Atheism and incest

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."

Krauss belongs to the New Atheism school of atheism which is a form of militant atheism.

New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest

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." See: Bestiality and Germany

The Christian Research Institute declared:

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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.

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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 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. See:Moral failures of the atheist population and Atheism and morality

The Bible and incest

The Bible exhibits a reasonable morality in regards incest.