet_muhammad.htm
https://www.answering-christianity.com/aisha.htm
https://www.answering-christianity.com/umar/true_face_of_ali_sina_2.htm
With
all that said let us now refute Silas' arguments (his
comments in red):
INTRODUCTION
Muhammad was 52 and Aisha was 9 when they married and sexually consummated
their marriage. Muhammad followed an Arab custom in marrying a child who had
her first menstrual cycle. This action must be questioned, regardless of it
being a cultural norm, because Muhammad's action and teachings on marriage
established an Islamic precedent: a girl is judged an adult following her first
menses, and is eligible for marriage and sexual relations. Thus Muslim men are
allowed to marry and have intercourse with young girls who have happened to
have an early first menstrual cycle. As will be shown, this leads to physical
and psychological damage to the child.
Muhammad's first wife - Khadija, died a few years before he fled to
RESPONSE
I am glad to see Silas mentioning the fact that in Islam once a
girl who goes through her puberty is fit for marriage and is viewed as a lady,
this is something that many Christian apologists never seem to mention, they
like to conveniently leave this point out and make it seem that Muhammad just
married a young girl while leaving this crucial part out.
The prophet Muhammad completed the marriage with Aisha when she had gone through her menstrual cycle; this
in itself refutes every single accusation that a Christian has. Because for the sake of argument just say the prophet Muhammad was
a pedophile (Estaghfurillah! May Allah curse
those who make such a claim on the blessed prophet) then he would
have just completed the marriage with Aisha when she
was 6, rather than when she was 9 and when she had gone through her first
menstrual cycle.
Now since Silas knows he has no real case, what he will do now is
say that marrying girls at this age and girls who are still going through their
first menstrual cycle is harmful, physically and psychologically. This line of
argument will BACKFIRE badly against Silas, in fact Quennal
Gale used this same line of argument which backfired against him, we shall do the same with Silas. What I shall do is show
that the Bible allows several things that cause physical, and psychological
effects on people, by doing so it will prove that the Bible is not from God
since Silas is reasoning that since marrying Aisha
could cause physical and psychological effects then that means the prophet
Muhammad was not a prophet. Likewise since the Bible is a cause of many harmful
and psycological affects then it too is not from God.
:)
But why then do we find it
objectionable? After all, Muhammad did not live in our culture or under our
law. He lived under a Semitic culture. And this custom of marrying girls after
their first menses existed in the
The only reason to object to it is
because you hate Islam, and hate the prophet Muhammad, how funny it is that
Silas and his missionary pals never attack any other people at the time for
marrying young girls, but primarily concentrate all their efforts on the
blessed prophet Muhammad alone. This alone exposes Silas and his friends, had
they really had a problem with marrying young girls, then they would not only
attack the blessed prophet Muhammad, but they would attack European countries,
Asian countries, and the USA itself since these countries allowed marriage to
girls as young as 9 just a little over a century ago.
Now Silas also says is there a
valid reason to criticise the marriage with a young lady, this is a line of
desperation since there is a valid reason to criticise everything! So are we
now going to disbelieve in everything since there is always a valid reason to
attack it? It amazes me to how desperate some people can really get.
What I do find interesting though
is that Silas has no problems with his Jewish brethren who are allowed to marry
girls at the age of 3, and remember Silas still believes the Jews are God's
chosen people, what a hypocrite wouldn’t you say? Here is the Jewish source:
"....The Tannaïtic Midrash
Sifre to Numbers in §157 comments on the above quoted
commandment of MOSES to kill the Midianite women as well as the male children...."
"....According to the Tannaïte Rabbis, MOSES therefore had ordered the Israelites to kill all women older than three years
and a day, because they were "suitable for having sexual
relations." [138
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]...."
"Said Rabbi Joseph, "Come and take note: A girl three years and one day old is betrothed by intercourse....."
"A girl three years and one day old is betrothed by intercourse. "A girl three years old may be betrothed
through an act of sexual intercourse," the words of R. Meir. And sages say, "Three years and one day
old."....."
The following was taken from
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> regarding Numbers 31:17-18 in the
Bible:
Numbers 31:17-18
<http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=Numbers+31%3A17-18&NIV_version=yes&language=english&x=15&y=7> "Now kill all the boys [innocent kids]. And kill every
woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man."
Children
Sometimes one has to read a passage twice to
believe what has been written in the Sacred Books of Judaism: what has been
decreed the way to a holy life by the "sages of blessed memory... whose
words are the natural sounds of Judaism" [131
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]:
Said Rabbi Joseph, "Come and take note: A girl three years and one day old is
betrothed by intercourse. And if a Levir has
had intercourse with her, he has acquired her. And one can be liable on her
account because of the law prohibiting intercourse with a married woman. And
she imparts uncleanness to him who has intercourse with her when she is
menstruating, to convey uncleanness to the lower as to the upper layer [of what
lies beneath]. If she was married to a priest, she may eat food in the status
of priestly rations. If one of those who are unfit for marriage with her had
intercourse with her, he has rendered her unfit to marry into the priesthood.
