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[[File:Hitler.jpg|thumb|206px|right|The [[Evolution|evolutionist]] and [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Richard Dawkins]] said in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."<ref name=Hitler>http://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist</ref>]]

[[File:Hitler.jpg|thumb|206px|right|The [[evolution]]ist and [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Richard Dawkins]] said in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."<ref name=Hitler>http://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist</ref>]]

The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[William Lane Craig]] declared:

The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[William Lane Craig]] declared:

{{cquote|...to say that the [[Holocaust]] was objectively [[evil]] is to say that it was evil, even though the [[Nazi]]s who carried it out thought that it was good, and it would still have been evil even if the Nazis had won World War II and succeeded in brainwashing or exterminating everyone who disagreed with them, so that everybody thought the Holocaust was good.”<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/does-objective-morality-depend-upon-god/ Does objective morality depend upon God?]</ref>}}

{{cquote|...to say that the [[Holocaust]] was objectively [[evil]] is to say that it was evil, even though the [[Nazi]]s who carried it out thought that it was good, and it would still have been evil even if the Nazis had won World War II and succeeded in brainwashing or exterminating everyone who disagreed with them, so that everybody thought the Holocaust was good.”<ref>[http://www.strangenotions.com/does-objective-morality-depend-upon-god/ Does objective morality depend upon God?]</ref>}}

On the other hand, the [[Evolution|evolutionist]] and [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Richard Dawkins]] said in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."<ref name=Hitler />

On the other hand, the [[evolution]]ist and [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Richard Dawkins]] said in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."<ref name=Hitler />

Larry Taunton, the interviewer wrote, regarding Dawkins' Hitler comment:

Larry Taunton, the interviewer wrote, regarding Dawkins' Hitler comment:

But Dawkins would have none of it. [[Christianity]], in his view, had contributed nothing worthwhile to Western civilization, morally or otherwise. Moral advances—and, curiously, he did consider them advances—were matters for further scientific inquiry.<ref name=Hitler />}}

But Dawkins would have none of it. [[Christianity]], in his view, had contributed nothing worthwhile to Western civilization, morally or otherwise. Moral advances—and, curiously, he did consider them advances—were matters for further scientific inquiry.<ref name=Hitler />}}

See also: [[Richard Dawkins' commentary on Adolf Hitler]]

{{See also|Richard Dawkins' commentary on Adolf Hitler}}

Dawkins is a [[Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations|vocal opponent of Islam]].  Despite his opposition to religion/[[Christianity]], Dawkins indicated: "Christianity may actually be our best defence against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world".<ref>[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/richard.dawkins.says.christianity.is.worlds.best.defence.against.radical.islam/76416.htm Richard Dawkins says Christianity is world's best defence against radical Islam], Christianity Today,  January 2016</ref>  

Dawkins is a [[Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations|vocal opponent of Islam]].  Despite his opposition to religion/[[Christianity]], Dawkins indicated: "Christianity may actually be our best defence against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world".<ref>[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/richard.dawkins.says.christianity.is.worlds.best.defence.against.radical.islam/76416.htm Richard Dawkins says Christianity is world's best defence against radical Islam], Christianity Today,  January 2016</ref>  

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Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a basis for objective morality, [[Atheism|atheists]] are fundamentally [[Moral_relativism|incapable]] of having a coherent system of morality.<ref>

Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a basis for objective morality, [[Atheism|atheists]] are fundamentally [[Moral relativism|incapable]] of having a coherent system of morality.<ref>

*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by

*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by

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