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[[File:Peter-Singer.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|The [[atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views the [[liberal]] and pro-[[evolution]] academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at [[Princeton University]].<ref>
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[[File:Peter Singer 2007.jpg|right|thumbnail|225px|The [[atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).   
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Despite holding these immoral views, [[Princeton University]] rewarded him with a bioethics chair.<ref>
 
*[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview - Creation Ministries International]
 
*[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview - Creation Ministries International]
 
*[http://creation.com/answer-to-philosophy-religion-professor-on-biblical-exegesis-and-the-problem-of-evil CMI answers philosophy/religion professor on biblical exegesis and the problem of evil]
 
*[http://creation.com/answer-to-philosophy-religion-professor-on-biblical-exegesis-and-the-problem-of-evil CMI answers philosophy/religion professor on biblical exegesis and the problem of evil]
 
*[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>]]
 
*[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>]]
 
 
[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. In addition to being repulsive and being a sexual [[taboo]] in societies, bestiality can cause harm to both animals and humans.<ref>
 
[[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. In addition to being repulsive and being a sexual [[taboo]] in societies, bestiality can cause harm to both animals and humans.<ref>
 
*[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/14/denmark-s-bestiality-problem-it-s-legal.html Denmark’s Bestiality Problem: It’s Legal] by Barbie Latza Nadeau,  ''The Daily Beast'', 10/14/2014
 
*[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/14/denmark-s-bestiality-problem-it-s-legal.html Denmark’s Bestiality Problem: It’s Legal] by Barbie Latza Nadeau,  ''The Daily Beast'', 10/14/2014
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*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02512.x/abstract Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study]
 
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02512.x/abstract Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study]
 
*[https://stopbestiality.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/study-links-bestiality-and-penile-cancer/ Study Links Bestiality and Penile Cancer; Women’s Health Risk Too?]
 
*[https://stopbestiality.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/study-links-bestiality-and-penile-cancer/ Study Links Bestiality and Penile Cancer; Women’s Health Risk Too?]
*[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002711400_danny30.html Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]
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*[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/horse-sex-story-was-online-hit/ Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]
 
*''The International Handbook of Animal Abuse and Cruelty: Theory, Research'', edited by Frank Ascione, pages 217-218</ref>
 
*''The International Handbook of Animal Abuse and Cruelty: Theory, Research'', edited by Frank Ascione, pages 217-218</ref>
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A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "[[Copenhagen]] has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by MANFRED GERSTENFELD, ''Jerusalem Post'', 2015</ref>
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''Vice News'', a global news channel which broadcasts documentaries about current topics, reported in 2014 about [[secular Europe]]:
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{{cquote|Bestiality is having a weird renaissance in Europe. Perhaps ironically, it kicked off when activists succeeded in banning the practice in places like Germany and Norway. In the background, something else emerged simultaneously: an animal-sex-tourism industry, which has been blossoming in Denmark.<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-problem-of-irreligious-engaging-in.html Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance]</ref>}}
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See also: [[Bestiality and secular Europe]] and [[Bestiality and various geographic areas]]
  
 
The [[Atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of bestiality (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views the [[liberal]] and pro-[[evolution]] academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at [[Princeton University]].<ref>
 
The [[Atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of bestiality (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views the [[liberal]] and pro-[[evolution]] academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at [[Princeton University]].<ref>
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*[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>  Peter Singer was installed as the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 1999 and in 2006 it was reported that he still worked part-time in that capacity.<ref>[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview]</ref> In 2006, it was also reported that Singer worked part-time as Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics since 2005.<ref>[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview]</ref>  
 
*[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>  Peter Singer was installed as the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 1999 and in 2006 it was reported that he still worked part-time in that capacity.<ref>[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview]</ref> In 2006, it was also reported that Singer worked part-time as Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics since 2005.<ref>[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview]</ref>  
  
Joe Carter's ''[[First Things]]'' article entitled ''The Dangerous Mind'' declares concerning Peter Singer declared:
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Joe Carter's ''[[First Things]]'' article entitled ''The Dangerous Mind'' declares concerning Peter Singer:
 
{{cquote|Singer has spent a lifetime justifying the unjustifiable. He is the founding father of the [[Animal rights|animal liberation movement]] and advocates ending “the present speciesist bias against taking seriously the interests of nonhuman animals.” He is also a defender of killing the aged (if they have dementia), newborns (for almost any reason until they are two years old), necrophilia (assuming it’s consensual), and bestiality (also assuming it’s consensual).<ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|Singer has spent a lifetime justifying the unjustifiable. He is the founding father of the [[Animal rights|animal liberation movement]] and advocates ending “the present speciesist bias against taking seriously the interests of nonhuman animals.” He is also a defender of killing the aged (if they have dementia), newborns (for almost any reason until they are two years old), necrophilia (assuming it’s consensual), and bestiality (also assuming it’s consensual).<ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref>}}
  
The Bible says that bestiality is a perversion and, under the [[Old Testament]] [[Pentateuch|Jewish Law]], punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). The atheistic worldview does not lend itself to the establishment of morality within society and individuals (see: [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Atheism and deception]]).
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See also: [[Atheism and sexuality]]
  
A study found that "Psychiatric patients were found to have a statistically significant higher prevalence rate (55%) of bestiality than the control groups (10% and 15% respectively)."<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1778686 A prevalence study of bestiality (zoophilia) in psychiatric in-patients, medical in-patients, and psychiatric staff - Int J Psychosom. 1991;38(1-4):45-7.]</ref> The atheist population [[Atheism and suicide|has a higher suicide rate]] and [[Atheism and marriageability|lower marriage rates]] than the general population (see: [[Atheism and suicide]] and [[Atheism and marriageability]] and [[Atheism and health]]). In addition, social science data and other data indicate that it is common for atheists to have lower emotional control and poor social skills (See: [[Atheism and anger]] and [[atheism and bitterness]] and [[Atheism and emotional/intrapersonal intelligence|Atheism and emotional intelligence]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]).  
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The Bible says that bestiality is a perversion and, under the [[Old Testament]] [[Pentateuch|Jewish Law]], punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). The atheistic worldview does not lend itself to the establishment of morality within society and individuals (see: [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Atheist population and immorality]]).
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== Bestiality and secular Europe ==
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''See also:'' [[Bestiality and secular Europe]] and [[Secular Europe]]
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[[File:Denmark map.gif|thumbnail|right|200px|A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "[[Copenhagen]] has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by By MANFRED GERSTENFELD '''Jerusalem Post''', 2015</ref>]]
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From a global perspective, [[Europe]] is more secular/atheistic than the rest of the world although it does have a considerable amount of religious immigrants who have higher birth rates (see: [[Atheist population|Atheist population]] and [[Global atheism]]).  
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=== Bestiality, secular European countries and other areas ===
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In areas of the [[Western World]] where there is a significant amount of [[atheism|atheists]] and evolutionary belief, there have been notable problems related to [[bestiality]] (see: [[Bestiality and various geographic areas]]).
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=== The first "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe ===
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[[File:Europe pol 2004.jpg|thumbnail|left|160px|The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref>]]
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The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref> It is located in the Czech Republic. According to a 2010 Eurobarometer poll, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God"  which the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Eurobarometer Poll in 2010]</ref>
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In 2005, the Pew Forum reported:
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{{cquote|According to a 2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey, there are striking differences in public opinion between the U.S. and [[Europe|European]] countries on issues such as the importance people attach to religion in their lives and the linkage they perceive between belief in God and morality. The survey shows that a large majority of Americans consider religion important in their personal lives and closely associate religion and morality. Furthermore, Pew Forum surveys over several years show that Americans are generally more comfortable with religion playing a major role in public life. In contrast, Europeans generally place much less importance on religion in their lives, and general indicators show that major churches in Europe are declining in terms of membership, recruitment of clergy, financial contributions and overall public influence. The Pew Forum convened distinguished experts Peter Berger, John Judis and Walter Russell Mead to analyze these differences between the U.S and Europe and to assess their impact on transatlantic relations.<ref>[http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Secular-Europe-and-Religious-America-Implications-for-Transatlantic-Relations.aspx Secular Europe and Religious America: Implications for Transatlantic Relations]</ref>}}
  
 
== PZ Myers on bestiality ==
 
== PZ Myers on bestiality ==
[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|251px|right|[[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">[http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html Atheist Achilles Heels: Objective Morality and Sacred Life]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha]</ref>
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[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|201px|right|[[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">[http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html Atheist Achilles Heels: Objective Morality and Sacred Life]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ The “objective morality” gotcha]</ref> ]]
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See also: [[PZ Myers on bestiality]] and [[Academia and bestiality|Atheism, academia and bestiality]]
 
See also: [[PZ Myers on bestiality]] and [[Academia and bestiality|Atheism, academia and bestiality]]
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When I sent Myers an email asking him to clarify what "specific conditions" would make bestiality morally acceptable in his opinion, he declined to address my email and my second article on the subject. There is really only one likely scenario in which it seems Myers would accept bestiality, also known as zoophilia, and that is if it is apparent that the animal is not being harmed and if it is demonstrating some kind of approval, enjoyment or "consent" in the act. The problem for Myers here is quite simple. If nothing must be held sacred, then why should bestiality be considered acceptable only under certain conditions and not always? Why should animal rights be an issue if animal rights are not sacred? These are logical contradictions he needs to address. What is happening here is that Myers is revealing in his quote that he does in fact believe that some boundaries must be held sacred.<ref name="achilles" />}}
 
When I sent Myers an email asking him to clarify what "specific conditions" would make bestiality morally acceptable in his opinion, he declined to address my email and my second article on the subject. There is really only one likely scenario in which it seems Myers would accept bestiality, also known as zoophilia, and that is if it is apparent that the animal is not being harmed and if it is demonstrating some kind of approval, enjoyment or "consent" in the act. The problem for Myers here is quite simple. If nothing must be held sacred, then why should bestiality be considered acceptable only under certain conditions and not always? Why should animal rights be an issue if animal rights are not sacred? These are logical contradictions he needs to address. What is happening here is that Myers is revealing in his quote that he does in fact believe that some boundaries must be held sacred.<ref name="achilles" />}}
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Myers also wrote, "...over the years I’ve become something of a connoisseur of [[cephalopod]] porn…and I’m sorry to say that 99% of it is crap, expressing a total lack of comprehension of why cephalopods have sensual appeal."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/05/cephaloporn-a-critique/ Cephaloporn, a critique], PZ. Myers, Freethoughtblogs</ref>
  
 
=== Atheist animal trainer objects to PZ Myers' comments about bestiality ===
 
=== Atheist animal trainer objects to PZ Myers' comments about bestiality ===
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The way I see it, every other system of morality is based on unjustifiable claims too, so why follow someone else’s invented ideas of right and wrong?<ref>Skatje Myers' website is currently under construction, Morality by Skaje Myers</ref>}}
 
The way I see it, every other system of morality is based on unjustifiable claims too, so why follow someone else’s invented ideas of right and wrong?<ref>Skatje Myers' website is currently under construction, Morality by Skaje Myers</ref>}}
 
[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg‎ |right|thumb|200px|[[Britain|British]] atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]] twice refused to condemn bestiality at the [[William Lane Craig]] vs. Christopher Hitchens debate.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
 
  
 
== British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality ==
 
== British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality ==
  
 
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Christopher Hitchens on bestiality]]
 
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Christopher Hitchens on bestiality]]
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[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg‎ |left|thumb|200px|[[Britain|British]] atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]] twice refused to condemn bestiality at the [[William Lane Craig]] vs. Christopher Hitchens debate.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
  
[[Christopher Hitchens]] is one of the principal leaders of the [[New Atheism]] movement. At the end of the [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] vs. atheist Christopher Hitchens debate there was an audience question and answer period.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU VIDEO]  The first audience member to ask a question twice asked [[Christopher Hitchens]] to label bestiality as an immoral act, but he refused to do so.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> Dr. Craig said the question posed to Hitchens was a good one and it helped illustrate that atheism cannot offer objective moral standards (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate] </ref>
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[[Christopher Hitchens]] is one of the principal leaders of the [[New Atheism]] movement. At the end of the [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] vs. atheist Christopher Hitchens debate there was an audience question and answer period (see: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU VIDEO]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRGOJmD8yYA Atheism and Bestiality - portion of Craig vs. Hitchens debate - audience participation period]</ref> The first audience member to ask a question twice asked [[Christopher Hitchens]] to label bestiality as an immoral act, but he refused to do so.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRGOJmD8yYA Atheism and Bestiality - portion of Craig vs. Hitchens debate - audience participation period]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> Dr. Craig said the question posed to Hitchens was a good one and it helped illustrate that atheism cannot offer objective moral standards (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate] </ref>
  
 
On August 12, 2012, an article entitled ''Atheism: A religion of degenerates'' declared:
 
On August 12, 2012, an article entitled ''Atheism: A religion of degenerates'' declared:
 
{{cquote|Christopher Hitchens, who was an atheist and a drunkard, was arguably the most popular atheists in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century as well. At the end of his debate with Christian apologists William Lance Craig, there was an audience question and answer period. During this question and answer period, twice Hitchens was asked to condemn bestiality, but he refused to do it each time he was asked.
 