If any of those who are forbidden in the Torah to have intercourse with her had
intercourse with her, he is put to death on her account, but she is free of
responsibility [M.Nid. 5:4].
Sanhedrin 7/55B [132
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]
R. Nahman bar Isaac
said. "They made the decree that a gentile child should be deemed unclean
with the flux uncleanness [described at Lev.15], so that an Israelite child
should not hang around with him and commit pederasty [as he does]."
For said R. Zira, "I had much anguish with R. Assi, and R. Assi with R. Yohanan, and R. Yohanan with R. Yannai, and R. Yannai with R.
Nathan b. Amram, and R. Nathan b. Amram
with Rabbi [on this matter]: 'From what age is a gentile child deemed unclean
with the flux uncleanness [described at Lev.15]'? And he said to me, 'On the
day on which he is born.' But when I came to R. Hiyya,
he said to me, 'From the age of nine years and one day.' And when I came and
laid the matter before Rabbi, he said to me, 'Discard my reply and adopt that
of R. Hiyya, who declared, "From what age is a
gentile child deemed unclean with the flux uncleanness [described at Lev.15]? From the age of nine years and one day."'
[37A] Since he is then suitable for having sexual
relations, he also is deemed unclean with the flux uncleanness [of
Lev.15]."
Said Rabina, "Therefore a gentile girl who is three years
and one day old, since she is then suitable to have sexual relations, also
imparts uncleanness of the flux variety."
That is self-evident!
Abodah Zarah 36B-37A [133
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]
The basis for these rulings is the following Mishnaic passage of Tractate Niddah
(filth):
A girl three years and one day old is betrothed
by intercourse. "A girl three
years old may be betrothed through an act of sexual intercourse,"
the words of R. Meir. And sages say, "Three
years and one day old."
And if a Levir has had intercourse with her, he has
acquired her. And they are liable on her account because of the law prohibiting
intercourse with a married woman. And she imparts uncleanness to him who has
intercourse with her when she is menstruating to convey uncleanness to the lower
as to the upper layer. If she was married to a priest, she eats heave offering.
If one of those who are unfit for marriage has intercourse with her, he has
rendered her unfit to marry into the priesthood. If one of all those who are
forbidden in the Torah to have intercourse with her did so, they are put to
death on her account. But she is free of responsibility.
If she is younger than that age, intercourse with her is like putting a finger
in the eye.
(Mishnah Niddah 5:4) [134
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html>]
Thus, one "of the many important issues
worked out in the Mishnah concerns proper conduct
with women," [135
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]
and the "entire society of Judaism – that is, the community formed by the
Torah – found in the Talmud those modes of thought and inquiry, those media of
order and value, that guided the formation of public affairs and private life
as well." [136
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]
While it is reassuring to see there was at
least some limit as to what the sages
would declare holy and moral, this ruling had severe implications on the
interpretation of other topics as well. The
Tannaïtic Midrash Sifre to Numbers in §157 comments on the above quoted
commandment of Moses to kill the Midianite women as
well as the male children:
"Now therefore, kill every
male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known a man by
sleeping with him.(Num 31:17).
[This] refers to her who has slept with a man as well as her who is suitable
for intercourse, even when she has not slept with a man...
But
all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves.
From here R. Shimon b. Yohai used to say: a Proselyte
girl who became a proselyte in the
age of less than three years and one day, is rendered fit to marry into the
priesthood." [137
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]
According to the Tannaïte
Rabbis, Moses therefore had
ordered the Israelites to kill all
women older than three years and a day, because they were
"suitable for having sexual relations." [138
<http://www../library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html> ]
Bibliography:
[131] Ibid., vol.XXI.A-D, Tractate Bava Mesia,
[132] Ibid., vol.XXIII.B, Tractate Sanhedrin 1984, 150. See also vol.XIX.A, Tractate Qiddushin
10a-b, 1992, 33. "Menstruating" here of course refers to the ritual
"flux uncleanness" described in Lev.15.
[133] Ibid., vol.XXV.A, Tractate Abodah Zarah, 1991, 168. Emphasis original.
[134] J. Neusner, The Talmud of
[135] Neusner
1993, 41.
[136] Neusner
1995, 7.
[137] Kuhn 1959, §157, 652f. My translation. In general, proselytes are not
allowed to marry into the priesthood.
[138] Ibid., §157,
footnote 86, 653.
So it is strange that Silas and
fellow Christians have no problems with Jews being allowed 3 year old girls who
have not even passed puberty. This is enough to refute Silas' lie that he
OBJECTIVELY has a problem with marriage with young girls, he could care less,
it is just that he is inspired by shaytan and shaytan hates Islam and hates the prophet Muhammad, so off
course the devil will use any argument he can to discredit God's messengers.
