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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>]]
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>[httphttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incest Incest - definition by the online Merriam-Webster dictionary]</ref>
== 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."<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]].
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> See also: [[Atheism and cannibalism]] and [[Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships]]
== University of Kentucky study related to beliefs about atheists/incest/immorality ==
A quotation from the abstract of Will M. Gervais' study "Everything is permitted? People intuitively judge immorality as representative of atheists":
{{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>}}
See also:
*[[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]
*[[Atheism and necrobestiality]]
*[[Atheism and cannibalism]]
== New Atheism, the Canaanites and incest ==
The Christian Research Institute declared:
[[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>[httphttps://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....
== Atheism and morality ==
''See also:'' [[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_relativismMoral 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
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.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 Atheist populationand 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>
Given the [[Homosexuality and Healthhealth|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 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>[httphttps://www.gotquestions.org/incest-in-the-Bible.html Incest in the Bible]</ref><ref>[httphttps://creation.com/cains-wife-explanation-gross-and-disgusting Cain’s wife explanation and incest]</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Atheism and sexuality]]
*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
*[[Atheism and children]]
*[[Atheism and rape]]
*[[Mass rape during the occupation of Germany|Mass rape of German women by the Soviet army]]
*[[Atheism and marriage]]
*[[Atheist marriages]]
*[[Antitheism and antisocial behavior]]
==Notes==
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