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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/instance/2568718/ Mental health, family function and obesity in African-American women], J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 April; 97(4): 478–482.
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/instance/2568718/ Mental health, family function and obesity in African-American women], J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 April; 97(4): 478–482.
</ref> See also: [[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight]]
</ref> See also: [[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight]]
=== Atheism and reason ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and reason]] and [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Atheism and logic]]
If [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]] is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for [[reason]] for the human brain would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces.
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*[http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/09/cs-lewis-argument-from-reason.html C.S. Lewis' argument from reason]
*[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2013/11/cs_lewis_and_th079541.html C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason] by Jay W. Richards, November 25, 2013
*[http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-6-number-6/cs-lewis-and-materialism C.S. Lewis and Materialism] by John G. West
*[http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=8669 C.S. Lewis On The Validity of Reasoning]
*[http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2012/04/cs-lewis-on-rationality-and-materialism.html C.S. Lewis on Rationality and Materialism ]
*[http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2008/08/naturalisms-hot.html Naturalism's Hot Water]
</ref> Therefore, believing in naturalism is self-defeating.
In short, atheism/naturalism and reason are incompatible.<ref>
*[http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/09/cs-lewis-argument-from-reason.html C.S. Lewis' argument from reason]
*[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2013/11/cs_lewis_and_th079541.html C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason] by Jay W. Richards, November 25, 2013
*[http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-6-number-6/cs-lewis-and-materialism C.S. Lewis and Materialism] by John G. West
*[http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=8669 C.S. Lewis On The Validity of Reasoning]
*[http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2012/04/cs-lewis-on-rationality-and-materialism.html C.S. Lewis on Rationality and Materialism ]
*[http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2008/08/naturalisms-hot.html Naturalism's Hot Water]
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== See also ==
== See also ==