This is to be expected.
To further expose Silas and his
fellow Christians, they say they have a problem with marrying young girls, but
they no problems with killing young girls, or raping women, or telling a virgin
to marry her rapist! How ludicris is that? Here are
the passages from the Bible that no Christian objects to,
rather they try to justify it:
Hosea
They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and
their pregnant women ripped open.
Below John Calvin’s (1509-1564
) classical bible commentary,
Calvin’s Commentaries (Hosea
<http://www.ccel.org/c/calvin/comment3/comm_index.htm> :
This is the conclusion of the discourse: this
verse has then been improperly separated from the former chapter
<http://www.ccel.org/c/calvin/comment3/comm_vol26/htm/xx.xi.htm> ; for the Prophet enters not here on a new subject, but only confirms
what he had said of the ultimate destruction of
We now then see what is included in the words
of the Prophet. He first shows that it was all over with
But if any one objects and says, that infants,
and babes as yet concealed in the wombs of their mothers, deserve not such a
grievous punishment, as they have not hitherto merited such a thing; it may be
answered, that the whole human race are guilty before God, so that infants though
not yet come forth to the light, are yet included as being under guilt;
so that God cannot be charged with cruelty, though he may use his own right
towards them. And further, we hear what he declares in many places, that he
will devolve the sins of parents on their children. Since it is so, let us
learn to acquiesce in these awful judgements of God, though very repugnant to
our feelings; for we know that we must not contend with God, and that it would
be extreme presumption to do so; nay, it would be impious audacity. Though then
the reason for this punishment may not appear to us, we ought yet reverently to
regard this judgement of God.
Source: <http://www.ccel.org/c/calvin/comment3/comm_vol26/htm/xx.xi.htm>
These electronic texts of Calvin's Commentaries
were prepared through the labor of volunteers for the
OnLine Bible project and the Christian Classics
Ethereal Library in conjunction with the good folks at Ages Software <http://www.ageslibrary.com/> .
Christian's do not object to this?
Pregnant ladies getting ripped open with their babies falling out?! The
audacity of Silas is amazing!
Silas then writes:
The Baker Ency. of the Bible says about
Jewish marriage customs in volume 2, page 1407, under "Marriage":
"Subsequently, minimum ages (for
marriage) of 13 for boys and 12 for girls were set."
And Jim West, ThD,
writes online, [at http://www.theology.edu/marriage.htm],
in
"Ancient Israelite Marriage
Customs":
"The wife was to be taken from
within the larger family circle (usually at the "outset of puberty"
or around the age of 13) in order to maintain the purity of the family
line".
Even in the Mishnah, the age of maturity for a female is 12.5 years:
"she
won her case in court before she matured [at the age of twelve years and six
months], lo, they belong to the father." Mishnah
Ketubot, 4:1.
So we see that Jewish culture also
allowed young girls to be married at an early age. Not as young as 9, but as
young as 12. The beginning of puberty was not the cultural norm for the Jewish
culture to allow marriage. I assume marriage was allowed if the girl had her
menarche, AND she reached the age of 12. This is superior to Islam's standard.
Judaism insists that a girl must be at least 12, Islam allows for marriage
following the first menses. I believe that there have been documented cases of
girls having menarche as young as 8.
Notice the hypocrite has no
problems with girls of 12 getting married, how can someone have a dialog with
such a blatant hypocrite? At the beginning of his article he said he objected marriages
to young girls, now he shows us Jews being allowed to marry 12 year old girls
and he does not object to it! Although he is a liar, since as we saw Jewish
sources allow a Jew to marry a girl at the age of 3, Silas is conveniently
trying to hide this.
But now here comes the funniest
part of Silas' articles which have desperation written all over it:
A quick review of Aisha's life, during and
following Muhammad's death, shows that she exhibited some psychological
problems:
1) She was extremely jealous of some of Muhammad's other wives.
From Bukhari,
5.164:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not feel jealous of any of the
wives of the Prophet as much as I did of Khadija
(although) she died before he married me, for I often heard him mentioning her,
and Allah had told him to give her the good tidings that she would have a
palace of Qasab (i.e. pipes of precious stones and
pearls in Paradise), and whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he would send her
women-friends a good share of it.
Is this a joke or is this real? A
lady feeling jealous of some other people means she has psychological
problems?!!!!!! Then I guess nearly every single lady on this planet has psychological
problems!!!!! This is by the far the funniest argument I have heard, a jealous
lady is psychologically harmed! Does Answering-Islam really expect to convince
anyone with this complete nonsense?