{{cquote|Christopher Hitchens, who was an atheist and a drunkard, was arguably the most popular atheists in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century as well. At the end of his debate with Christian apologists William Lance Craig, there was an audience question and answer period. During this question and answer period, twice Hitchens was asked to condemn bestiality, but he refused to do it each time he was asked.
  
The Bible teaches that bestiality is a perversion and, under the Old Testament Jewish Law, punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). I feel sorry for all the sheep and little dogs who have been raped by depraved atheists because prominent atheists have refused to condemn bestiality. Atheism has no basis for objective morality so it is not surprising that atheist degenerates refuse to condemn bestiality.<ref>[http://conservativetriumphs.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheism-religion-of-degenerates.html ''Atheism: A religion of degenerates'']</ref>}}
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The Bible teaches that bestiality is a perversion and, under the Old Testament Jewish Law, punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). I feel sorry for all the sheep and little dogs who have been raped by depraved atheists because prominent atheists have refused to condemn bestiality. Atheism has no basis for [[objective morality]] so it is not surprising that atheist degenerates refuse to condemn bestiality.<ref>[http://conservativetriumphs.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheism-religion-of-degenerates.html ''Atheism: A religion of degenerates'']</ref>}}
  
 
== Belief in evolution, sexual immorality and bestiality ==
 
== Belief in evolution, sexual immorality and bestiality ==
  
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''See also:'' [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]]
  
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[[File:113320508 2b86fdb94a.jpg|thumb|201px|right|The evolutionist and immunologist Dr. Scott Todd, an immunologist at [[Kansas State University]], "Even if all the data point to an [[Intelligent design|intelligent designer]], such an hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not [[naturalism|naturalistic]]".<ref>http://creation.com/a-designer-is-unscientificeven-if-all-the-evidence-supports-one</ref> ]]
 
Since [[World War II]] a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution|evolutionary position]] which employs [[methodological naturalism]] have been [[Atheism|atheists]].<ref>
 
Since [[World War II]] a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution|evolutionary position]] which employs [[methodological naturalism]] have been [[Atheism|atheists]].<ref>
 
* Dr. Don Batten, [http://creation.com/a-whos-who-of-evolutionists A ''Who’s Who'' of evolutionists] ''Creation'' 20(1):32, December 1997.
 
* Dr. Don Batten, [http://creation.com/a-whos-who-of-evolutionists A ''Who’s Who'' of evolutionists] ''Creation'' 20(1):32, December 1997.
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In identifying the primary factors determining these differences in community attitudes, the author of the research report, Dr Jonathan Kelley, said: ‘The single most important influence after church attendance is the theory of evolution.’<ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to evolution]</ref>}}
 
In identifying the primary factors determining these differences in community attitudes, the author of the research report, Dr Jonathan Kelley, said: ‘The single most important influence after church attendance is the theory of evolution.’<ref>[http://creation.com/morals-decline-linked-to-belief-in-evolution Morals decline linked to evolution]</ref>}}
  
=== Notable bestiality problems in areas where Darwinism and atheism are prevalent ===
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=== Commentary by the Scientific American and evolutionary belief and bestiality ===
  
In areas of the [[Western World]] where there is a significant amount of [[atheism|atheists]] and evolutionary belief, there have been notable problems related to [[bestiality]] (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Geographic areas where bestiality is posing a notable problem]]).
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The pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' speciously made this unwarranted speculation via their blog:
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{{cquote|After all, we are animals....
  
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In any event, philosophical questions aside, I simply find it astounding — and incredibly fascinating from an [[evolution|evolutionary]] perspective — that so many people (as much as a full percent of the general population) are certifiable zoophiles. And scientific researchers appear to be slowly conceding that zoophilia may be a genuine human sexual orientation.<ref>Animal Lovers: Zoophiles Make Scientists Rethink Human Sexuality By Jesse Bering, March 24, 2010</ref>}}
  
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== Atheistic Denmark and bestiality ==
  
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[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> 
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According to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-problem-of-irreligious-engaging-in.html Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance]</ref> ]]
  
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[[Denmark]] has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In addition, in 2005 [[Denmark]] was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
  
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{{cquote|Neither Denmark nor Norway has a prohibition on sex with animals, as long as the animals do not suffer.
  
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On the internet Danish animal owners advertise openly that they offer sex with animals, without intervention from police or other authorities, Danish newspaper 24timer reports.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece ''Animal bordellos draw Swedes'']</ref>}}
  
*[[Bestiality and Australia]]
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=== Report of buses of people going to Denmark to engage in bestiality ===
  
== Commentary by the Scientific American and evolutionary belief and bestiality ==
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As noted above, in 2014, according to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-problem-of-irreligious-engaging-in.html Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance]</ref>
  
''See also:'' [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality]]
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=== Rise in bestiality tourism in Denmark. Denmark considering a ban on bestiality in 2014 ===
  
[[File:113320508 2b86fdb94a.jpg|thumb|201px|right|The evolutionist and immunologist Dr. Scott Todd, an immunologist at [[Kansas State University]], perfectly epitomized the irrational evolutionary denial of the evidence for creation in his correspondence to the science journal ''Nature''.  Dr. Scott wrote: "Even if all the data point to an [[Intelligent design|intelligent designer]], such an hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not [[naturalism|naturalistic]]".<ref>http://creation.com/a-designer-is-unscientificeven-if-all-the-evidence-supports-one</ref> ]]
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In October of 2014, ''Mashable'' reported: "Banning sex with animals seems like a pretty obvious move in any civilized society, but it took a rise in bestiality tourism for Denmark to make a move."<ref>[http://mashable.com/2014/10/13/denmark-bestiality-tourism/ Denmark Moves to Ban Animal Sex Due to Rise in Bestiality Tourism]</ref>
''See also:'' [[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]
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The pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' speciously made this unwarranted speculation via their blog:
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=== Denmark banned bestiality in 2015 in a narrow vote ===
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In any event, philosophical questions aside, I simply find it astounding — and incredibly fascinating from an [[evolution|evolutionary]] perspective — that so many people (as much as a full percent of the general population) are certifiable zoophiles. And scientific researchers appear to be slowly conceding that zoophilia may be a genuine human sexual orientation.<ref>Animal Lovers: Zoophiles Make Scientists Rethink Human Sexuality By Jesse Bering, March 24, 2010</ref>}}
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In 2015, Denmark passed a law banning  bestiality.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2015/04/22/denmark-bestiality/ Denmark passes law banning bestiality] by Jessica Plautz,'' Mashable'', Apr 22, 2015</ref>
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Mashable reported, "Members of libertarian party Liberal Alliance and Denmark's Ethical Council for Animals, an independent advisory council, among other groups, voiced opposition to the law.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2015/04/22/denmark-bestiality/ Denmark passes law banning bestiality] by Jessica Plautz,'' Mashable'', Apr 22, 2015</ref>
  
Concerning the aberrant practice of [[homosexuality]], the licentious [[liberal]] community [[Views on Homosexuality|has more favorable views]] on homosexuality than [[conservative]]s plus has a history of inflating the number of people who are homosexuals.<ref>[http://www.cwfa.org/content.asp?id=2099 How Bad Science Helped Launch the 'Gay' Revolution] By Robert H. Knight</ref> In addition, liberals [[Evolution, Liberalism, Atheism, and Irrationality|are more likely to believe]] in evolutionary pseudoscience.  Thus, it is not surprising the ''Scientific American'' engaged in the above cited speculation.  As far as the [[Causes of Homosexuality|causes of homosexuality]], the [[liberal]] community commonly ignores the existence of [[ex-homosexuals]] and errantly asserts that homosexuality is an immutable sexual orientation despite the fact that researchers [[Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality|have found cultures where homosexuality does not exist.]]<ref>[http://www.mygenes.co.nz/download.htm My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead - Chapter 6]</ref> Therefore, it is not surprising that an evolutionist declares that bestiality/zoophilia maybe a "genuine human sexual orientation". 
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According the ''CBS News'', the bestiality ban passed in a narrow vote.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark-outlaws-bestiality-in-narrow-vote/ Denmark outlaws bestiality in narrow vote], ''CBS News''</ref>
  
Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead wrote: "If homosexuality were significantly influenced by [[gene]]s, it would appear in every culture, but in twenty-nine of seventy-nine cultures surveyed by Ford and Beach in 1952, homosexuality was rare or absent.<ref>[http://www.mygenes.co.nz/download.htm My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead - Chapter 6]</ref> In addition, the evolutionary paradigm has had [[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation|numerous frauds]] and continues to suffer from [[evolution|a lack of evidence.]] For example, in 1981, evolutionist Mark Ridley, who currently serves as a professor of zoology at [[Oxford University]], was forced to confess: "In any case, no real evolutionist, whether gradualist or [[Punctuated Equilibrium|punctuationist]], uses the fossil record as evidence in favour of the theory of evolution as opposed to [[Creationism|special creation]]."<ref>Mark Ridley, 'Who doubts evolution?', New Scientist, vol. 90, 25 June 1981, p. 831</ref> Paleontologist Simon Morris wrote: "When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: "It happened." Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd." <ref>Simon Conway Morris, [palaeontologist, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, UK], "Evolution: Bringing Molecules into the Fold," Cell, Vol. 100, pp.1-11, January 7, 2000, p.11</ref>
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A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "Copenhagen has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by By MANFRED GERSTENFELD '''Jerusalem Post''', 2015</ref>
  
 
== Bestiality and atheistic Sweden ==
 
== Bestiality and atheistic Sweden ==
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''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Sweden]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
 
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Sweden]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
  
[[File:Flag of Sweden.png|thumbnail|280px|right|Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>  In recent years Sweden appears to have faced a growing problem with bestiality.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1950/50/5050406 ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'']</ref><ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref> ]]
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[[File:Flag of Sweden.png|thumbnail|200px|left|Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>  In recent years Sweden appears to have faced a growing problem with bestiality.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1950/50/5050406 ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'']</ref><ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref> ]]
 
[[Sweden]] is one of the most atheistic counties in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> As noted above, Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in evolution as far as [[Western World]] nations (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>
 
[[Sweden]] is one of the most atheistic counties in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> As noted above, Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in evolution as far as [[Western World]] nations (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>
  
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''See also:'' [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
 
''See also:'' [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
 
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[[File:Horse picture.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Sweden, known the world over for its avant garde sexual mores has crossed yet another barrier in its moral descent with the news that sexual abuse of animals is on the increase.
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A government commissioned study has found that more than 200 animals, mostly horses, have been sexually abused in Sweden since the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1950/50/5050406 ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'']</ref>]]
 
In November 0f 2008, the [[UK]] newspaper ''The Times'' reported:
 
In November 0f 2008, the [[UK]] newspaper ''The Times'' reported:
 
{{cquote|Sweden, one of the world's most sexually tolerant societies, is in the throes of a strange, emotionally charged debate about the last taboo: bestiality.
 
{{cquote|Sweden, one of the world's most sexually tolerant societies, is in the throes of a strange, emotionally charged debate about the last taboo: bestiality.
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But bestiality and the whole seedy sub-culture surrounding it is straining Swedish tolerance to bursting point. Religious Swedes say it violates a fundamental taboo: a passage from Leviticus 18 states: “And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself a beast to lie with it: it is a perversion." In the [[Middle Ages]], men were typically burned to death for having sex with animals. Most countries nowadays either outlaw the practice entirely (most states in the US) or prosecute penetrative sex with animals (Britain). Sweden, though, has not taken a religion-based stance. Rather, it seems to accept the idea that sex with animals can be in some way consensual. If it causes injury to the animal it can be prosecuted, although in practice only two out of the 115 cases registered have ever been investigated.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5140576.ece Sweden urged to ban animals sex after newspaper expose on bestiality - The Times - November 12, 2008]</ref>}}
 
But bestiality and the whole seedy sub-culture surrounding it is straining Swedish tolerance to bursting point. Religious Swedes say it violates a fundamental taboo: a passage from Leviticus 18 states: “And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself a beast to lie with it: it is a perversion." In the [[Middle Ages]], men were typically burned to death for having sex with animals. Most countries nowadays either outlaw the practice entirely (most states in the US) or prosecute penetrative sex with animals (Britain). Sweden, though, has not taken a religion-based stance. Rather, it seems to accept the idea that sex with animals can be in some way consensual. If it causes injury to the animal it can be prosecuted, although in practice only two out of the 115 cases registered have ever been investigated.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5140576.ece Sweden urged to ban animals sex after newspaper expose on bestiality - The Times - November 12, 2008]</ref>}}
 
[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>  On the Internet Danish animal owners advertise openly that they offer sex with animals, without intervention from police or other authorities, Danish newspaper 24timer reports. <ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece ''Animal bordellos draw Swedes'']</ref> ]]
 
 
== Denmark, Norway, evolutionary belief and bestiality ==
 
 
''See also:'' [[Denmark and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
 
 
[[Denmark]] has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In addition, in 2005 [[Denmark]] was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
 
 
A 2006 article entitled ''Animal bordellos draw Norweigans'' the Norway news website Aftenposten reported:
 
{{cquote|Neither Denmark nor Norway has a prohibition on sex with animals, as long as the animals do not suffer.
 
