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The [[Barna Group]] found regarding [[Atheism and Morality|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]]; cohabitation with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; [[gambling]]; [[pornography]] and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/[[bisexuality]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=152</ref>  Furthermore, [[per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in [[United States|America]] [[Atheism and charity|give significantly less to charity than theists even when church giving is not counted for theists]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/12-faithspirituality/102-atheists-and-agnostics-take-aim-at-christians</ref><ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3647/is_200310/ai_n9340592/</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=2682730&page=2</ref>

The [[Barna Group]] found regarding [[Atheism and Morality|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]]; cohabitation with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; [[gambling]]; [[pornography]] and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/[[bisexuality]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=152</ref>  Furthermore, [[per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in [[United States|America]] [[Atheism and charity|give significantly less to charity than theists even when church giving is not counted for theists]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/12-faithspirituality/102-atheists-and-agnostics-take-aim-at-christians</ref><ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3647/is_200310/ai_n9340592/</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=2682730&page=2</ref>

Given that atheistic evolutionary thinking has engendered [[social Darwinism]] and given that [[Atheism and morality|the proponents of atheism have no rational basis for morality in their ideology]], the immoral views that atheists often hold and the low per capita giving of American atheists is not unpredictable.  Historically, [[Atheism and Mass Murder|atheistic communism regimes have been the most murderous societies in world history in terms of the numbers of individuals killed.]]

Given that atheistic evolutionary thinking has engendered [[social Darwinism]] and given that [[Atheism and morality|the proponents of atheism have no rational basis for morality in their ideology]], the immoral views that atheists often hold and the low per capita giving of American atheists is not unpredictable.  Historically, [[Atheism and Mass Murder|atheistic communism regimes have been the most murderous societies in world history in terms of the numbers of individuals killed.]]