It is natural for a lady in love
with a man to feel jealous of other women, this is a natural effect, but since
Silas has no argument, he wants to now try and say this is a real major psychological
problem! So to all our female readers, if you ever felt jealous then please be
aware that you have psychological problems and should go see your doctor as
soon as possible. :) I hope Answering-Islam keep this up, since it does for a
good laugh and shows how bankrupt Christian apologetics really is.
But now folks save yourself for the biggest laugh, Silas has just attacked his
own God! The Bible calls God a JELOUS GOD! SO ACCORDING TO SILAS THE GOD OF THE
BIBLE IS PSYCOLOGICALLY DAMAGED! here is the passages:
Exd 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the
third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Exd 34:14 For
thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:
Deu
Nah 1:2 God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance
on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his
enemies.
Zec 8:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for
So the God of the Bible is psychologically
damaged according to Silas, since if you are jealous or extremely jealous then
this means you have some psychological defect. It can’t get any better than
this can it? I really urge Jochen Katz to continue
hiring idiots to write for him, since this is a great service to Islam showing
how low and lame the enemies of Islam will go to attack it. :) Satan always
makes a fool of himself.
2) She conspired with other wives and
lied to and deceived Muhammad.
From Bukhari
7.192:
Narrated 'Ubaid
bin 'Umar:
I heard 'Aisha
saying, "The Prophet used to stay for a long while with Zanab bint Jahsh and drink honey
at her house. So Hafsa and I decided that if the
Prophet came to anyone of us, she should say him, "I detect the smell of Maghafir (a nasty smelling gum) in you. Have you eaten Maghafir?' " So the Prophet
visited one of them and she said to him similarly. The Prophet said,
"Never mind, I have taken some honey at the house of Zainab
bint Jahsh, but I shall never drink of it
anymore." So there was revealed: 'O Prophet ! Why
do you ban (for you) that which Allah has made lawful for you ... If you two
(wives of Prophet) turn in repentance to Allah,' (66.1-4) addressing Aisha and Hafsa. 'When the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to some of his
wives.' (66.3) namely his saying: But I have taken some honey."
So if you make something up you are
psychologically damaged? The problems for Silas never ends!
He just attacked Abraham now! Since Abraham himself lied
so therefore using Silas' logic Abraham is psychologically damaged, and so are
every human for lying. This is too funny; anyway here is the story of Abraham
lying from the Bible:
Genesis 20 1 And Abraham journeyed from
thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh
and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah
his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold,
thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a
man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he
said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the
integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have
I done this. 6 And God said unto him
in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for
I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to
touch her. 7 Now therefore restore
the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that
thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
So note Abraham claimed that Sarah
was his sister, not his wife, although it is technically true that Sarah is
Abraham's wife, however so Abraham was simply making it out that Sarah was his
sister only and not his wife making her eligible for the king's pleasure,
thankfully God told the king of this in a dream. So therefore Abraham must be psychologically
affected since he lied here.
Silas then goes on to quote
references showing that marrying a young girl could cause some harms, by doing
this Silas contends that Muhammad cannot be a true prophet since he should know
better etc.
Let us now turn the tables on Silas
and his own Bible showing how the Bible itself causes
physical and psychological effects, we shall bring up 4 cases:
- Marrying your own sister
- Allowing alcohol
- Allowing pork consumption
- Marrying the rapist
We first start with the Abraham
marrying his own sister Sarah:
"From there Abraham journeyed toward the
territory of the Negeb, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned
in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, 'She is
my sister.' And Abim'elech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abim'elech in a dream by night, and said to him, 'Behold,
you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a
man's wife.' Now Abim'elech had not approached her;
so he said, "Lord, wilt thou slay an innocent people? Did he not himself
say to me, "She is my sister"? And she herself said, "He is my
brother." In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I
have done this.' Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you have
done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from
sinning against me; therefore I did not let you touch her. Now then restore the
man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live.
But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die,
you, and all that are yours.' So Abim'elech rose
early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told them all these
things; and the men were very much afraid. Then Abim'elech
called Abraham, and said to him, 'What have you done to us? And how have I
sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my
kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.' And
Abim'elech said to Abraham, 'What
were you thinking of, that you did this thing?' Abraham said, 'I did it because
I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this
place, and they will kill me because of my wife. Besides she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not
the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. And when God caused
me to wander from my father's house, I said to her, "This is the kindness
you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, He is my
brother."' Then Abim'elech took sheep and oxen,
and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his
wife to him." Genesis 20:1-14
So as you can see, Abraham married his own
sister Sarah, and God did not have a problem with it at the time, let us now
look at the defects of marrying into your own family, such as marrying your
mother, sister etc:
Other specialists claim that this notion
betrays a misunderstanding of basic genetics and natural selection. They argue
that, while technically possible, the proposed positive long-term effects of
inbreeding are almost always unrealized because the short-term fitness
depression is enough for selection to discourage inbreeding. Such a scenario
has only occurred under extremely unusual circumstances, either in major
population bottlenecks, or forced artificial selection by animal husbandry. In
order for such a "purification" to work, the offspring of close mate
pairings must only be homozygous dominant (free of bad genes) and recessive
(will die before reproducing). If there are heterozygous offspring, they will
be able to transmit the defective genes without themselves feeling any effects.
