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[[File:Laurence Krauss.JPG|thumbnail|right|150px|In response to the question, "Why is [[incest]] wrong?", the atheist [[Lawrence Krauss]] said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7dRpWIdBo Lawrence Krauss on incest]</ref>]]
 
[[File:Laurence Krauss.JPG|thumbnail|right|150px|In response to the question, "Why is [[incest]] wrong?", the atheist [[Lawrence Krauss]] said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7dRpWIdBo Lawrence Krauss on incest]</ref>]]
[[Lawrence Krauss]] is a prominent atheist and atheist activist.  In response to the question, "Why is [[incest]] wrong?", Krauss said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7dRpWIdBo Lawrence Krauss on incest]</ref> Krauss belongs to the [[New Atheism]] school of [[atheism]] which is a form of [[militant atheism]].
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According to the ''Merriam-Webster dictionary'', [[incest]] is "sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also:  the statutory crime of such a relationship."<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incest Incest - definition by the online Merriam-Webster dictionary]</ref>
  
The YouTube channel [[TheAmazingAtheist]] is the most popular atheist YouTube channel with over 685,972 subscribers as of June of 2015.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAmazingAtheist/about About TheAmazingAtheist YouTube channel]</ref> The AmazingAtheist produced a video entitled '' Atheist Libertarian Defends Incest, Polygamy and Cannibalism!''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMYBndRD9Ko Atheist Libertarian Defends Incest, Polygamy and Cannibalism!]</ref>  
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== Prominent atheists on incest ==
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[[Lawrence Krauss]] is a prominent atheist and atheist activist.  In response to the question, "Why is incest wrong?", Krauss said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7dRpWIdBo Lawrence Krauss on incest]</ref>  Krauss belongs to the [[New Atheism]] school of [[atheism]] which is a form of [[militant atheism]].
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The YouTube channel [[TheAmazingAtheist]] is the most popular atheist YouTube channel with over 685,972 subscribers as of June 2015.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAmazingAtheist/about About TheAmazingAtheist YouTube channel]</ref> The AmazingAtheist produced a video entitled '' Atheist Libertarian Defends Incest, Polygamy and Cannibalism!''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMYBndRD9Ko Atheist Libertarian Defends Incest, Polygamy and Cannibalism!]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and cannibalism]] and [[Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships]]
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== University of Kentucky study related to beliefs about atheists/incest/immorality ==
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''See also:'' [[Views on Atheists|Views on atheists]] and [[Atheism and social outcasts]]
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In 2014, a University of Kentucky study was published by Will M. Gervais, which was entitled "Everything is permitted? People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists", and the study indicated that "even atheist participants viewed immorality as significantly more representative of atheists than of other people."<ref>Gervais, Will M. (April 9, 2014).  "Everything is permitted?  People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists". ''PLOS ONE'', {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0092302}}.  Retrieved on October 29, 2014.</ref>
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A quotation from the abstract of Will M. Gervais' study "Everything is permitted? People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists":
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{{cquote|American participants intuitively judged a wide variety of immoral acts (e.g., serial murder, consensual incest, necrobestiality, cannibalism) as representative of atheists, but not of eleven other religious, ethnic, and cultural groups. Even atheist participants judged immoral acts as more representative of atheists than of other groups. These findings demonstrate a prevalent intuition that belief in God serves a necessary function in inhibiting immoral conduct, and may help explain persistent negative perceptions of atheists.<ref>Gervais, Will M. (April 9, 2014).  "Everything is permitted?  People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists". ''PLOS ONE'', {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0092302}}.  Retrieved on October 29, 2014.</ref>}}
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See also:
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*[[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]
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*[[Atheism and necrobestiality]]
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*[[Atheism and cannibalism]]
  
 
== New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest ==
 
== New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest ==
[[File:Loc of Germany.PNG|thumbnail|200px|right|On July 1, 2013 the ''Daily Mail'' reported that [[bestiality]] brothels were spreading quickly through [[Germany]]. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html Bestiality brothels are 'spreading through Germany']</ref> See: [[Bestiality and Germany]] ]]
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The Christian Research Institute declared:  
 
The Christian Research Institute declared:  
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[[File:Loc of Germany.PNG|thumbnail|200px|right|On July 1, 2013 the ''Daily Mail'' reported that [[bestiality]] brothels were spreading quickly through [[Germany]]. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html Bestiality brothels are 'spreading through Germany']</ref> See: [[Bestiality and Germany]] ]]
 
{{cquote|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....
 
