I think you misunderstand - I don't believe for a second that this is a cynical attempt to massage passages from holy scripture to suit their desire to have sex with pre-teen girls. Not consciously, anyway. They really, completely believe that this is the right thing to do and that it will bring them closer to God as they understand Him.
It's almost impossible to comprehend coming from a secular Western background that these beliefs could be as self-evident to these people as 2+2=4 is to you and me, but that's really what we're talking about here.
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