What's more, this model does not account for multiple deleterious recessives
(most people have more than one), or multi-locus gene linkages. The
introduction of mutations negates the weeding out of bad genes, and evidence
exists that homozygous individuals are often more at risk to pathogenic </wiki/Pathogen>
predation. Because of these complications, it is extremely difficult to
overcome the initial "hump" of fitness penalties incurred by
inbreeding. (see
Therefore, it is not surprising that inbreeding
is uncommon in nature, and most sexually-reproducing species have mechanisms
built in by natural selection to avoid mating with close kin. Pusey & Worf (1996) and Penn
& Potts (1999) both have found evidence that some species possess evolved
psychological aversions to inbreeding, via kin-recognition heuristics </wiki/Heuristic> .
Given such overwhelming evidence of inbreeding
depression as being an important force in sexual reproduction, evolutionary psychologists </wiki/Evolutionary_psychologist>
have argued that humans should possess similar psychological heuristics against
incest. The Westermarck effect </wiki/Westermarck_effect>
is one strong piece of evidence in favor of this,
indicating that children who are raised together in the same family find each
other sexually uninteresting, even when there is strong social pressure for
them to mate. In what is now a key study of the Westermarck's
hypothesis, the anthropologist </wiki/Anthropology> Melford E.
Spiro </wiki/Melford_E._Spiro>
demonstrated that inbreeding aversion between siblings is predicatably
linked to co-residency. In a cohort
</wiki/Cohort_%28statistics%29> study of children raised as communal </wiki/Commune_%28intentional_community%29>,
that is to say, fictive, siblings in the Kiryat Yedidim </w/index.php?title=Kiryat_Yedidim&action=edit> kibbutz </wiki/Kibbutz>
in the 1950s </wiki/1950s>, Spiro
found practically no intermarriage between his subjects as adults, despite
positive pressure from parents and community. The social experience of having
grown up as brothers and sisters
created an incest aversion, even though genetically speaking the children were
not related. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest)
Now the Bible does not ban
alcohol neither, in fact Jesus' first
miracle recorded in the Bible is him turning water into wine at a party! Here
are the problems of alcohol:
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Alcohol-related deaths in the
Also showing ‘worrying’ increases were the north-east with 28.4 per cent, the
west midlands with 24.2 per cent, the north-west with
24.1 per cent and
Alcohol was recorded as the primary cause of death on 6,544 people’s death
certificates in 2004, compared with 5,525 in 2000. Tens of thousands more will
have died as an indirect result of alcohol, from conditions like heart disease
or cancer.
The revelations came just days after the Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit
Judges warned that plans to relax licensing laws could lead to an increase in
violent crime, including rapes and serious assaults. Lynne Featherstone, Lib
Dem spokesperson on home affairs, who requested the figures in a parliamentary
question, said: ‘These figures are deeply worrying. The government must address
the underlying reasons why people are drinking themselves literally to death.'
‘I’m worried that the proposed change to licensing laws will add to this
startling increase in drink-related deaths. The government should pause for
more thought before it brings in changes to the licensing laws in November.’
A spokesperson for Alcohol Concern said: ‘The increase
in alcohol-related deaths is deeply worrying but, rather sadly, not surprising.
Alcohol consumption has been rising for the last 50 years in the
‘Alcohol directly causes thousands of deaths a year, and contributes massively
to deaths from cancer, stroke and heart attack. We urge the government to think
beyond its obsession with binge drinkers and antisocial behaviour, and look at
investing much more in specialist alcohol services that meet the needs of those
problem drinkers who may or may not be binge drinkers.’
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Excessive drinking causes brain damage in women
more quickly than in men, according to a team of scientists.
The finding is especially worrying in the light
of reports that binge drinking among women is soaring, according to the charity
Alcohol Concern.
Scientists at the
The scans also revealed that alcohol-induced
brain damage could be picked up much earlier in women than men.
"The women developed equal brain-volume
reductions as the men after a significantly shorter period of alcohol
dependence," said Karl Mann, who led the study.
The study, which appears in the May issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and
Experimental Research, supports evidence that the harmful effects of alcohol
differ between the sexes.
<http://corp.aadac.com/for_women/the_basics_about_women/women_effects_alcohol.asp>
Alcohol is often believed to be a stimulant,
because it lowers inhibitions and impairs planning and judgment. But alcohol
actually acts as a depressant on the central nervous system, slowing down brain
functioning.
omen are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol than men, and experience
its harmful medical complications in a shorter period of time.