 
On the internet Danish animal owners advertise openly that they offer sex with animals, without intervention from police or other authorities, Danish newspaper 24timer reports.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece ''Animal bordellos draw Swedes'']</ref>}}
 
 
=== Rise in bestiality tourism in Denmark. Denmark considering a ban on bestiality ===
 
 
In October of 2014, Mashable reported: "Banning sex with animals seems like a pretty obvious move in any civilized society, but it took a rise in bestiality tourism for Denmark to make a move."<ref>[http://mashable.com/2014/10/13/denmark-bestiality-tourism/ Denmark Moves to Ban Animal Sex Due to Rise in Bestiality Tourism]</ref>
 
  
 
== Bestiality and Germany ==
 
== Bestiality and Germany ==
[[File:Loc of Germany.PNG|thumbnail|200px|right|On July 1, 2013 the ''Daily Mail'' reported that bestiality brothels were spreading quickly through [[Germany]]. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html]</ref>]]
 
  
 
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''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Germany]]
 
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[[File:Loc of Germany.PNG|thumbnail|200px|left|On July 1, 2013 the ''Daily Mail'' reported that bestiality brothels were spreading quickly through [[Germany]]. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html]</ref>]]
 
[[Germany]] has the highest rates of belief in [[evolution]] in the [[world]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In 2005, it was estimated that 70% of Germans believed in evolution.<ref>[http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=507 Evolutionary belief statistics]</ref> In addition, Germany is one of the most atheistic countries in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 41-49% of Germans are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
 
[[Germany]] has the highest rates of belief in [[evolution]] in the [[world]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In 2005, it was estimated that 70% of Germans believed in evolution.<ref>[http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=507 Evolutionary belief statistics]</ref> In addition, Germany is one of the most atheistic countries in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 41-49% of Germans are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
  
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== Bestiality and godless Britain ==
 
== Bestiality and godless Britain ==
[[File:Union jack.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|A British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a sexual assault.<ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref> See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
 
  
 
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''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Britain]] and [[Britain and morality]]
 
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[[File:Union jack.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|A British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a sexual assault.<ref>[http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article177749.ece Swedes have more and more animal sex]</ref> See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
 
In 2011, in an article entitled ''Godless Britain'' Shmuley Boteach reported in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'':
 
In 2011, in an article entitled ''Godless Britain'' Shmuley Boteach reported in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'':
 
{{cquote|[[Britain]] today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From [[Richard Dawkins]], who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend [[Christopher Hitchens]], who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties.
 
{{cquote|[[Britain]] today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From [[Richard Dawkins]], who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend [[Christopher Hitchens]], who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties.
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On September 19, 2011, the British newspaper ''The [[Guardian]]'' published a favorable article on bestiality entitled ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'' which mentioned a man's "long courtship" with a horse and also his two "mare-wives".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/sep/19/improbable-research-bestiality-horses-intelligence ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'']</ref>
 
On September 19, 2011, the British newspaper ''The [[Guardian]]'' published a favorable article on bestiality entitled ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'' which mentioned a man's "long courtship" with a horse and also his two "mare-wives".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/sep/19/improbable-research-bestiality-horses-intelligence ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'']</ref>
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=== Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain ===
 
=== Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain ===
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''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Australia]]
 
''See also:'' [[Bestiality and Australia]]
  
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|right|thumbnail|250px|The Australian, [[atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views, he was given Australia's highest civic honor. He was made a Companion of the Order of [[Australia]] (AC) <ref>
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[[File:Flag of Australia.png|left|thumbnail|200px|The Australian, [[atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views, he was given Australia's highest civic honor. He was made a Companion of the Order of [[Australia]] (AC) <ref>
 
*[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/infanticide-and-bestiality-advocate-given-australias-highest-civic-award Infanticide and bestiality advocate given Australia’s highest civic award]
 
*[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/infanticide-and-bestiality-advocate-given-australias-highest-civic-award Infanticide and bestiality advocate given Australia’s highest civic award]
 
*[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview - Creation Ministries International]
 
*[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview - Creation Ministries International]
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Peter Singer is an Australian [[Atheism|atheist]] [[philosophy|philosopher]] and [[evolution]]ist.  See also: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
 
Peter Singer is an Australian [[Atheism|atheist]] [[philosophy|philosopher]] and [[evolution]]ist.  See also: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]]
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A 2004 study by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart found that 25% of Australians do not believe in  God/gods.<ref>Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart. 2004. Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press</ref> In 2006 study was done by Monash University, the Australian Catholic University and the Christian Research Association which found that 52 per cent of Australians born between 1976 and 1990 have no belief in God/gods.<ref> Fenton, Andrew. [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/faith-no-more-atheists-in-the-city-of-churches/story-e6frebsu-1225698664255 Faith no more – atheists in the city of churches], ''The Advertiser'', 2009</ref>
 
A 2004 study by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart found that 25% of Australians do not believe in  God/gods.<ref>Norris, Pippa and Ronald Inglehart. 2004. Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press</ref> In 2006 study was done by Monash University, the Australian Catholic University and the Christian Research Association which found that 52 per cent of Australians born between 1976 and 1990 have no belief in God/gods.<ref> Fenton, Andrew. [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/faith-no-more-atheists-in-the-city-of-churches/story-e6frebsu-1225698664255 Faith no more – atheists in the city of churches], ''The Advertiser'', 2009</ref>
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Neither the SA parliament nor courts have engaged with the argument, most prominently promoted by ethicist Peter Singer, that sexual activity between animals and humans is not necessarily exploitative or abusive of the animal and not an affront to an individual’s humanity, as human beings are also animals. The comparison with the penalty for incest demonstrates the seriousness with which the parliament views bestiality. Until now, the judicial attitude to the offence was untested.<ref>[https://www.altlj.org/news-and-views/downunderallover/duao-vol-37-4/466-three-plead-guilty-to-bestiality-offences Three plead guilty to bestiality offences] by Kellie Toole, (2012) 37(4) AltLJ 289</ref>}}
 
Neither the SA parliament nor courts have engaged with the argument, most prominently promoted by ethicist Peter Singer, that sexual activity between animals and humans is not necessarily exploitative or abusive of the animal and not an affront to an individual’s humanity, as human beings are also animals. The comparison with the penalty for incest demonstrates the seriousness with which the parliament views bestiality. Until now, the judicial attitude to the offence was untested.<ref>[https://www.altlj.org/news-and-views/downunderallover/duao-vol-37-4/466-three-plead-guilty-to-bestiality-offences Three plead guilty to bestiality offences] by Kellie Toole, (2012) 37(4) AltLJ 289</ref>}}
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=== Australian man on bike accused of bestiality while women were walking dogs ===
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=== Australian nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered ===
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In 2014, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Kathleen Modystack, an Australian woman, convicted of bestiality in 2012 has been deregistered as a nurse and banned from working in the nursing field for three years.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-29/nurse-with-bestiality-conviction-deregistered/5705756 Nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered for damaging profession's reputation], Australian Broadcasting Corporation</ref>  The Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMB) won its legal case with the Health Practitioners Tribunal (HPT) after accusing Kathleen Modystack of damaging the nursing profession's reputation.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-29/nurse-with-bestiality-conviction-deregistered/5705756 Nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered for damaging profession's reputation], Australian Broadcasting Corporation</ref>
  
 
=== Australian television station puts up a bestiality billboard in 2013 ===
 
=== Australian television station puts up a bestiality billboard in 2013 ===
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In 2013, an Australian television station put up a bestiality billboard.<ref>[http://theurbandaily.com/2013/05/01/australian-bestiality-billboard/ Australian TV Station Receives Backlash For Bestiality Billboard] By Jonathan Hailey</ref>
 
In 2013, an Australian television station put up a bestiality billboard.<ref>[http://theurbandaily.com/2013/05/01/australian-bestiality-billboard/ Australian TV Station Receives Backlash For Bestiality Billboard] By Jonathan Hailey</ref>
  
== Prominent homosexual activist and atheist Frank Kameny's comments on bestiality ==
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== Irreligious Finland and bestiality ==
[[Image:Peter.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]] of [[Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] ]]
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[[File:Finland location.png|thumbnail|200px|Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and bestiality]]  
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Homosexual activist Frank Kameny is a fervent [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2006/11/15/gay-hero-frank-kameny-calls-believers-christianofascists-says-gay-is-moral-and-virtuous-at-task-force-conference/ ‘Gay’ Hero Frank Kameny Calls Believers “Christianofascists”; Library of Congress Honors “Gay Is Godly” Atheist]</ref><ref>Leaders from the 1960s: a biographical sourcebook of American activism By David De Leon, page 253</ref>
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''See also:'' [[Irreligious Finland and bestiality]]
  
On Jun 04, 2008, [[LifeSiteNews]] wrote:
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According to a 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 33% of [[Finland|Finnish]] citizens "believe there is a God". (In 2005, the figure was 41%).<ref name=EUROBAROMETER>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf|title=Special Eurobarometer Biotechnology|page= 204|date=Fieldwork: January–February 2010;Publication: October 2010|accessdate=2012-10-17|format=PDF}}</ref>
{{cquote|Long-time homosexual activist Frank Kameny’s claim to fame is successfully manipulating the American Psychiatric Association into declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder, and today the Smithsonian honoree is now busily advocating [[bestiality]] "as long as the animal doesn’t mind."
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Kameny, 83, has had a long career advocating the removal of any restrictions on human acts long considered by sane societies as obscene, dangerous, and disordered...
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A Finnish news website reported in July of 2015:
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{{cquote|Finland is indeed a last bastion of bestiality. Here a person can have sex with an animal as long as the animal is not harmed. The absence of legislation against bestiality makes the nation one of the last in the European Union not to institute a legal ban.
  
Kameny describes his mission as "Americanism in action" by advocating bestiality and encouraging the saturation of American culture with what he calls "more and better and harder-core pornography."
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As the law currently stands in Finland, a person can engage in sexual intercourse with an animal as long as it cannot be proved that the animal has been treated too roughly or cruelly or that the act has caused unnecessary pain and suffering.
  
According to [[Americans For Truth|Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] (AFTAH), Kameny wrote an e-mail to them saying that while he was personally opposed to bestiality, he found it an otherwise "harmless" quirk, so long as it was consensual with the animal involved.
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...Finland legalised bestiality in 1971, following in the footsteps of other European countries. It was thought that criminalising the act was not the right way to deal with people who are likely to suffer from mental illness or who are simply lonely.<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>}}
  
"Bestiality is not my thing," Kameny wrote. "But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn’t mind (and the animal rarely does), I don’t mind, and I don’t see why anyone else should."<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/jun/08060403 Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK “As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind”]</ref>}}
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See also: [[Irreligious Finland and loneliness]]
  
== In 2010 Washington state had the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the USA ==
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Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>
  
See also: [[Washington state and bestiality]]
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== Washington state, bestiality, atheism and evolutionary belief ==
  
According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Washington]] was declared to have the second highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref>  In addition, in 2007 the pro-evolution magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref>
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In 2017, as far as the United States, the website WorldAtlas.com ranked Washington state as having the 5th highest percentage of atheists.<ref>[http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/states-with-the-most-atheism-in-america.html Percentage Of Atheists In America By State], WorldAtlas.com</ref>
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According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Washington]] was declared to have the second highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "[[Nones|no religion]]" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref>  In addition, in 2007 the pro-evolution magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref>
  
On January 26, 2011, the ''Seattle Met'' published an article entitled ''Washington Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why'' which declared that "Washington is steeped in man-on-beast history".<ref>[http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/washington-state-is-no-1-in-bestiality Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why]</ref>
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=== Washington state had the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the USA in 2010 ===
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''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]]
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On January 26, 2011, the ''Seattle Met'' published an article entitled ''Washington Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why'' which declared that "Washington is steeped in man-on-beast history".<ref>[http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/washington-state-is-no-1-in-bestiality Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why]</ref>  In 2011, the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', published an article entitled ''What’s your state worst at? Washington ranked for bestiality'' which featured a map entitled "The United States States of Shame: What's your state worst at" and the map had the word bestiality superimposed on the state of Washington.<ref>[http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/01/25/whats-your-state-worst-at-washington-ranked-for-bestiality/ What’s your state worst at? Washington ranked for bestiality] by Amy Rolph on January 25, 2011, ''Seattle-Post Intelligencer''</ref>  
  
 
In 2010, the state of Washington has the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the United States even though it was merely the 13th most populous state according to the 2010 United States census.<ref>[http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/cruelty_database/statistics/state_ranking.php?year=2010&search=go Pet Abuse -2010]</ref><ref>[http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 2010 United States Census data]</ref>
 
In 2010, the state of Washington has the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the United States even though it was merely the 13th most populous state according to the 2010 United States census.<ref>[http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/cruelty_database/statistics/state_ranking.php?year=2010&search=go Pet Abuse -2010]</ref><ref>[http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 2010 United States Census data]</ref>
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A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Washington state was a politically liberal state (see: [[Liberalism and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
 
A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Washington state was a politically liberal state (see: [[Liberalism and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
  
=== 2005 horse bestiality stories apparently most popular articles in history of Seattle Times ===
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=== Enumclaw horse sex case ===
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''See also:'' [[Enumclaw horse sex case]]
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The [[Enumclaw horse sex case]] was a 2005 incident in which Kenneth Pinyan, who was an American Boeing engineer residing in Gig Harbor, Washington, died from injuries received during receptive rectal sex with a stallion at a farm near the city of Enumclaw, Washington.<ref>[Skager, Shawn (July 12, 2006). "[http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ech/news/35979664.html Film to focus on aftermath of Enumclaw incident]". Enumclaw Courier-Herald.</ref> Pinyan also distributed bestiality porn under the alias Mr. Hands.<ref>[http://www.popcrunch.com/7-people-who-took-animals-for-lovers/ Horse Riding Mr Hands, Washington]</ref>
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The ''Associated Press'' reported that the farm where the event occurred attracted "a significant number of people" who wanted to engage in bestiality and the ''Seattle Times'' published a number of articles on the Enumclaw horse sex case.<ref>Messer, Lesley (July 18, 2005). "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/when-a-man-dies-in-a-sex-act-with-a-horse-what-s-a-reporter-to-do/ When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What's a Reporter to Do?]". Editor & Publisher.</ref>
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In 2007, a documentary of the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan (as well as the life led by those who came to the farm near Enumclaw, Washington) was featured at the Sundance Film Festival under the title ''Zoo''. It was one of 16 winners out of 856 film candidates for the festival, and it played at numerous regional festivals in the United States subsequently.<ref> Westneat, Danny (December 3, 2006). "New movie is the spawn of horse sex". The Seattle Times.</ref> In addition, it was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref>Zoo, which opens today in NY and LA, has just been selected as one of the features of the prestigious Directors Fortnight sidebar at this year's Cannes Film Festival". [http://emanuellevy.com/comment/popuar-articles-zoo-inside-the-controversial-documentary-about-bestiality/ Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality]</ref><ref>Eugene Hernandez, "'07:[http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes_07_slate_set_for_49th_directors_fortnight_corbijns_control_opening_sSlate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight]", IndieWIRE, May 3, 2007.</ref>
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==== 2005 horse bestiality stories apparently most popular articles in history of Seattle Times ====
  
 
[[File:Blackstallion.jpg|thumbnail|right|100px|[[Horse]] ]]
 
[[File:Blackstallion.jpg|thumbnail|right|100px|[[Horse]] ]]
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So much so, a case can be made that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history.
 
