Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17

[kingcap72]

Originally Posted by Popsicle

Yes Somalia a Muslim country...
If anything people in Africa cannot afford their children so usually leave them for dead or give them away to old men who can.

People in most African countries are stages back in civilisation than us, because of a lack of education/resources they believe all kinds of shit like Gods moving the sky, causing drought, sacrafices etc.

Cannibalism, human ranking, meh it all goes on there still... WIDELY.

Witchdoctors are among the biggest non-professional practice there, this old codger probably thought marrying a young girl would bring him new vitality.

And you have millions of people in America who believe that evolution is bullshit and that global warming is either a myth or a sign of the 'end of days.' So, Africa isn't the only place where people have backward beliefs.

[Wiseguy]

And yet we have people here who believe in God too. Stages back in civilization? Riiiight.

Okaaay. So, having a faith makes you dumb and "stages back in civilization"???

[crumpet]

Originally Posted by Wiseguy

Okaaay. So, having a faith makes you dumb and "stages back in civilization"???

Only when it causes you to dismiss scientific facts because they don't gel with your faith's ideology.

[Wiseguy]

Originally Posted by crumpet

Only when it causes you to dismiss scientific facts because they don't gel with your faith's ideology.

I'm not so sure that's Twitchy's clarification. She used much more of a blanket statement.

[twitchy2.0]

That would be sarcasm. I did not concur with a belief in God/Gods being equated with being primitive. The use of "Riiiight." may have been a clue.