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| | == Sex: The Queen of Problems in Evolutionary Biology == | | == Sex: The Queen of Problems in Evolutionary Biology == |
| − | [[File:220px-Mars symbol.svg.png|thumbnail|right|255px|In the [[Western World]] and globally, a significant majority of atheists are men. See: [[Atheism and women]]. ]] | + | [[File:220px-Mars symbol.svg.png|thumbnail|right|200px|In the [[Western World]] and globally, a significant majority of atheists are men. See: [[Atheism and women]]. ]] |
| | Without the origination of sex/gender, there would be no romantic love. | | Without the origination of sex/gender, there would be no romantic love. |
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| | == Christian satire about atheism and romantic love == | | == Christian satire about atheism and romantic love == |
| − | [[File:TFT.JPG|thumb|right|400px|[[True Freethinker]] is a [[Christian apologetics]] website run by Ken Ammi which offers many refutations of [[atheism]].]] | + | [[File:TFT.JPG|thumb|right|300px|[[True Freethinker]] is a [[Christian apologetics]] website run by Ken Ammi which offers many refutations of [[atheism]].]] |
| | ''See also:'' [[Christian marriage]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Atheist marriages]] | | ''See also:'' [[Christian marriage]] and [[Atheism and marriage]] and [[Atheist marriages]] |
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| | == Atheism and lower empathy towards others == | | == Atheism and lower empathy towards others == |
| − | [[File:Beggar.jpg|thumb|right|275px|A child in [[Thailand]] where the nontheistic form of [[Buddhism]] called the Theravada school of Buddhism is prevalent. In 2010, the Pew Research Forum indicated that 93.2% of the people of Thailand were Buddhists.<ref name="pew2010">[http://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf Pew Research Center - Global Religious Landscape 2010 - religious composition by country].</ref> | + | [[File:Beggar.jpg|thumb|right|205px|A child in [[Thailand]] where the nontheistic form of [[Buddhism]] called the Theravada school of Buddhism is prevalent. In 2010, the Pew Research Forum indicated that 93.2% of the people of Thailand were Buddhists.<ref name="pew2010">[http://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf Pew Research Center - Global Religious Landscape 2010 - religious composition by country].</ref> |
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| | [[Per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in America give significantly less to charity than [[theism|theists]] even when church giving is not counted for theists (See: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]). ]] | | [[Per capita]] [[atheism|atheists]] and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] in America give significantly less to charity than [[theism|theists]] even when church giving is not counted for theists (See: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]). ]] |
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| | [[Evolutionary racism]] played major role in causing the Holocaust. See also: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]] | | [[Evolutionary racism]] played major role in causing the Holocaust. See also: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]] |
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| − | [[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|300px|St. Paul defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]] | + | [[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|200px|St. Paul defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]] |
| | The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] taught about love in a letter to the Corinthian Church: | | The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] taught about love in a letter to the Corinthian Church: |
| | {{cquote|Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8<ref>1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NASB version</ref>}} | | {{cquote|Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8<ref>1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NASB version</ref>}} |
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| | As noted above, the Apostle Paul taught that arrogance and easily provoked anger are antithetical to love. The atheist population has a significant problem with pride, anger and quarrelsomeness (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social intelligence]] and [[Atheist factions]]). | | As noted above, the Apostle Paul taught that arrogance and easily provoked anger are antithetical to love. The atheist population has a significant problem with pride, anger and quarrelsomeness (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social intelligence]] and [[Atheist factions]]). |
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| − | [[File:G. Christina.jpg|thumbnail|left|275px|Picture of [[Greta Christina]] in 2010. | + | [[File:G. Christina.jpg|thumbnail|left|205px|Picture of [[Greta Christina]] in 2010. |
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| | == Atheism has a poor track record in terms of creating art/music about atheism/love == | | == Atheism has a poor track record in terms of creating art/music about atheism/love == |
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| − | [[File:Creation of Adam.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|[[Michelangelo]]'s ''Creation of Adam'']] | + | [[File:Creation of Adam.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|[[Michelangelo]]'s ''Creation of Adam'']] |
| | See also: [[Atheism and musical–rhythmic intelligence and artistic intelligence|Atheism and art/music]] and [[Atheism and a lack of appreciation for the beauty of the human body]] and [[Argument from beauty]] | | See also: [[Atheism and musical–rhythmic intelligence and artistic intelligence|Atheism and art/music]] and [[Atheism and a lack of appreciation for the beauty of the human body]] and [[Argument from beauty]] |
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