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Line 3: − + − − Atheists typically hold that no religious text can be our only source of morality although all of them may contain useful ideas or principles. As atheists do not believe in any form of deity, books purported to be based upon the wishes of such deities are inherently suspect. Additionally, many atheists assert the Bible contains immoral acts which they claim include the Israelite expulsion of heathen nations from Canaan, the stoning of [http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/gay/long.htm homosexuals] to death, poor treatment of women, and the institution of [http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/says_about/slavery.html slavery]. [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologetists]] counter assert that these objections to the goodness of God are invalid. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/lp/outrage.html</ref><ref>http://www.comereason.org/bibl_cntr/con030.asp</ref><ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com/qnoslave.html</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/feedback/2007/0202.asp</ref> +
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Well-known atheists include [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Ayn Rand]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Douglas Adams]], [[William Borden]] and [[Sam Harris]].
Well-known atheists include [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Ayn Rand]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Douglas Adams]], [[William Borden]] and [[Sam Harris]].
== Atheist morality ==
== Atheism and morality ==
Since atheism is not a worldview it carries no obligation to any kind of moral system such as those based on political ideologies or religious texts. Thus atheism is ''amoral'' not ''immoral''. Immorality results from flouting the conventions of one's own morality; amorality is being without morality.<ref>http://www.creationtheory.org/Morality/</ref> Atheists of course do have moral and ethical codes which differ among atheists since atheists can have any system of morality they choose.
=== Christian View of Origins ===
=== Christian View of Origins ===