{{cquote|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....
  
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== Atheism and morality ==
 
== 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>
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''See also:'' [[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|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
 
*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by
 
Paul Copan
 
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.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://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]]
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*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]</ref>  See:[[Atheist population and immorality]] and [[Atheism and morality]]
  
 
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>  
 
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>  
  
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].
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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 ==
  
The Bible exhibits a reasonable morality in regards incest.<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c004.html Where did Cain get his wife?]</ref><ref>[http://www.gotquestions.org/incest-in-the-Bible.html Incest in the Bible]</ref><ref>[http://creation.com/cains-wife-explanation-gross-and-disgusting Cain’s wife explanation and incest]</ref>
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The Bible exhibits a reasonable morality in regards incest.<ref>[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c004.html Where did Cain get his wife?]</ref><ref>[https://www.gotquestions.org/incest-in-the-Bible.html Incest in the Bible]</ref><ref>[https://creation.com/cains-wife-explanation-gross-and-disgusting Cain’s wife explanation and incest]</ref>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
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*[[Atheism and sexuality]]
 
*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
 
*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
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*[[Atheism and children]]
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*[[Atheism and rape]]
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*[[Mass rape during the occupation of Germany|Mass rape of German women by the Soviet army]]
 
*[[Atheism and marriage]]
 
*[[Atheism and marriage]]
 
*[[Atheist marriages]]
 
*[[Atheist marriages]]
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*[[Antitheism and antisocial behavior]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
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In response to the question, "Why is incest wrong?", the atheist Lawrence Krauss said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."[1]

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, incest is "sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also: the statutory crime of such a relationship."[2]

Prominent atheists on incest

Lawrence Krauss is a prominent atheist and atheist activist. In response to the question, "Why is incest wrong?", Krauss said, "It's not clear to me that it is wrong."[3] Krauss belongs to the New Atheism school of atheism which is a form of militant atheism.

The YouTube channel TheAmazingAtheist is the most popular atheist YouTube channel with over 685,972 subscribers as of June 2015.[4] The AmazingAtheist produced a video entitled Atheist Libertarian Defends Incest, Polygamy and Cannibalism!.[5] See also: Atheism and cannibalism and Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships

University of Kentucky study related to beliefs about atheists/incest/immorality

See also: Views on atheists and Atheism and social outcasts

In 2014, a University of Kentucky study was published by Will M. Gervais, which was entitled "Everything is permitted? People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists", and the study indicated that "even atheist participants viewed immorality as significantly more representative of atheists than of other people."[6]

A quotation from the abstract of Will M. Gervais' study "Everything is permitted? People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists":

American participants intuitively judged a wide variety of immoral acts (e.g., serial murder, consensual incest, necrobestiality, cannibalism) as representative of atheists, but not of eleven other religious, ethnic, and cultural groups. Even atheist participants judged immoral acts as more representative of atheists than of other groups. These findings demonstrate a prevalent intuition that belief in God serves a necessary function in inhibiting immoral conduct, and may help explain persistent negative perceptions of atheists.[7]

See also:

New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest

The Christian Research Institute declared:

On July 1, 2013 the Daily Mail reported that bestiality brothels were spreading quickly through Germany. In addition, there "are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats."[8] See: Bestiality and Germany
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.[9]

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

See also: 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.[10] See:Atheist population and immorality 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.[11]

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.[12][13][14]

See also

Notes