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| | == Atheism and other immoral acts == | | == Atheism and other immoral acts == |
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| | [[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|251px|right|Atheists are often accused of lacking [[moral intelligence]] and social intelligence. The atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to [[bestiality]] in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">Multiple references: | | [[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|251px|right|Atheists are often accused of lacking [[moral intelligence]] and social intelligence. The atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to [[bestiality]] in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">Multiple references: |
| | *Warden, Rick (August 10, 2012). [http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html "Atheist achilles heels: objective morality and sacred life"]. Templestream Blog. Retrieved on July 20, 2014. | | *Warden, Rick (August 10, 2012). [http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html "Atheist achilles heels: objective morality and sacred life"]. Templestream Blog. Retrieved on July 20, 2014. |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Moral failures of the atheist population]] and [[Atheism and morality]] |
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| | Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a legitimate basis for objective morality, [[Atheism|atheist]]s are fundamentally [[Moral_relativism|incapable]] of having a coherent system of morality.<ref>Multiple references: | | Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a legitimate basis for objective morality, [[Atheism|atheist]]s are fundamentally [[Moral_relativism|incapable]] of having a coherent system of morality.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Copan, Paul (2008). [http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf "God, naturalism, and the foundations of morality"]. ''The Future of Atheism'', ed. Robert Stewart (Minneapolis: Fortress Press), pp. 141-161. Retrieved form PaulCopan.com on October 3, 2014. | | *Copan, Paul (2008). [http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf "God, naturalism, and the foundations of morality"]. ''The Future of Atheism'', ed. Robert Stewart (Minneapolis: Fortress Press), pp. 141-161. Retrieved form PaulCopan.com on October 3, 2014. |