Women who drink heavily tend to develop liver
or heart disease after fewer years of heavy drinking than men. (5, 11) These
women also experience greater damage to their brain structure after fewer years
of heavy drinking than men who are heavy drinkers. (11)
Women who consume as few as two drinks per day
are at increased risk of developing high blood pressure. (5)
With as few as two or three drinks a day, a
woman is at increased risk of dying from liver disease, cancer or injury. (5)
Consumption of as many as four drinks per day
increases the risk of stroke among women. (5)
Higher levels of alcohol consumption may have
negative effects on a woman's menstrual cycle. She may have more painful,
heavy, or irregular periods as a result. (5, 8, 14)
Heavy alcohol consumption may lead to the
deterioration of female reproductive health. Ovarian wasting (shrinkage) or
abnormal function, endometriosis (cysts outside the uterus), infertility and
sexual dysfunction have all been observed in alcoholic women. (5, 8, 14)
Effects during pregnancy
Drinking while pregnant may harm the developing
fetus. Much research is being done, but to date there
is still no known safe level of alcohol consumption for pregnant women. Most
doctors and researchers believe it is safest not to drink while pregnant.
It is unclear whether a child's health problems
are caused solely by a mother's use of alcohol during pregnancy or in
combination with other factors including
* poor nutritional
habits
* smoking
* other drug
consumption
* use of more than one
drug
* lack of sleep
* a mother's general
health prior to pregnancy
* genetics
* how much alcohol,
tobacco or other drugs are consumed during pregnancy
* at what stage in the
pregnancy the substance is consumed
* the length of time
the substance is consumed
The effects of alcohol have been difficult to
study because these other factors also have an impact on the pregnancy. Until
more is known about the specific effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs,
it is safest to avoid using them while pregnant.
Any harm done to the fetus
as a result of drinking during pregnancy cannot be reversed, but reducing or
eliminating alcohol intake at any time during pregnancy is healthiest for the fetus. (10) It's never too late to
quit or cut down on drinking.
Effects during birth
Pregnant women who
consume 10 or more drinks per week, or one to two drinks per day, are at higher
risk of premature labour and delivery than women who rarely drink. (13)
Use of alcohol during pregnancy has been
related to miscarriage or stillbirth. (6, 7)
Even one drink per day is associated with
intrauterine growth restriction (the fetus not
growing at a normal rate) and reduced birth weight. (7, 13)
Effects on breastfeeding
The Canadian Pediatric
Society recommends that mothers who consume alcoholic beverages infrequently
should breasted their children. However, breastfeeding
is not recommended for women who regularly consume more than a moderate amount
of alcohol (more than two drinks per day). (15)
A nursing mother who consumes alcohol tends to
produce less milk. (16)
The infant may feed more frequently, but
ingests less milk. (4)
Infants who are regularly exposed to alcohol in
their mother's breast milk may have more difficulty in learning to co-ordinate
their movement, and in developing their mental abilities. (6, 16) In addition,
infants tend to have less restful sleep and sleep for shorter periods of time
after consuming breast milk containing alcohol. (16)
Effects on child development
Effects on early development
Short-term effects at birth may include
withdrawal symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, diarrhea,
vomiting, breathing problems, seizures and lack of sucking during
breastfeeding. (1)
A growing fetus
ingests alcohol when alcohol passes from the mother through the placenta.
Because the liver of the fetus is underdeveloped, it
cannot break down the alcohol as quickly as a fully developed liver can. As a
result, the fetus is exposed to alcohol for longer
periods of time, and developing organs may be harmed by this long-term
exposure. (18)
Moderate alcohol use during pregnancy has been
linked to developmental and behavioral difficulties
in infants. (6)
Effects on long-term development
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), fetal
alcohol syndrome (FAS), partial fetal alcohol
syndrome (p-FAS), fetal alcohol effects (FAE),
alcohol-related neurodevelopment disorder (ARND) and alcohol-related birth
defects (ARBD) are all terms used to describe the physical and/or mental
difficulties a child exposed to alcohol before being born may experience. These
difficulties do not go away or change -- they last a lifetime.
Health Canada states that heavier drinking like
binge drinking (consuming five drinks or more per occasion) or frequent
drinking (consuming seven or more drinks per week) during pregnancy is linked
to both FAS and FAE. (10)
Physically, alcohol-exposed children may
exhibit problems with co-ordination, movement, vision and hearing, and/or have
birth defects that may include
* bone and muscle
deformities
* heart defects
* other deformities of
the face or head
* kidney and organ
problems (9)
Children exposed to alcohol before birth (even
in light to moderate amounts) may have intellectual, behavioral,
emotional or social problems that persist throughout their entire lives. These
alcohol-exposed individuals may have
* mental handicaps (9)
* problems with
learning, memory and problem solving (2, 17)
* poor judgment or
failure to consider consequences (12)
* destructive,
aggressive, inattentive, nervous or overactive behaviors
(12)
* trouble with the law
(12)
* a tendency to
develop their own alcohol and other drug problems (3)
There is no known safe level of alcohol
consumption for pregnant women.