So much so, a case can be made that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history.
  
I don't know whether to ignore this alarming factoid or to embrace it.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002711400_danny30.html Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]</ref>}}
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I don't know whether to ignore this alarming factoid or to embrace it.<ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/horse-sex-story-was-online-hit/ Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]</ref>}}
  
 
=== Bestiality farm in Washington state ===
 
=== Bestiality farm in Washington state ===
[[Image:Mouse.jpg|thumb|right|310px|Authorities arrested Douglas Spinks and a British tourist in a bestiality farm raid.  Police found dogs, horses and [[mouse|mice]]. See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
 
  
 
''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]] and [[Bestiality and Britain]]
 
''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]] and [[Bestiality and Britain]]
 
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[[Image:Mouse.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Authorities arrested Douglas Spinks and a British tourist in a bestiality farm raid.  Police found dogs, horses and [[mouse|mice]]. See also: [[Bestiality and Britain]] ]]
 
On April 17, 2011, the Examiner ran a story entitled ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' which declared:
 
On April 17, 2011, the Examiner ran a story entitled ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' which declared:
 
{{cquote|Douglas Spink, 39, had been arrested in 2005 for smuggling cocaine and was on supervised release after serving three years for his crime. Under the conditions of Douglas Spink’s release, he must adhere to all local, state, and federal laws for five years. Now authorities believe that Spink violated the terms of that release by providing animals for sex acts on an alleged bestiality farm. It has also been suggested that there is a mutual connection between Douglas Spink and Kenneth Pinyan. Pinyan was a Gig Harbor, Washington man who died after engaging in sexual acts with a horse. The case drew national attention and became known as the “Enumclaw horse sex case.”...
 
{{cquote|Douglas Spink, 39, had been arrested in 2005 for smuggling cocaine and was on supervised release after serving three years for his crime. Under the conditions of Douglas Spink’s release, he must adhere to all local, state, and federal laws for five years. Now authorities believe that Spink violated the terms of that release by providing animals for sex acts on an alleged bestiality farm. It has also been suggested that there is a mutual connection between Douglas Spink and Kenneth Pinyan. Pinyan was a Gig Harbor, Washington man who died after engaging in sexual acts with a horse. The case drew national attention and became known as the “Enumclaw horse sex case.”...
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==== Douglas Spink previously lived in Oregon ====
 
==== Douglas Spink previously lived in Oregon ====
 
Douglas Spink previously lived in [[Oregon]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/douglas-spink-arrested-in_n_541379.html Douglas Spink Arrested In BESTIALITY Case: Mice In Vaseline, Dogs, Horses Found At Exitpoint Stallions Limitee]</ref> As noted above, according to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Oregon]] was declared to have the highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 28% of the Oregon population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Oregon state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref> A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Oregon state was a politically liberal state.<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
 
Douglas Spink previously lived in [[Oregon]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/douglas-spink-arrested-in_n_541379.html Douglas Spink Arrested In BESTIALITY Case: Mice In Vaseline, Dogs, Horses Found At Exitpoint Stallions Limitee]</ref> As noted above, according to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Oregon]] was declared to have the highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 28% of the Oregon population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Oregon state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref> A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Oregon state was a politically liberal state.<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
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== Bestiality in the wake of various irreligious nations passing anti-bestiality laws ==
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The article ''The problem of individuals in irreligious nations engaging in bestiality may not have been largely solved!'' declares:
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{{Cquote|I realize that many nations have significant illegal drug problem despite the illegality of various drugs. And the prohibition of alcohol was an abysmal failure  in the United States. But I was hoping that various countries in Secular Europe passing anti-bestiality laws in the wake of their countries notable and embarrassing problems with bestiality largely solved the problem. It probably did, but this may not be the case.
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The website Health24 recently published an article entitled ''Bestiality is much, much more common than you think'' which states:
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:You might think that bestiality has died out, or that it only happens on farms, or that it's illegal everywhere. You would be very, very, very wrong...
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:It would be naïve to suggest, though, that the problem disappeared after the laws changed. Even in situations where zoophilia is legal, it is still far from socially acceptable, and so those who indulge in it are used to keeping quiet. Instead, zoophiles tend to communicate and congregate through societies, like the Germany-based Zoophiles Engagement für Toleranz und Aufklrung, as well as dedicated websites which offer a judgement-free space to converse.
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:The largest such site, BeastForum, claims over 1.2 million registered members at the time of writing as well as more than that number again in unregistered visitors. The forum has boards where members can share tips on getting their animals to participate as well as post pictures and videos of their sexual experiences with the animals.
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:These discussion are bracingly open and descriptive. Almost all of the forum’s boards are updated with new posts daily and the General topics board alone receives dozens of posts every day. The majority of these posts are well-written, coherent and spark spirited conversation and suggestions. This niche is not simply reserved for rural or uneducated people, these people are bank managers, physiotherapists and teachers, and there are lots of them.<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-problem-of-irreligious-engaging-in.html The problem of the irreligious engaging in bestiality may not have been largely solved!]</ref>}}
  
 
== Wikipedia on bestiality ==
 
== Wikipedia on bestiality ==
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As of September 22, 2011, [[Wikipedia]]'s article on zoophilia/bestiality has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia".  No worthwhile encyclopedia in existence has an article on zoophilia/bestiality with an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia. In addition, as of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "Zoophilia and the law" article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where 6 alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.
 
As of September 22, 2011, [[Wikipedia]]'s article on zoophilia/bestiality has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia".  No worthwhile encyclopedia in existence has an article on zoophilia/bestiality with an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia. In addition, as of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "Zoophilia and the law" article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where 6 alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.
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== Prominent homosexual activist and atheist Frank Kameny's comments on bestiality ==
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[[Image:Peter.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]] of [[Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] ]]
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Homosexual activist Frank Kameny is a fervent [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2006/11/15/gay-hero-frank-kameny-calls-believers-christianofascists-says-gay-is-moral-and-virtuous-at-task-force-conference/ ‘Gay’ Hero Frank Kameny Calls Believers “Christianofascists”; Library of Congress Honors “Gay Is Godly” Atheist]</ref><ref>Leaders from the 1960s: a biographical sourcebook of American activism By David De Leon, page 253</ref>
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On Jun 04, 2008, [[LifeSiteNews]] wrote:
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{{cquote|Long-time homosexual activist Frank Kameny’s claim to fame is successfully manipulating the American Psychiatric Association into declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder, and today the Smithsonian honoree is now busily advocating [[bestiality]] "as long as the animal doesn’t mind."
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Kameny, 83, has had a long career advocating the removal of any restrictions on human acts long considered by sane societies as obscene, dangerous, and disordered...
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Kameny describes his mission as "Americanism in action" by advocating bestiality and encouraging the saturation of American culture with what he calls "more and better and harder-core pornography."
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According to [[Americans For Truth|Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] (AFTAH), Kameny wrote an e-mail to them saying that while he was personally opposed to bestiality, he found it an otherwise "harmless" quirk, so long as it was consensual with the animal involved.
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"Bestiality is not my thing," Kameny wrote. "But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn’t mind (and the animal rarely does), I don’t mind, and I don’t see why anyone else should."<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/jun/08060403 Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK “As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind”]</ref>}}
  
 
== French bestiality advertisement  ==
 
== French bestiality advertisement  ==
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''See also:'' [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Homosexuality and bestiality]] and [[Liberalism and bestiality]]
 
''See also:'' [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] and [[Homosexuality and bestiality]] and [[Liberalism and bestiality]]
  
[[File:Flag of France.png|thumbnail|275px|right|[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>  In addition, France has 4rth highest belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>  In 2010, a French advertisement appeared which was bestiality oriented.<ref>[http://gawker.com/5571805/this-gay-bestiality-ad-is-crazy-even-for-france This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France]</ref> ]]
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[[File:Flag of France.png|thumbnail|205px|right|[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>  In addition, France has 4rth highest belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>  In 2010, a French advertisement appeared which was bestiality oriented.<ref>[http://gawker.com/5571805/this-gay-bestiality-ad-is-crazy-even-for-france This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France]</ref> ]]
  
 
[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>  
 
[[France]] has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref>  
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*[[Homosexuality and bestiality]]
 
*[[Homosexuality and bestiality]]
 
== The first "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe ==
 
 
[[File:Europe pol 2004.jpg|thumbnail|right|160px|The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref>]]
 
 
The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref> It is located in the Czech Republic. According to a 2010 Eurobarometer poll, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God"  which the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Eurobarometer Poll in 2010]</ref>
 
 
In 2005, the Pew Forum reported:
 
{{cquote|According to a 2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey, there are striking differences in public opinion between the U.S. and [[Europe|European]] countries on issues such as the importance people attach to religion in their lives and the linkage they perceive between belief in God and morality. The survey shows that a large majority of Americans consider religion important in their personal lives and closely associate religion and morality. Furthermore, Pew Forum surveys over several years show that Americans are generally more comfortable with religion playing a major role in public life. In contrast, Europeans generally place much less importance on religion in their lives, and general indicators show that major churches in Europe are declining in terms of membership, recruitment of clergy, financial contributions and overall public influence. The Pew Forum convened distinguished experts Peter Berger, John Judis and Walter Russell Mead to analyze these differences between the U.S and Europe and to assess their impact on transatlantic relations.<ref>[http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Secular-Europe-and-Religious-America-Implications-for-Transatlantic-Relations.aspx Secular Europe and Religious America: Implications for Transatlantic Relations]</ref>}}
 
  
 
== American study found that necrobestiality is seen as being representative of atheists ==
 
== American study found that necrobestiality is seen as being representative of atheists ==
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The abstract of a 2014 peer-reviewed study in the journal'' Plos One'' reported:
 
The abstract of a 2014 peer-reviewed study in the journal'' Plos One'' reported:
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For more information please see: [[Atheism and morality]]
 
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== Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer and bestiality ==
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[[File:Richard Dawkins at Global Atheism Convention.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[[Richard Dawkins]] ]]
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In their book ''Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God'', Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker indicate about [[Richard Dawkins]]:
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Given that both he and Singer work according to the same principle — that species distinctions are morally insignificant and that morality must therefore be determined by the capacity to feel pleasure and pain — Dawkins cannot offer a good reason that Singer's affirmation of bestiality is illicit.<ref>''Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God'' By Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker, 2008, pages 136 and 138</ref>}}
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Dawkins says in his ten commandments: “Enjoy your own sex life (so long as it damages nobody else) and leave others to enjoy theirs in private whatever their inclinations, which are none of your business;” “Do not discriminate or oppress on the basis of sex, race or (as far as possible) species.”<ref>[http://www.albertmohler.com/2006/09/26/the-dawkins-delusion-3/ The Dawkins Delusion] by Albert Mohler, Jr., 2006</ref>
  
 
== Militant atheist Joseph Stalin's ape-men experiments ==
 
== Militant atheist Joseph Stalin's ape-men experiments ==
[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|202px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]]'s atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people.]]
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[[File:Joseph-stalin.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]]'s atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people.]]
 
