I know we like to see things as black and white.

But stuff is nuanced.

We are talking about 1400 years ago. What was the norm in those times and how different is this from those norms? Were the things being preached better than the norms? If so, I think that’s progress.

Right now, average age of marriage has been going up and is early 30s in the US. About a 100 years ago, it was early 20s/late teens. In some states the official age didn’t get part mid teens till recently.

With that in mind, should we be judging the people of 1920s as advocates of child marriages?

So what you are saying, is basing current morality and worldview on 1400 year old scriptures is not wise?

I’ve never seen islam defenders respond to this. The ones that did were just closet pedophiles who wanted child marriage to be ok again.

Same with the catholic church and child abuse. If they didn't know any better because everyone else didn't think it was a problem at the time, then what's the point of the whole thing? They claim an eternal and absolute morality but it constantly changes in reflection of when people change.