| | 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 [[dog]]s, horses, and [[mouse|mice]]. There were reportedly thousands of images of bestiality and child pornography found on the property as well.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/us-headlines-in-national/bestiality-farm-raided-washington-state-douglas-spink-arrested ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' April 17, 2011, Examiner - Charisse Van Horn, US Headlines Examiner]</ref>}} | | 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 [[dog]]s, horses, and [[mouse|mice]]. There were reportedly thousands of images of bestiality and child pornography found on the property as well.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/us-headlines-in-national/bestiality-farm-raided-washington-state-douglas-spink-arrested ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' April 17, 2011, Examiner - Charisse Van Horn, US Headlines Examiner]</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]]). |
| | + | 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, ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine made the observation that atheists tend to be quarrelsome, socially challenged men.<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/08/socially-autistic-atheist.html</ref> |