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Ivanov’s experiments in Africa were a total failure. Further experiments in Georgia to use monkey sperm in human volunteers also failed. Ivanov was now in disgrace. For his expensive failure, he was sentenced to five years’ jail, commuted to five years’ exile in Kazakhstan, where he died in 1932, aged 61.<ref>[http://creation.com/stalins-ape-man-superwarriors Stalin’s ape-man Superwarriors]</ref>}}
 
Ivanov’s experiments in Africa were a total failure. Further experiments in Georgia to use monkey sperm in human volunteers also failed. Ivanov was now in disgrace. For his expensive failure, he was sentenced to five years’ jail, commuted to five years’ exile in Kazakhstan, where he died in 1932, aged 61.<ref>[http://creation.com/stalins-ape-man-superwarriors Stalin’s ape-man Superwarriors]</ref>}}
  
== Sonja Dalton of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality on bestiality and homosexuality ==
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== Americans For Truth on atheism, bestiality and homosexuality ==
  
Sonja Dalton of [[Americans For Truth|Americans For Truth About Homosexuality]] wrote:
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The [[conservative]] journalist Peter LaBarbera of [[Americans for Truth]] wrote: "Anyone who has researched the subject of [[homosexuality]] knows that many of the most staunch advocates of homosexuality are those who hold a decidedly secular outlook."<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2008/05/03/homosexuality-and-atheism/ Atheism and homosexuality]</ref>
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At the same time, atheistic [[communism|communist]] regimes in history historically have often taken a negative view of homosexuality and within [[Western World]] atheism, there is a segment of that [[atheist population]] which takes a negative view of homosexuality.  See:  [[Atheism and the persecution of homosexuals|Atheist actions against homosexuals]]. 
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Sonja Dalton of Americans For Truth wrote:
 
{{cquote|The fact is that humans are hard-wired to distinguish normal, natural behaviors from depraved, wicked acts. [[God]] instilled man with a conscience whereby we know, intuitively and with confidence, that acts of righteousness evoke joy and that other acts are wicked and morally reprehensible…at least we recognize that until we start to rationalize, unless the conscience has been seared, hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Nearly everyone understands that having “sex” with animals is appalling — there is no organized, multi-million dollar movement to advance the rights of those with a sexual proclivity for livestock (at least not yet), no claim that they were “born that way.”
 
{{cquote|The fact is that humans are hard-wired to distinguish normal, natural behaviors from depraved, wicked acts. [[God]] instilled man with a conscience whereby we know, intuitively and with confidence, that acts of righteousness evoke joy and that other acts are wicked and morally reprehensible…at least we recognize that until we start to rationalize, unless the conscience has been seared, hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Nearly everyone understands that having “sex” with animals is appalling — there is no organized, multi-million dollar movement to advance the rights of those with a sexual proclivity for livestock (at least not yet), no claim that they were “born that way.”
  
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And the real question is this: If we as a society still believe that bestiality is immoral, why are we so foolishly embracing “proud” [[homosexuality]] as “moral” — when it clearly cannot be?<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/03/22/why-do-we-regard-bestiality-as-immoral/ Why Do We Regard Bestiality as Immoral?]</ref>}}
 
And the real question is this: If we as a society still believe that bestiality is immoral, why are we so foolishly embracing “proud” [[homosexuality]] as “moral” — when it clearly cannot be?<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/03/22/why-do-we-regard-bestiality-as-immoral/ Why Do We Regard Bestiality as Immoral?]</ref>}}
  
== Atheism and sexually transmitted diseases ==
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[[Atheist Population|Atheistic populations]] commonly have significant problems with [[Sexually Transmitted Disease|sexually transmitted diseases]] (see: [[Atheism and sexually transmitted diseases]]).
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== Atheist Elmina Drake Slenker and her writing on bestiality ==
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{{Cquote|The final profile is that of [[Elmina Drake Slenker]], an ex-[[Quaker]] who wrote novels as well as short, didactic stories for children about Darwinian naturalism, rationalism, and other secularist topics. Slenker came out publicly as an atheist in 1856 by publishing a letter in the Boston Investigator in defense of the infamous infidel Ernestine Rose. Such declarations of unbelief were scandalous for any individual at the time, but especially for women. As Schmidt documents, “Being a village atheist invited cold shoulders; being a female village atheist doubly so.” Condemnation of Slenker was swift, not only by friends and relatives, but also by public voices, newspapers editors, and writers such as the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who wrote that “the most repellent object on earth is a woman infidel. She is as unnatural as a flower which breathes poison instead of perfume.” What ultimately brought Slenker into national prominence was her prosecution by Anthony Comstock’s anti-vice crusade. Her crime? Writing leaflets and personal letters to various people about human sexuality, marital relations, birth control, and bestiality. She was put on trial, and it only took the jury 10 minutes to find her guilty.<ref>[The Church of the Churchless] by Phil Zuckerman, Los Angeles Review of Books, March 19, 2017</ref>}}
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
 
*[[Atheism and morality]]
 
*[[Atheism and morality]]
*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
 
*[[Irreligious prison population]]
 
*[[Atheism and mass murder]]
 
*[[Atheism and sadism]]
 
*[[Atheism and rape]]
 
*[[Atheism and health]]
 
*[[Atheism and obesity]]
 
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]
 
*[[Liberalism and bestiality]]
 
*[[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]]
 
*[[Atheism and deception]]
 
*[[Atheism and satanic deception]]
 
*[[Professor values and bestiality]]
 
*[[Soviet Union and morality]]
 
*[[Decline of atheism]]
 
*[[Evolution, Liberalism, Atheism, and Irrationality]]
 
*[[Atheism and charity]]
 
  
[[Satire]]s of atheism and evolution:
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*[http://www.algemeiner.com/2011/08/29/a-plea-to-atheists-pedophilia-is-next-on-the-slippery-slope-let-us-turn-back-before-it-is-too-late/ A Plea to Atheists: Pedophilia Is Next On the Slippery Slope; Let Us Turn Back Before It Is Too Late] by Moshe Averick
 
*[http://www.algemeiner.com/2011/08/29/a-plea-to-atheists-pedophilia-is-next-on-the-slippery-slope-let-us-turn-back-before-it-is-too-late/ A Plea to Atheists: Pedophilia Is Next On the Slippery Slope; Let Us Turn Back Before It Is Too Late] by Moshe Averick
 
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02512.x/abstract Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study]
 
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The atheist philosopher Peter Singer defends the practice of bestiality (as well as abortion, infanticide and euthanasia).

Despite holding these immoral views, Princeton University rewarded him with a bioethics chair.[1]

Bestiality is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. In addition to being repulsive and being a sexual taboo in societies, bestiality can cause harm to both animals and humans.[2]

A 2015 Jerusalem Post article indicates "Copenhagen has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."[3]

Vice News, a global news channel which broadcasts documentaries about current topics, reported in 2014 about secular Europe:

Bestiality is having a weird renaissance in Europe. Perhaps ironically, it kicked off when activists succeeded in banning the practice in places like Germany and Norway. In the background, something else emerged simultaneously: an animal-sex-tourism industry, which has been blossoming in Denmark.[4]

See also: Bestiality and secular Europe and Bestiality and various geographic areas

The atheist philosopher Peter Singer defends the practice of bestiality (as well as abortion, infanticide and euthanasia). Despite holding these immoral views the liberal and pro-evolution academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at Princeton University.[5] Peter Singer was installed as the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 1999 and in 2006 it was reported that he still worked part-time in that capacity.[6] In 2006, it was also reported that Singer worked part-time as Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics since 2005.[7]

Joe Carter's First Things article entitled The Dangerous Mind declares concerning Peter Singer:

Singer has spent a lifetime justifying the unjustifiable. He is the founding father of the animal liberation movement and advocates ending “the present speciesist bias against taking seriously the interests of nonhuman animals.” He is also a defender of killing the aged (if they have dementia), newborns (for almost any reason until they are two years old), necrophilia (assuming it’s consensual), and bestiality (also assuming it’s consensual).[8]

See also: Atheism and sexuality

The Bible says that bestiality is a perversion and, under the Old Testament Jewish Law, punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). The atheistic worldview does not lend itself to the establishment of morality within society and individuals (see: Atheism and morality and Atheist population and immorality).

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Bestiality and secular Europe

See also: Bestiality and secular Europe and Secular Europe

A 2015 Jerusalem Post article indicates "Copenhagen has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."[9]

From a global perspective, Europe is more secular/atheistic than the rest of the world although it does have a considerable amount of religious immigrants who have higher birth rates (see: Atheist population and Global atheism).

Bestiality, secular European countries and other areas

In areas of the Western World where there is a significant amount of atheists and evolutionary belief, there have been notable problems related to bestiality (see: Bestiality and various geographic areas).

See also:

The first "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe

The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.[10]

The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.[11] It is located in the Czech Republic. According to a 2010 Eurobarometer poll, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God" which the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union.[12]

In 2005, the Pew Forum reported:

According to a 2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey, there are striking differences in public opinion between the U.S. and European countries on issues such as the importance people attach to religion in their lives and the linkage they perceive between belief in God and morality. The survey shows that a large majority of Americans consider religion important in their personal lives and closely associate religion and morality. Furthermore, Pew Forum surveys over several years show that Americans are generally more comfortable with religion playing a major role in public life. In contrast, Europeans generally place much less importance on religion in their lives, and general indicators show that major churches in Europe are declining in terms of membership, recruitment of clergy, financial contributions and overall public influence. The Pew Forum convened distinguished experts Peter Berger, John Judis and Walter Russell Mead to analyze these differences between the U.S and Europe and to assess their impact on transatlantic relations.[13]

PZ Myers on bestiality

PZ Myers declared, "...I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions..."[14][15]

See also: PZ Myers on bestiality and Atheism, academia and bestiality

PZ Myers wrote about bestiality:

So, to answer clueless thick-skulled Christian idiot’s question, I don’t object to bestiality in a very limited set of specific conditions, but do not support it in any way[14][16]

A Christian commented on Myers's statement:

If you are sensing that there is something amiss with a person stating he neither supports nor opposes bestiality, then you are more perceptive with regard to moral reasoning than PZ Myers is. Myers once stated his morality is based on feelings of empathy. In an interview he stated, "If I punched you in the face, you would feel bad and I would feel bad ..and that's where morality comes from." Ironically, Myers offers a cartoon that mocks plaintive logic, that is, logic based on feelings, which is exactly the same basis of morality Myers appealed to in his interview.

When I sent Myers an email asking him to clarify what "specific conditions" would make bestiality morally acceptable in his opinion, he declined to address my email and my second article on the subject. There is really only one likely scenario in which it seems Myers would accept bestiality, also known as zoophilia, and that is if it is apparent that the animal is not being harmed and if it is demonstrating some kind of approval, enjoyment or "consent" in the act. The problem for Myers here is quite simple. If nothing must be held sacred, then why should bestiality be considered acceptable only under certain conditions and not always? Why should animal rights be an issue if animal rights are not sacred? These are logical contradictions he needs to address. What is happening here is that Myers is revealing in his quote that he does in fact believe that some boundaries must be held sacred.[14]

Myers also wrote, "...over the years I’ve become something of a connoisseur of cephalopod porn…and I’m sorry to say that 99% of it is crap, expressing a total lack of comprehension of why cephalopods have sensual appeal."[17]

Atheist animal trainer objects to PZ Myers' comments about bestiality

On May 22, 2012, PZ Myers specifies under what conditions he thinks the practice of bestiality would be acceptable.[18]

On November 14, 2014, an atheist animal trainer wrote in response:

We now have the PZ Myers Humanist Guide to Bestiality:
  • 1. IF you are interested in having sex with an animal, AND;
  • 2. That animal is willing to have sex with you, AND;
  • 3. No real harm comes to the animal, AND;
  • 4. You can avoid social stigma by hiding your act;

>> THEN sex with an animal is ethical...

PZ Myers possesses numerous character flaws that make him ill-suited as an A/S/humanism spokesperson and representative: his explosive temper; his violence-tinged threats; his foul language; his preference for personal insults over reasoned debate; his propensity to smear and slander any & all who oppose him;..his willingness to abandon skepticism and science to serve the pomo constructs of radical feminism and social justice warriordom.

Of all these, nothing is more odious, repulsive, or damaging to the reputation of A/S & humanist activism, than Myers’ condoning of bestiality.[19]

Michael Nugent's commentary on PZ Myers' material about human/octopus sexual relations

On November 17, 2014, atheist Michael Nugent wrote:

PZ has several times written about and linked to pornography involving women and octopuses described as ‘hentai tentacle rape’. In one post, PZ wrote: “I know some people will be aghast at the exposed mammalian flesh and weird exploitation of women… but it’s got tentacles everywhere, and molluscs…” In another post, he wrote: “Although nothing beats a sea slug for that vulval feel, I’m afraid. Mmmm, Aplysia, if you weren’t so cold, I’d… ahem.”[20]

PZ Myers' daughter Skatje Myers' comments on bestiality

See also:' Skeptic Skatje Myers' comments on bestiality

Skeptic Skatje Myers, the daughter of evolutionist and atheist PZ Myers describes herself as "atheist, agnostic, rationalist, complicated vegetarian (sans dairy and eggs mostly, avec dumpster diving, by-products, and ethical sources), existential and moral nihilist, social democrat”.[21]

On January 2, 2008 Christian apologist Vox Day wrote in an article entitled Atheist Dad of the Year:

If I were ever to have attacked atheism by arguing that on the rare occasions when atheists manage to successfully reproduce, their children would likely grow up possessing beliefs that are utterly immoral by Western moral norms and abhorrent to the average individual, many people would howl that I was unfairly engaging in baseless conjecture, regardless of the logic presented.