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What are its short-term effects?
the effects of moderate alcohol intake include dizziness and talkativeness;
the immediate effects of a larger amount of alcohol include slurred speech,
disturbed sleep, nausea, and vomiting. Alcohol, even at low doses,
significantly impairs the judgment and coordination required to drive a car
safely. Low to moderate doses of alcohol can also increase the incidence of a
variety of aggressive acts, including domestic violence and child abuse.
Hangovers are another possible effect after large amounts of alcohol are
consumed; a hangover consists of headache, nausea, thirst, dizziness, and
fatigue.
What are its long-term effects?
Prolonged, heavy use of alcohol can lead to
addiction (alcoholism). Sudden cessation of long term, extensive alcohol intake
is likely to produce withdrawal symptoms, including severe anxiety, tremors,
hallucinations and convulsions. Long-term effects of consuming large quantities
of alcohol, especially when combined with poor nutrition, can lead to permanent
damage to vital organs such as the brain and liver. In addition, mothers who
drink alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome. These infants may suffer from
mental retardation and other irreversible physical abnormalities. In addition,
research indicates that children of alcoholic parents are at greater risk than
other children of becoming alcoholics.
<http://www.alcohol-addiction.org/>
UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOL ADDICTION
Alcohol is known to man as one of the oldest
addictions there is.
The
Alcohol addiction is a road of destruction for
an individual suffering through alcohol addiction.
TWO PROBLEMS, ONE ADDICTION.
This is not a mysterious brain disease. People
begin drinking to solve some perceived problem or problems in his or her life
and before they realize it there’s a dependency and an addiction. Alcohol
dependence and addiction originates from the continued use of alcohol to combat
the perceived problems. Either a physical and/or an emotional dependence causes addiction.
By the time reality kicks in the alcohol
addiction is a greater problem than the original problem or problems the
alcohol was suppose to solve.
Now the result is there are two problems for
the person to deal with: Number one is the possibly forgotten original problem
and number two is the new found alcoholism to contend with.
ONE SOLUTION SOLVES BOTH PROBLEMS WITH
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!
Getting someone to stop drinking is not a
simple matter of someone having self-control or self-discipline as many people
think. Only one of the problems is a persons ability
to quit drinking but the combination of the original problem that started the
drinking and the added problem within the addiction to stop drinking makes the endeavor seem impossible.
Overcoming these real life problems with real
life solutions is an essential component to a successful rehabilitation. The
right tools and life skills to surpass common barriers encountered by people on
a daily basis are necessary for beating the addiction long-term. In order for
those suffering through any type of addiction they must be able to apply these
tools to their every day lives consistently.
For an alcoholic to become a happy, healthy,
and productive member of society both the drinking problem and the underlying
reasons for it have to be solved.
Christians like to claim that the Bible allows
alcohol use in moderation, this still does no good for
them:
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Many studies dating back more than 25 years suggest a 20-percent to 25-percent
reduction in heart disease risk linked to light drinking, reported the BBC
Friday.
However, lead researcher Dr. Rod Jackson, of the
"If so, the public health message is clear. Do
not assume there is a window in which the health benefits of alcohol are
greater than the harms -- there is probably no free lunch," said
Also if the Bible taught that alcohol should be
consumed in moderation then why did Jesus turn water into wine during a wedding
party? Obviously during parties and weddings people drink a lot of alcohol, not
a little, by Jesus turning water into wine during a party where alcohol will be
consumed in large amounts means that the Bible advocates that it is okay to
consume large amounts of alcohol during parties and gatherings. And we all know
the problems of that as I just showed.
