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*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister | *[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]] and [[Atheism and morality]] | *[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]] and [[Atheism and morality]] | ||
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| + | The [[Barna Group]] found that atheists and [[agnostics]] in America were more likely, than [[theist]]s in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; [[pornography]] and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/bisexuality.<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard</ref> | ||
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| + | Given the [[Homosexuality and Health|many diseases associated with homosexuality]], the [[Bible|biblical]] prohibition against homosexuality is quite arguably one of the many examples where the Bible exhibited [http://creationwiki.org/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge knowledge that was ahead of its time]. | ||
== The Bible and incest == | == The Bible and incest == | ||
Revision as of 15:44, June 16, 2015
Lawrence Krauss is a prominent atheist. In response to the question, "Why is incest wrong?", Krauss said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."[1]
Krauss belongs to the New Atheism school of atheism which is a form of militant atheism.
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New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest
The Christian Research Institute declared:
| “ | 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....
That atheists are incapable of judging spiritual matters leads some Christians to wonder why we even need to answer them at all, especially if they lack any objective, moral, or epistemological foundation for their claims. Moreover, most atheists do not customarily condemn the very practices that God condemns, for example, idolatry, adultery, and homosexuality. Predictably so, their values conflict with what God hates... Incest. Like all Ancient Near East (ANE) pantheons, the Canaanite pantheon was incestuous. Baal has sex with his mother Asherah,6 his sister Anat, and his daughter Pidray,7 and none of this is presented pejoratively.[3] |
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In recent years, various atheistic countries have had noticeable problems with bestiality (see: Atheism and bestiality and Geographic areas where bestiality is posing a notable problem).
Atheism and morality
Not possessing a religious basis for morality, which can provide a legitimate basis for objective morality, atheists are fundamentally incapable of having a coherent system of morality.[4] See:Moral failures of the atheist population and Atheism and morality
The Barna Group found that atheists and agnostics in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; abortion; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in homosexuality/bisexuality.[5]
Given the many diseases associated with homosexuality, the biblical prohibition against homosexuality is quite arguably one of the many examples where the Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time.
The Bible and incest
The Bible exhibits a reasonable morality in regards incest.[6][7][8]
Notes
- ↑ Lawrence Krauss on incest
- ↑ Bestiality brothels are 'spreading through Germany'
- ↑ Killing the Canaanites: A Response to the New Atheism’s “Divine Genocide” Claims
- ↑
Paul Copan
- Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God? by Peter S. Williams
- Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality by Chad Meister
- The failure of atheism to account for morality
- ↑ http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard
- ↑ Where did Cain get his wife?
- ↑ Incest in the Bible
- ↑ Cain’s wife explanation and incest