So, it's more than a little amusing to see PZ Myers angrily defending his daughter's public argument against anti-bestiality laws. Now, it's certainly the girl's right to advocate on behalf of whatever legal cause she feels is important to her, but this particular choice of subject really doesn't provide the most convincing evidence against the oft-repeated charge that atheists are hopelessly immoral. And if there's nothing rationally objectionable about the practice, then from whence comes this defensive paternal outrage?

The ironic truth is that Miss Myers is absolutely correct; once the basic concept of Natural Law is abandoned, there is no rational basis for banning anything from necrophilia to cannibalism other than a vague sense of "ickiness" inherited from preceding generations possessed of a more conventional morality.[22]

Skatje Myers, the daughter of atheist PZ Myers, wrote:

Sexual relationships between humans and animals come as such a shock to people, but it doesn’t to me. There can be very deep, meaningful relationships between humans and their pets...

That said, I remind you that my position isn’t based on my own personal wants. I just don’t see any reason to ban it other than the same reason things like homosexuality and sodomy were banned: it’s icky. I think it’s bad practice to put social taboos into legislature when no actual logical argument can be made against it.[23][24]

Skatje Myers on morality

On August 18, 2011, Skatje Myers wrote:

I’m a moral nihilist. I have no reason to believe that morality is anything other than preferences.

I have those preferences, of course — essentially it’s just intuitional leanings. Any need or desire to follow those leanings is purely for my own enjoyment. I decide what is right and wrong based on what I feel is right and wrong, and I follow them only because of a self-created obligation to myself. I demand that others follow the same “rules” I have for myself, because I want them to. It makes the world the way I want it to be.

The way I see it, every other system of morality is based on unjustifiable claims too, so why follow someone else’s invented ideas of right and wrong?[25]

British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality

See also: Bestiality and Britain and Christopher Hitchens on bestiality

British atheist Christopher Hitchens twice refused to condemn bestiality at the William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens debate.[26] See also: Bestiality and Britain

Christopher Hitchens is one of the principal leaders of the New Atheism movement. At the end of the Christian apologist Dr. William Lane Craig vs. atheist Christopher Hitchens debate there was an audience question and answer period (see: VIDEO).[27] The first audience member to ask a question twice asked Christopher Hitchens to label bestiality as an immoral act, but he refused to do so.[28][29] Dr. Craig said the question posed to Hitchens was a good one and it helped illustrate that atheism cannot offer objective moral standards (see: Atheism and morality).[30]

On August 12, 2012, an article entitled Atheism: A religion of degenerates declared:

Christopher Hitchens, who was an atheist and a drunkard, was arguably the most popular atheists in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century as well. At the end of his debate with Christian apologists William Lance Craig, there was an audience question and answer period. During this question and answer period, twice Hitchens was asked to condemn bestiality, but he refused to do it each time he was asked.

The Bible teaches that bestiality is a perversion and, under the Old Testament Jewish Law, punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). I feel sorry for all the sheep and little dogs who have been raped by depraved atheists because prominent atheists have refused to condemn bestiality. Atheism has no basis for objective morality so it is not surprising that atheist degenerates refuse to condemn bestiality.[31]

Belief in evolution, sexual immorality and bestiality

See also: Evolutionary belief and bestiality and Social effects of the theory of evolution

The evolutionist and immunologist Dr. Scott Todd, an immunologist at Kansas State University, "Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such an hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic".[32]

Since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the evolutionary position which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists.[33]

In July of 2000, Creation Ministries International reported:

For years, many people have scoffed at any suggestion that the evils in society could be linked with the teaching of the theory of evolution. But new research has confirmed what Bible-believers have known all along—that the rising acceptance of Darwin’s theory is related to declining morality in the community.

The research survey of 1535 people, conducted by the Australian National University, revealed that belief in evolution is associated with moral permissiveness. Darwin himself apparently feared that belief in evolution by the common man would lead to social decay. The survey showed that people who believed in evolution were more likely to be in favour of premarital sex than those who rejected Darwin’s theory. Another issue which highlighted the contrast between the effect of evolutionary ideas and that of biblical principles was that Darwinians were reported to be ‘especially tolerant’ of abortion.

In identifying the primary factors determining these differences in community attitudes, the author of the research report, Dr Jonathan Kelley, said: ‘The single most important influence after church attendance is the theory of evolution.’[34]

Commentary by the Scientific American and evolutionary belief and bestiality

See also: Evolutionary belief and bestiality and Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality

The pro-evolution magazine the Scientific American speciously made this unwarranted speculation via their blog:

After all, we are animals....

In any event, philosophical questions aside, I simply find it astounding — and incredibly fascinating from an evolutionary perspective — that so many people (as much as a full percent of the general population) are certifiable zoophiles. And scientific researchers appear to be slowly conceding that zoophilia may be a genuine human sexual orientation.[35]

Atheistic Denmark and bestiality

See also: Denmark and bestiality and Evolutionary belief and bestiality

Denmark is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[36]

According to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.[37]

Denmark has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the Western World.[38] In addition, in 2005 Denmark was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes were agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[39]

A 2006 article entitled Animal bordellos draw Norweigans the Norway news website Aftenposten reported:

Neither Denmark nor Norway has a prohibition on sex with animals, as long as the animals do not suffer.

On the internet Danish animal owners advertise openly that they offer sex with animals, without intervention from police or other authorities, Danish newspaper 24timer reports.[40]

Report of buses of people going to Denmark to engage in bestiality

As noted above, in 2014, according to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.[41]

Rise in bestiality tourism in Denmark. Denmark considering a ban on bestiality in 2014

In October of 2014, Mashable reported: "Banning sex with animals seems like a pretty obvious move in any civilized society, but it took a rise in bestiality tourism for Denmark to make a move."[42]

Denmark banned bestiality in 2015 in a narrow vote

In 2015, Denmark passed a law banning bestiality.[43]

Mashable reported, "Members of libertarian party Liberal Alliance and Denmark's Ethical Council for Animals, an independent advisory council, among other groups, voiced opposition to the law.[44]

According the CBS News, the bestiality ban passed in a narrow vote.[45]

A 2015 Jerusalem Post article indicates "Copenhagen has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."[46]

Bestiality and atheistic Sweden

See also: Bestiality and Sweden and Evolutionary belief and bestiality and Sexual immorality and Sweden

Sweden is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.[47] In recent years Sweden appears to have faced a growing problem with bestiality.[48][49]

Sweden is one of the most atheistic counties in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 46 - 85% of Swedes were agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[50] As noted above, Sweden also has the 3rd highest rate of belief in evolution as far as Western World nations (see: Evolutionary belief and bestiality).[51]

In 2005, LifeSiteNews reported in an article entitled Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden:

Sweden, known the world over for its avant garde sexual mores has crossed yet another barrier in its moral descent with the news that sexual abuse of animals is on the increase. A government commissioned study has found that more than 200 animals, mostly horses, have been sexually abused in Sweden since the 1970s.

The Swedish Animal Welfare Agency collected its information based on responses received from 1,600 questionnaires sent to veterinarians, animal welfare inspectors and police agencies across the country. In the period 2000 to 2004, 119 cases of bestiality were documented, compared to just three known cases in the 1970s, 17 in the 1980s and 70 in the 1990s.

The author of the report indicated that the numbers may not correctly reflect the real problem. Katarina Andersson, said that the rise in documented cases did not necessarily mean that there was a de facto increase.

“We know that there must be cases that have not been documented,” she said, adding that people have also become more aware of the problem in recent years and are therefore more likely to report suspected cases to the authorities.[52]

On April 26, 2001, in an article entitled Swedes have more and more animal sex the Swedish news website Nettavision reported:

Animal sex is not illegal in Sweden, and every year between 200 and 300 pets are injured because of sexual assaults.

The estimate was presented by Svenska Veterinärforbundet, the Swedish veterinary organization, and it is now trying to make the authorities and the public more aware of animals’ suffering. The organization claim the problem has increased during the last couple of years, even if most people are unaware of it.

“We have seen an increase since 1999 when child pornography became illegal,” said Johan Beck-Friis. “It appears, in other words, as there are some people who have replaced children with animals. In both circumstances, it is sex with defenceless individuals.”[53]

Swedish bestiality ring

See also: Sexual immorality and Sweden

On November 11, 2008, the Swedish news website The Local reported:

A Swedish newspaper has exposed a network of self-proclaimed zoophiles who meet regularly in locations around the country to have sex with animals.

The group, consisting of an estimated thirty people, is headed by a 45-year-old father of two, Expressen reports.

The unmarried former managing director is also moderator of a large internet animal sex forum and has a number of dogs and horses on his farm in southern Sweden.

Having infiltrated the network over a period of several months, Expressen eventually confronted the 45-year-old over his alleged mistreatment of animals.[54]

In 2011, it was reported that Syphilis is making a comeback in Sweden with the number of reported cases soaring by nearly 60 percent in 2010.[55]

Bestiality was made illegal in Sweden in 2014

In 2014, bestiality was made illegal in Sweden.[56]

Sexual immorality/diseases and Sweden

See also: Sexual immorality and Sweden

On May 5, 2011 the Swedish news website The Local reported in an article entitled Swedish women hit harder by STD rise:

Gonorrhoea and syphilis are making a comeback in Sweden, with the number of reported cases among young women soaring by nearly 60 percent in 2010.

According to new statistics from the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet), there was a 38 percent rise in reported cases of the two diseases among Swedes in general.

Worst hit, however, are young women between 15 and 24, where the number of cases increased by 57 percent.[57]

Libertine Sweden

See also: Sexual immorality and Sweden

Sweden, known the world over for its avant garde sexual mores has crossed yet another barrier in its moral descent with the news that sexual abuse of animals is on the increase.

A government commissioned study has found that more than 200 animals, mostly horses, have been sexually abused in Sweden since the 1970s.[58]

In November 0f 2008, the UK newspaper The Times reported:

Sweden, one of the world's most sexually tolerant societies, is in the throes of a strange, emotionally charged debate about the last taboo: bestiality.

The unmasking this week of an animal sex network by the Stockholm newspaper Expressen has again highlighted the issue. Members of parliament are urging a tightening of the laws (bestiality was decriminalised along with homosexuality in 1944) but the government is resisting the pressure...

Sweden has had a pioneering approach towards sex, at least since the 1960s when critically acclaimed films such as I am Curious Yellow depicted the society's free-wheeling attitudes. The country was one of the first to shed the stigma of single motherhood and, while Swedes talk less about sexual matters nowadays than 30 years ago, they are still pushing back the boundaries... Legal limits are set mainly on the commercial exploitation of sex: thus, while prostitution is technically legal, customers are seen as offenders who exploit and abuse women. Cameras have been set up near the entrances of brothels and clients leaving the premises can be fined on the spot.

But bestiality and the whole seedy sub-culture surrounding it is straining Swedish tolerance to bursting point. Religious Swedes say it violates a fundamental taboo: a passage from Leviticus 18 states: “And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself a beast to lie with it: it is a perversion." In the Middle Ages, men were typically burned to death for having sex with animals. Most countries nowadays either outlaw the practice entirely (most states in the US) or prosecute penetrative sex with animals (Britain). Sweden, though, has not taken a religion-based stance. Rather, it seems to accept the idea that sex with animals can be in some way consensual. If it causes injury to the animal it can be prosecuted, although in practice only two out of the 115 cases registered have ever been investigated.[59]

Bestiality and Germany

See also: Bestiality and Germany

On July 1, 2013 the Daily Mail reported that bestiality brothels were spreading quickly through Germany. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."[60]

Germany has the highest rates of belief in evolution in the world.[61] In 2005, it was estimated that 70% of Germans believed in evolution.[62] In addition, Germany is one of the most atheistic countries in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 41-49% of Germans are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[63]

A July 1, 2013, Daily Mail article on bestiality and Germany declared:

Bestiality brothels are spreading through Germany faster than ever thanks to a law that makes animal porn illegal but sex with animals legal, a livestock protection officer has warned.

Madeleine Martin told the Frankfurter Rundschau that current laws were not protecting animals from predatory zoophiles who are increasingly able to turn to bestiality as a 'lifestyle choice'.

She highlighted one case where a farmer in the Gross-Gerau region of southwest Germany, noticed his once friendly flock of sheep were beginning to shy away from human contact....

There are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats.[64]

In 2012, Russia Today reported that is estimated that there are approximately 100,000 zoophiles in Germany (a zoophile is someone who is sexually attracted to animals). [65]

In July of 2013, Tom Miller reported:

Animal rights groups warn of erotic zoo epidemic.

Move over, Japan and Thailand, there is a new leader going into the weird sex stuff clubhouse. To put it SAT terms, Germany is to weird sex stuff what Florida is to weird felonies/ prescription pill abuse. Yeah, that odd.

Per the Daily Mail, there is growing concern in Deutschland that bestiality is becoming a popular attraction in the nation's brothels.[66]

It was reported in July of 2013 that due to a sharp rise of bestiality in Germany and websites promoting it, German authorities had planned to reinstall an old law banning sex with animals.[67]

On February 13, 2013, The Local reported:

As Germany tightened its laws against having sex with animals, zoophile advocates gathered in central Berlin...