Now what about the harm of pork? Christians
claim that the NT now allows pork consumption, here are its harms:
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The healthy harms which are related to eating
the pork
The dissimilitude between the pork & the
other Cattle's meat:
The pork includes a big quantity of sebum and
marked by inosculating the sebum inside the muscular cells in the meat fro by
its coexisting outside the cell in the connective tissues in high turbidity
While the sebum of cattle's meat are isolated
from the muscular tissue and it isn't posturize
inside its cells but it is posturize outside the
cells and in the connective tissues
The scientific studies proved that the
herbivore's fats are emulsified and absorbed in the human's intestines when he
eats it, then it is converted in his body inspite of
that the emulsification is difficult in his intestines and the flyzren triple molecules pork's fats are absorbed without
any conversion or deposition in human's tissues as zoologically or porky fats
And the cholesterol, which results from pork's
analysis in the body appear in the blood in the form of semi-cholesterol pleomorphic which led to arise in the blood pressure a lot
and arteriosclerosis and they are from the dangerous factors that introduced
filling of the heart muscle, and professor Roff found
that cholesterol that are found in the cancer rover cell are like the
cholesterol which are found when eating the pork
The pork is rich with the compounds that
contains a high rate of sulfur and all affect the
tissues absorption ability to the water as sponge that take the shape of vast
bag and this led to the deposition of the mucous substance in sinews,
ligaments, cartilages between vertebrae and to degeneration in the bones
And the tissues that contains sulfur are damaged by rotten producing a spread bad odor and caused hydrogen sulphate gas and it was noticed
that the containers that contains the pork although it is perfectly closed it's
odor spreads from the room after few days as a result
of it's bad rotten odor and it's unsustainable odor
Contrastly, other types of meat was passed by the same experiment and it was found
that the rotten of beef is more slower than the pork
and this rotten odor doesn't spread from it. The pork
contains a high ratio of growth hormone which has a great effect on the
infection (material's ends), also it has an effect on the stomach growth (The
potbelly) and increase the growth rate especially the designed for growth and
cancer development
According to professor Roff
studies these fatty meals that contain pork consider essential in cell's cancer
turning as it contains the growth hormone and it has a great effect in rising
blood cholesterol
Diseases transported by pork:
Islamic forbids pork and Muslims apply it
obeying to the order of Allah without argument in the causes of this forbidden
but modern scientists reached to this astonished results in this field.
It's amazing that pig is rich pasture for more
than 450 epidemic diseases and it is playing the role of intermediary to
transform 57 diseases to man, in addition to these diseases that are caused
from eating pork as dyspepsia, the atherosclerosis and many others.
The pig itself is responssible
alone to transform 27 epidemic diseases to human and some other animals
participate it in other diseases but it stills the store and the main source of
these diseases as: The liar hydrophobia, Wile disease, Japanese fever, Malta
fever, Scrofula, Meningitis, krip epidemics, The pig's flu & others.
Reference : Medical Islamic wonders (Rawee Al- Teb Al- Islamy)
Dr. Mohamed Nezar Al-Dakr.
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ersinia Enterocolitica and Pigs: What is yersiniosis?
Yersiniosis (yer-SIN-ee-O-sis) is a disease caused by the
bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica.
People with yersiniosis can have different symptoms
depending on how old they are. People can start to get sick 4 to 7 days after
infection and can be sick for 1 to 3 weeks. Young children usually have fever,
stomach pain, and diarrhea. Adults do not get sick
with yersiniosis as often, but they can feel pain on
their right side and may have a fever. Usually, these signs go away after about
3 weeks but sometimes pain in joints, such as knees or wrists, can start after
that and last for several months.
Can animals transmit yersiniosis
to me?
Yes, some animals pass Yersinia
enterocolitica in their feces
(stool) and people can get sick from contact with infected feces.
Several kinds of animals can carry this disease, but usually people get sick
from pigs that are sick with yersiniosis. Other
animals that can carry this disease include cats, dogs, horses, cows, rodents,
and rabbits. People can also get yersiniosis by
eating pork that is not cooked completely or by drinking contaminated milk.
How can I protect myself from getting yersiniosis?
* Avoid eating raw or undercooked pork.
* Consume only pasteurized milk or milk
products.
* Wash hands with soap and running water before
eating and preparing food, after contact with animals, and after handling raw
meat.
* After handling raw chitterlings (food
prepared from small intestine of pigs), clean hands and fingernails thoroughly
with soap and water before touching infants or their toys, bottles, or
pacifiers. Someone other than the foodhandler should
care for children while chitterlings are being prepared.
* Prevent cross-contamination in the kitchen:
Use separate cutting boards for meat and other foods, and carefully clean all
cutting boards, countertops, and utensils with soap and hot water after
preparing raw meat.
* Dispose of animal feces
in a sanitary manner.
Last but not least, the Bible tells the raped
virgin to marry her rapist:
Deuteronomy
Chapter 22
25-29
25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man
only that lay with her shall die. 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of
death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even
so is this matter: 27 For he found her in the field,
and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 If a man find a damsel that is a
virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they
be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father
fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath
humbled her, he may not put her away all his days
So a rapist who rapes a virgin will have to
marry her! We all know that rape causes psychological and physical effects,
especially if the raped victim if a virgin. Can you imagine the other major psychological
effects that would arise in her when she would have to live and sleep beside
this rapist?! No female would want to marry her rapist, yet that is what the Bible calls for. Disgusting.
In light of all this, this means the Bible is
not from God since it advocates things that cause physical and psychological
defects, now note I did not advocate this argument, Silas did, and I simply
turned his argument against him showing him how weak his flimsy claims are.
So in conclusion Silas brought no real
arguments to the table, once again he shows Christians have no real case on the
prophets marriage to Aisha, what Silas did show is
that Christians are now finding new ways to try and tackle this issue of the
prophets marriage to Aisha, and it must be said that
this new approach is very funny indeed.
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