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== New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest ==
Christian Research Institute:
The “new atheists” call God’s commands to kill the Canaanites “genocide,” but a closer look at the horror of the Canaanites’ sinfulness, exhibited in rampant idolatry, incest, adultery, child sacrifice, [[homosexuality]], and [[bestiality]], reveals that God’s reason for commanding their death was not genocide but capital punishment.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/killing-the-canaanites/ Killing the Canaanites: A Response to the New Atheism’s “Divine Genocide” Claims]</ref>
In recent years, atheistic countries have had noticeable problems with bestiality and have had to enact laws to manage the problem (see: [[Atheism and bestiality]] and
== Atheism and morality ==
Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a legitimate 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
Paul Copan
*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister
*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]</ref> See:[[Moral failures of the atheist population]]).
Christian Research Institute:
The “new atheists” call God’s commands to kill the Canaanites “genocide,” but a closer look at the horror of the Canaanites’ sinfulness, exhibited in rampant idolatry, incest, adultery, child sacrifice, [[homosexuality]], and [[bestiality]], reveals that God’s reason for commanding their death was not genocide but capital punishment.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/killing-the-canaanites/ Killing the Canaanites: A Response to the New Atheism’s “Divine Genocide” Claims]</ref>
In recent years, atheistic countries have had noticeable problems with bestiality and have had to enact laws to manage the problem (see: [[Atheism and bestiality]] and
== Atheism and morality ==
Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a legitimate 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
Paul Copan
*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister
*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]</ref> See:[[Moral failures of the atheist population]]).