On Thursday night, there was a screening of a bestiality documentary “Coming Soon” in Berlin. It was followed by a discussion on leading a zoophilic lifestyle.[68]

In 2012, the Germany government tightened its bestiality law and now imposes a fine for engaging in bestiality with a €25,000 maximum fine. Bestiality had been stricken from Germany’s penal code in 1969 and since then had merel been against the law if “significant harm” is inflicted on the animal.[69]

Netherlands and Bestiality

A 2007 survey found that distributors in the Netherlands were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.[70]

See also: Netherlands and bestiality and Evolutionary belief and bestiality

In 2005, the Netherlands was ranked the 13th most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 39 - 44%% of the Dutch are agnostics/atheists/non-believers in God.[71] The Netherlands also has the 11th highest rate of belief in evolution as far as Western World nations (see: Evolutionary belief and bestiality).[72]

In February of 2010, the UK news website Metro reported:

Given the illicit nature of the product, precise figures on animal pornography video sales are difficult to find, but the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, in a 2007 survey, found that distributors in the Netherlands were responsible for some 80 percent of bestiality videos worldwide.[73]

In 2010, the Netherlands banned bestiality.[74]

Bestiality and godless Britain

See also: Bestiality and Britain and Britain and morality

A British study from 2001 indicates that every 20th dog or cat that receives treatment at veterinaries, the injuries are not a result of a direct accident, but the animal has been inflicted the injury as a result of a sexual assault.[75] See also: Bestiality and Britain

In 2011, in an article entitled Godless Britain Shmuley Boteach reported in the Wall Street Journal:

Britain today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From Richard Dawkins, who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend Christopher Hitchens, who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties.

While 92% of Americans believe in God, only 35% in Britain do and 43% say they have no religion, according to Britain's National Centre for Social Research. The number of people who affiliate themselves with the Church of England was 23% of the population in 2009 from 40% in 1983. In truth though, if Britain's Christian tradition is dying out, the leaders of the faith have only themselves to blame, for perpetuating the country's highly centralized religious structure.[76]

Sexual mutilations and stabbings of horses in Britain

Between 1983 and 1993 more than 160 horses were sexually mutilated and stabbed in Britain.[77] British police and animal experts have put the blame on fertility cults, rival horse owners and sadists for the attacks.[78]

Bestiality and small British animals

The abstract of the 2008 Journal of Small Animal Practice article entitled Battered pets’: sexual abuse indicated: "A study of non-accidental injury in small animals in the UK, based on responses from a random sample of small animal practitioners, identified 6 per cent of the 448 reported cases as being sexual in nature".[79]

UK TV regulators and bestiality

See also: Britain and morality

On May 26, 2005, LifeSiteNews reported:

Richard Hooper, deputy chairman of Ofcom (the UK’s TV and radio regulating body), has indicated that the long-anticipated new broadcasting code makes no definite provisions against the broadcasting of so-called ‘challenging material’ on public air-waves, including shows which deal with sex with animals, so long as it is in the proper ‘context’.

“A programme about sex with animals? Yes, it’s potentially possible,” said Ofcom deputy chairman, Richard Hooper. “It all comes down to context.” Mr. Hooper may have been thinking of a channel 4 documentary on bestiality, Animal Passions, which was aired last year. According to a Media Guardian article that particular documentary received seventy-five complaints at the time, from viewers who were concerned that it “normalized bestiality”.

Mr. Hooper’s statement serves to confirm what pro-family activists have long prophesied. That is, this new age of sexual libertarianism, which, amongst other things, allows for and normalizes homosexuality, will quickly become an age of ‘no-holds-barred’ in regards to sexual deviation unless a return to a proper understanding of sexuality is initiated.[80]

The Guardian and bestiality

On September 19, 2011, the British newspaper The Guardian published a favorable article on bestiality entitled Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image which mentioned a man's "long courtship" with a horse and also his two "mare-wives".[81]

British pensioner filmed having sex with three dogs at a "bestiality party"

The Sun in a April 10, 2017 news story wrote:

Carol Bowditch, 64, was caught on camera having sex with a St Bernard, a black Labrador and an Alsatian – but walked free after claiming she did not realise it was illegal.

The pensioner’s activities were exposed in an RAF police investigation which focused on a man identified as organising a bizarre sex party at which owners watched their dogs having sex with women, before having sex with the women themselves.

Details of the event were later shared online in an internet forum specialising in bestiality.[82]

Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain

See also: Britain and morality and Liberalism and bestiality

An exclusive British art gallery was criticised for displaying a highly offensive bestiality oriented painting which featured a goat just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.[83]

In August of 2011 the British newspaper the Daily Mail ran a story entitled The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz which declared:

An exclusive art gallery has been criticised for displaying a highly offensive painting just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.

Hotel guests were said to have been disgusted after seeing the image by the late British artist Robert Lenkiewicz – which depicts bestiality with a goat.

It was displayed on a revolving plinth in the front window of the Clarendon Fine Art gallery, around the corner from the five-star hotel in Piccadilly.

The picture – which is owned by a private collector and is expected to sell for around £30,000 – was still on display yesterday, although last night the gallery said it had been removed. [84]

Sexual immorality/diseases and the UK

See also: Britain and morality

In August of 2010, it was reported by that there was sharp increase in sexually transmitted infections in United Kingdom with almost half a million new cases last year.[85]

Bestiality and Australia

See also: Bestiality and Australia

The Australian, atheist philosopher Peter Singer defends the practice of bestiality (as well as abortion, infanticide and euthanasia). Despite holding these immoral views, he was given Australia's highest civic honor. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) [86]

In a June 14, 2012 article entitled Infanticide and bestiality advocate given Australia’s highest civic award, LifeSiteNews reported:

Notorious infanticide and bestiality-promoting ‘ethicist’ Peter Singer was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) this week, sparking strong criticism by pro-life advocates, ethicists, and columnists.

Singer was presented with the award, which is the greatest civic honour in Australia and given for “merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or humanity at large,” on Monday at the 2012 Queen’s Birthday honours. It was granted for his “eminent service to philosophy and bioethics as a leader of public debate and communicator of ideas in the areas of global poverty, animal welfare and the human condition.”[87]

Peter Singer is an Australian atheist philosopher and evolutionist. See also: Evolutionary belief and bestiality

According to the Sydney Morning Herald:

Australia is one of the least devout countries in the Western world, although two-thirds of its population identifies itself as Christian, an international survey comparing religious expression in 21 countries has found.

Religion does not play a central part in the lives of many Australians: 48 per cent of Australians surveyed said they did not partake in personal prayer and 52 per cent said they rarely attended a place of worship for religious reasons.[88]

A 2004 study by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart found that 25% of Australians do not believe in God/gods.[89] In 2006 study was done by Monash University, the Australian Catholic University and the Christian Research Association which found that 52 per cent of Australians born between 1976 and 1990 have no belief in God/gods.[90]

In 2009, Australia's newspaper The Age reported:

The surprising findings from an Age Nielsen poll show Australia is a credulous nation, willing to mix and match religious faith with belief in other phenomena.

Australians are more religious than we might have thought - 68 per cent of us believe in God or a universal spirit, and 50 per cent say religion is important or very important in their lives.

But atheists and agnostics also had a strong showing in the national survey of 1000 respondents, which was taken early this week.

Almost one in four Australians (24 per cent) do not believe in either God or a universal spirit, and 7 per cent are not sure or say they don't know.

Nearly a quarter of us believe the biblical account of human origins over the Darwinian account. Forty-two per cent of people believe in a wholly scientific explanation for the origins of life and 32 per cent believe in an evolutionary process guided by God.[91]

Law Journal mentions three Australians plead guilty to bestiality and refers to Peter Singer

Australia's Alternative Law Journal reported:

For what appears to be the first time in the state’s history, the District Court of South Australia has had to consider bestiality offences. In November 2011, two women and one man, all in their 50s and without prior convictions, pleaded guilty to bestiality offences involving domestic dogs that occurred from 2008 to 2010. After protracted sentencing hearings throughout 2012, the three defendants each received suspended prison sentences....

Neither the SA parliament nor courts have engaged with the argument, most prominently promoted by ethicist Peter Singer, that sexual activity between animals and humans is not necessarily exploitative or abusive of the animal and not an affront to an individual’s humanity, as human beings are also animals. The comparison with the penalty for incest demonstrates the seriousness with which the parliament views bestiality. Until now, the judicial attitude to the offence was untested.[92]

Australian man on bike accused of bestiality while women were walking dogs

On September 15, 2015, the Sydney Morning Herald reported:

A man will appear in court on Tuesday to answer charges that he hopped off his bike to allegedly perform sexual acts on two dogs in a shock attack in Sydney's west.

The man is alleged to have cycled up to two young women walking their dogs through an enclosed bicycle path in the western Sydney suburb of Greystanes last month.

Police will allege he exposed himself to both and assaulted one of their dogs. The pair fled as the man allegedly began to turn and attack another animal.

The 39-year-old man has been charged with bestiality and committing an act of indecency.[93]

Australian nurse with bestiality conviction deregistered

In 2014, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Kathleen Modystack, an Australian woman, convicted of bestiality in 2012 has been deregistered as a nurse and banned from working in the nursing field for three years.[94] The Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMB) won its legal case with the Health Practitioners Tribunal (HPT) after accusing Kathleen Modystack of damaging the nursing profession's reputation.[95]

Australian television station puts up a bestiality billboard in 2013

In 2013, an Australian television station put up a bestiality billboard.[96]

Irreligious Finland and bestiality

Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".[97]

See also: Irreligious Finland and bestiality

According to a 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 33% of Finnish citizens "believe there is a God". (In 2005, the figure was 41%).[98]

A Finnish news website reported in July of 2015:

Finland is indeed a last bastion of bestiality. Here a person can have sex with an animal as long as the animal is not harmed. The absence of legislation against bestiality makes the nation one of the last in the European Union not to institute a legal ban.

As the law currently stands in Finland, a person can engage in sexual intercourse with an animal as long as it cannot be proved that the animal has been treated too roughly or cruelly or that the act has caused unnecessary pain and suffering.

...Finland legalised bestiality in 1971, following in the footsteps of other European countries. It was thought that criminalising the act was not the right way to deal with people who are likely to suffer from mental illness or who are simply lonely.[99]

See also: Irreligious Finland and loneliness

Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".[100]

Washington state, bestiality, atheism and evolutionary belief

In 2017, as far as the United States, the website WorldAtlas.com ranked Washington state as having the 5th highest percentage of atheists.[101] According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, Washington was declared to have the second highest per capita number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.[102] 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".[103] In addition, in 2007 the pro-evolution magazine the Scientific American said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: Evolutionary belief and bestiality)[104]

Washington state had the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the USA in 2010

See also: Washington state and bestiality

On January 26, 2011, the Seattle Met published an article entitled Washington Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why which declared that "Washington is steeped in man-on-beast history".[105] In 2011, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, published an article entitled What’s your state worst at? Washington ranked for bestiality which featured a map entitled "The United States States of Shame: What's your state worst at" and the map had the word bestiality superimposed on the state of Washington.[106]

In 2010, the state of Washington has the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the United States even though it was merely the 13th most populous state according to the 2010 United States census.[107][108]

A 2011 study reported by CNN indicated that Washington state was a politically liberal state (see: Liberalism and bestiality).[109]

Enumclaw horse sex case

See also: Enumclaw horse sex case

The Enumclaw horse sex case was a 2005 incident in which Kenneth Pinyan, who was an American Boeing engineer residing in Gig Harbor, Washington, died from injuries received during receptive rectal sex with a stallion at a farm near the city of Enumclaw, Washington.[110] Pinyan also distributed bestiality porn under the alias Mr. Hands.[111]

The Associated Press reported that the farm where the event occurred attracted "a significant number of people" who wanted to engage in bestiality and the Seattle Times published a number of articles on the Enumclaw horse sex case.[112]

In 2007, a documentary of the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan (as well as the life led by those who came to the farm near Enumclaw, Washington) was featured at the Sundance Film Festival under the title Zoo. It was one of 16 winners out of 856 film candidates for the festival, and it played at numerous regional festivals in the United States subsequently.[113] In addition, it was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[114][115]

2005 horse bestiality stories apparently most popular articles in history of Seattle Times

See also: Washington state and bestiality

In 2005, columnist Danny Westneat reported in the Seattle Times:

Which brings me back to sex with horses. The story last summer about the man who died from a perforated colon while having sex with a horse in Enumclaw was by far the year's most read article.

What's more, four more of the year's 20 most clicked-upon local news stories were about the same horse-sex incident. We don't publish our Web-traffic numbers, but take it from me — the total readership on these stories was huge.

So much so, a case can be made that the articles on horse sex are the most widely read material this paper has published in its 109-year history.

I don't know whether to ignore this alarming factoid or to embrace it.[116]

Bestiality farm in Washington state

See also: Washington state and bestiality and Bestiality and Britain

Authorities arrested Douglas Spinks and a British tourist in a bestiality farm raid. Police found dogs, horses and mice. See also: Bestiality and Britain

On April 17, 2011, the Examiner ran a story entitled Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested which declared:

Douglas Spink, 39, had been arrested in 2005 for smuggling cocaine and was on supervised release after serving three years for his crime. Under the conditions of Douglas Spink’s release, he must adhere to all local, state, and federal laws for five years. Now authorities believe that Spink violated the terms of that release by providing animals for sex acts on an alleged bestiality farm. It has also been suggested that there is a mutual connection between Douglas Spink and Kenneth Pinyan. Pinyan was a Gig Harbor, Washington man who died after engaging in sexual acts with a horse. The case drew national attention and became known as the “Enumclaw horse sex case.”...

On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 authorities raided Douglas Spink’s animal farm and arrested Spinks and a tourist, Stephen Clarke from Peterborough, England. Authorities described some of the evidence found at the scene as ‘bizarre.’ The raid was conducted by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office in assistance with the U.S. Probation Department, U.S. Marshals Office, and the FBI. Reports state that authorities seized dogs, horses, and mice. There were reportedly thousands of images of bestiality and child pornography found on the property as well.[117]

The Huffington Post reported:

When agents searched Spink's home, they found a video of a man sexually abusing dogs -- and that man, Clarke, was still on the property, wearing the same clothes as in the video, Elfo said. He was charged with animal cruelty and made an initial appearance in Whatcom County Superior Court on Thursday.[118]

Douglas Spink previously lived in Oregon

Douglas Spink previously lived in Oregon.[119] As noted above, according to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, Oregon was declared to have the highest per capita number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.[120] 28% of the Oregon population declared they had "no religion".[121] In addition, in 2007 the pro-evolution magazine the Scientific American said that Oregon state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: Evolutionary belief and bestiality)[122] A 2011 study reported by CNN indicated that Oregon state was a politically liberal state.[123]

Bestiality in the wake of various irreligious nations passing anti-bestiality laws

The article The problem of individuals in irreligious nations engaging in bestiality may not have been largely solved! declares:

I realize that many nations have significant illegal drug problem despite the illegality of various drugs. And the prohibition of alcohol was an abysmal failure in the United States. But I was hoping that various countries in Secular Europe passing anti-bestiality laws in the wake of their countries notable and embarrassing problems with bestiality largely solved the problem. It probably did, but this may not be the case.

The website Health24 recently published an article entitled Bestiality is much, much more common than you think which states:

You might think that bestiality has died out, or that it only happens on farms, or that it's illegal everywhere. You would be very, very, very wrong...
It would be naïve to suggest, though, that the problem disappeared after the laws changed. Even in situations where zoophilia is legal, it is still far from socially acceptable, and so those who indulge in it are used to keeping quiet. Instead, zoophiles tend to communicate and congregate through societies, like the Germany-based Zoophiles Engagement für Toleranz und Aufklrung, as well as dedicated websites which offer a judgement-free space to converse.
The largest such site, BeastForum, claims over 1.2 million registered members at the time of writing as well as more than that number again in unregistered visitors. The forum has boards where members can share tips on getting their animals to participate as well as post pictures and videos of their sexual experiences with the animals.
These discussion are bracingly open and descriptive. Almost all of the forum’s boards are updated with new posts daily and the General topics board alone receives dozens of posts every day. The majority of these posts are well-written, coherent and spark spirited conversation and suggestions. This niche is not simply reserved for rural or uneducated people, these people are bank managers, physiotherapists and teachers, and there are lots of them.[124]

Wikipedia on bestiality

See also: Wikipedia on bestiality and liberal and Leftist roots of Wikipedia and Atheism and morality

The Wikipedia project was initiated by atheist Jimmy Wales and the agnostic philosophy professor Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001.[125] An irony of internet history is that Jimmy Wales, despite being an atheist, refers to himself as Wikipedia's "spiritual leader".[126] Despite its official "neutrality policy," Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias.

As of September 22, 2011, Wikipedia's article on zoophilia/bestiality has an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia as well as a section on "arguments against zoophilia". No worthwhile encyclopedia in existence has an article on zoophilia/bestiality with an entire section on "arguments for zoophilia" plus pictures depicting zoophilia. In addition, as of September 24, 2011, Wikipedia has a "Zoophilia and the law" article which has a section on the impact of zoophilia laws where 6 alleged negative impacts of zoophilia laws are given, but no positive impacts of the laws are given.

Prominent homosexual activist and atheist Frank Kameny's comments on bestiality

See also: Homosexuality and bestiality

Homosexual activist Frank Kameny is a fervent atheist.[127][128]

On Jun 04, 2008, LifeSiteNews wrote:

Long-time homosexual activist Frank Kameny’s claim to fame is successfully manipulating the American Psychiatric Association into declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder, and today the Smithsonian honoree is now busily advocating bestiality "as long as the animal doesn’t mind."

Kameny, 83, has had a long career advocating the removal of any restrictions on human acts long considered by sane societies as obscene, dangerous, and disordered...

Kameny describes his mission as "Americanism in action" by advocating bestiality and encouraging the saturation of American culture with what he calls "more and better and harder-core pornography."

According to Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH), Kameny wrote an e-mail to them saying that while he was personally opposed to bestiality, he found it an otherwise "harmless" quirk, so long as it was consensual with the animal involved.

"Bestiality is not my thing," Kameny wrote. "But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn’t mind (and the animal rarely does), I don’t mind, and I don’t see why anyone else should."[129]

French bestiality advertisement

See also: Evolutionary belief and bestiality and Homosexuality and bestiality and Liberalism and bestiality

France has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.[130] In addition, France has 4rth highest belief in evolution in the Western World.[131][132] In 2010, a French advertisement appeared which was bestiality oriented.[133]

France has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.[134] In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in evolution in the Western World.[135]

On June 24, 2010 the website Gawker wrote in an article entitled This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France wrote:

If Bill O'Reilly was upset about a harmless gay-themed French commercial for McDonalds just wait until he sees this insane spot for Orangina where a humanoid mountain lion shaves and then embraces his gay lover. Um, what?

So we see a mountain lion made to look like a man shaving his face, but instead of shaving cream, he uses Orangina, the sticky sweet carbonated beverage that is the European equivalent of Sunkist. That's strange enough, but what sends this over the edge is that his hunky boyfriend comes over and feels how smooth his shave is at the last second.[136]

The French atheist Marquis de Sade wrote sadomasochistic novels which featured rape, bestiality and necrophilia. During a portion of his life, the Marquis de Sade had problems maintaining a healthy weight and he was grotesquely obese (see: Atheism and obesity). [137]

See also:

American study found that necrobestiality is seen as being representative of atheists

See also: Atheism and necrobestiality

The abstract of a 2014 peer-reviewed study in the journal Plos One reported:

American participants intuitively judged a wide variety of immoral acts (e.g., serial murder, consensual incest, necrobestiality, cannibalism) as representative of atheists, but not of eleven other religious, ethnic, and cultural groups. Even atheist participants judged immoral acts as more representative of atheists than of other groups. These findings demonstrate a prevalent intuition that belief in God serves a necessary function in inhibiting immoral conduct, and may help explain persistent negative perceptions of atheists.[138]

Christian apologist and author Michael Caputo on atheist morality and the issue of bestiality

See also: Atheism and morality and Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA

The Christian apologist and author Michael Caputo writes:

Although bestiality is not openly supported by well known Militant Atheist sites, support for it is inherent in their insistence that decisions of a sexual nature should be left up to the individual adults to determine. God disagrees.[139]

For more information please see: Atheism and morality

Richard Dawkins, Peter Singer and bestiality

In their book Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker indicate about Richard Dawkins:

In this regard, Dawkins praises the evolutionist and atheist “philosopher Peter Singer” as the most eloquent advocate against the speciesist notion that human beings are somehow morally superior...

Given that both he and Singer work according to the same principle — that species distinctions are morally insignificant and that morality must therefore be determined by the capacity to feel pleasure and pain — Dawkins cannot offer a good reason that Singer's affirmation of bestiality is illicit.[140]

Dawkins says in his ten commandments: “Enjoy your own sex life (so long as it damages nobody else) and leave others to enjoy theirs in private whatever their inclinations, which are none of your business;” “Do not discriminate or oppress on the basis of sex, race or (as far as possible) species.”[141]

Militant atheist Joseph Stalin's ape-men experiments

Joseph Stalin's atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people.

See also: Joseph Stalin's ape-men experiments

In an article entitled Stalin’s ape-man Superwarriors Creation Ministries International declares:

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin wanted to rebuild the Red Army, in the mid-1920s, with Planet-of-the-Apes-style troops by crossing humans with apes. This was according to a report in The Scotsman newspaper on 20 December 2005.

The report claimed that Stalin ordered Russia’s top animal-breeding scientist, Ilya Ivanov, to use his skills to produce a super warrior. Stalin is said to have told Ivanov, ‘I want a new invincible human being, insensitive to pain, resistant and indifferent about the quality of food they eat.’ In 1926, the Politburo in Moscow passed this request to build a ‘living war machine’ on to the Academy of Sciences, who engaged Ivanov and sent him to West Africa with many thousands of dollars to conduct experiments in impregnating chimpanzees by artificial insemination. In the USSR, a centre was set up in Georgia, Stalin’s birthplace, for the ‘apes’ to be raised.

Ivanov’s experiments in Africa were a total failure. Further experiments in Georgia to use monkey sperm in human volunteers also failed. Ivanov was now in disgrace. For his expensive failure, he was sentenced to five years’ jail, commuted to five years’ exile in Kazakhstan, where he died in 1932, aged 61.[142]

Americans For Truth on atheism, bestiality and homosexuality

See also: Atheism and homosexuality

The conservative journalist Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth wrote: "Anyone who has researched the subject of homosexuality knows that many of the most staunch advocates of homosexuality are those who hold a decidedly secular outlook."[143] At the same time, atheistic communist regimes in history historically have often taken a negative view of homosexuality and within Western World atheism, there is a segment of that atheist population which takes a negative view of homosexuality. See: Atheist actions against homosexuals.

Sonja Dalton of Americans For Truth wrote:

The fact is that humans are hard-wired to distinguish normal, natural behaviors from depraved, wicked acts. God instilled man with a conscience whereby we know, intuitively and with confidence, that acts of righteousness evoke joy and that other acts are wicked and morally reprehensible…at least we recognize that until we start to rationalize, unless the conscience has been seared, hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Nearly everyone understands that having “sex” with animals is appalling — there is no organized, multi-million dollar movement to advance the rights of those with a sexual proclivity for livestock (at least not yet), no claim that they were “born that way.”

The same God who condemns bestiality as “perversion” also calls homosexual acts “detestable.” His morality is the one upon which our nation’s laws were founded. If Christian morality is exiled, whose morality will become our standard?

And the real question is this: If we as a society still believe that bestiality is immoral, why are we so foolishly embracing “proud” homosexuality as “moral” — when it clearly cannot be?[144]

The Barna Group found regarding atheism and morality that those who hold to the worldviews of atheism or agnosticism in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; abortion; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in homosexuality/bisexuality.[145] Given the many diseases associated with homosexuality, the biblical prohibition against homosexuality is quite arguably one of the many examples where the Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time.

Atheist Elmina Drake Slenker and her writing on bestiality

See also: Atheism and women and Views on atheists and Distrust of atheists

The atheist sociologist Phil Zuckerman wrote:

The final profile is that of Elmina Drake Slenker, an ex-Quaker who wrote novels as well as short, didactic stories for children about Darwinian naturalism, rationalism, and other secularist topics. Slenker came out publicly as an atheist in 1856 by publishing a letter in the Boston Investigator in defense of the infamous infidel Ernestine Rose. Such declarations of unbelief were scandalous for any individual at the time, but especially for women. As Schmidt documents, “Being a village atheist invited cold shoulders; being a female village atheist doubly so.” Condemnation of Slenker was swift, not only by friends and relatives, but also by public voices, newspapers editors, and writers such as the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who wrote that “the most repellent object on earth is a woman infidel. She is as unnatural as a flower which breathes poison instead of perfume.” What ultimately brought Slenker into national prominence was her prosecution by Anthony Comstock’s anti-vice crusade. Her crime? Writing leaflets and personal letters to various people about human sexuality, marital relations, birth control, and bestiality. She was put on trial, and it only took the jury 10 minutes to find her guilty.[146]

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  8. Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement
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  19. Atheist Dad of the Year
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  25. Atheism and Bestiality - portion of Craig vs. Hitchens debate - audience participation period
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  27. Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate
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  40. Denmark passes law banning bestiality by Jessica Plautz, Mashable, Apr 22, 2015
  41. Denmark outlaws bestiality in narrow vote, CBS News
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  51. Swedish women hit harder by STD rise
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  103. 2010 United States Census data
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  112. Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested April 17, 2011, Examiner - Charisse Van Horn, US Headlines Examiner
  113. Douglas Spink Arrested In BESTIALITY Case: Mice In Vaseline, Dogs, Horses Found At Exitpoint Stallions Limitee
  114. Douglas Spink Arrested In BESTIALITY Case: Mice In Vaseline, Dogs, Horses Found At Exitpoint Stallions Limitee
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  118. 2011 Political map - CNN
  119. The problem of the irreligious engaging in bestiality may not have been largely solved!
  120. http://www.nndb.com/lists/288/000092012/
  121. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/09/wikimedia_pron_purge/
  122. ‘Gay’ Hero Frank Kameny Calls Believers “Christianofascists”; Library of Congress Honors “Gay Is Godly” Atheist
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  124. Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK “As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind”
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  127. Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
  128. This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France
  129. Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)
  130. Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
  131. This Gay Bestiality Ad Is Crazy Even For France
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  133. Everything Is Permitted? People Intuitively Judge Immorality as Representative of Atheists
  134. GOD, THE BIBLE AND BESTIALITY
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  136. The Dawkins Delusion by Albert Mohler, Jr., 2006
  137. Stalin’s ape-man Superwarriors
  138. Atheism and homosexuality
  139. Why Do We Regard Bestiality as Immoral?
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