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[[File:PzMyers2.jpg|thumbnail|251px|right|Atheists are often accused of lacking [[moral intelligence]] and social intelligence. The atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared, "...I don’t object to [[bestiality]] in a very limited set of specific conditions..."<ref name="achilles">Multiple references:
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*Warden, Rick (August 10, 2012).  [http://templestream.blogspot.com/2012/08/atheist-achilles-heels-objective.html "Atheist achilles heels: objective morality and sacred life"].  Templestream Blog.  Retrieved on July 20, 2014.
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*Myers, P. Z. (May 22, 2012).  [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/ "The 'objective morality' gotcha"]  Pharyngula.  Retrieved on July 20, 2014.</ref> See: [[Atheism and bestiality]]
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Not possessing a [[Religion|religious]] basis for [[morality]], which can provide a legitimate basis for objective morality, [[Atheism|atheist]]s are fundamentally [[Moral_relativism|incapable]] of having a coherent system of morality.<ref>Multiple references:
 
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*Copan, Paul (2008). [http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf "God, naturalism, and the foundations of morality"].  ''The Future of Atheism'', ed. Robert Stewart (Minneapolis: Fortress Press), pp. 141-161.  Retrieved form PaulCopan.com on October 3, 2014.
 
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*Williams, Peter S. (2011). [http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god "Can moral objectivism do without God?"].  Bethinking.org Retrieved on October 3, 2014.
 
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*Meister, Chad (2010).  [http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ "Atheists and the quest for objective morality"].  ''Christian Research Journal'', vol. 33, no. 2.  Retrieved from Christian Research Institute website on October 3, 2014.
 
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*Slick, Matt (2009).  [http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality "The failure of atheism to account for morality"].  Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry website.  Retrieved on October 3, 2014.</ref>  For example, atheists have been the biggest mass murderers in history (see: [[Atheism and mass murder]]). See also: [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Atheism and moral depravity]]
 
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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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Also, atheists within the [[United States]] have developed a reputation of uncharitableness as they gave far less to charities, even if church donations are not counted (see: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]). 
 
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[[King Solomon]] repeatedly indicates that fools are wicked in the book of [[Proverbs]] (Proverbs:13:9; 14:8,16-18).  The psalmist [[King David]] wrote: "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good." — [[Psalms]] 14:1 ([[King James Bible|KJV]])
 
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For more information, please see the articles below:
 
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'''Articles related to atheism and sexual immorality: '''
 
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*[[Atheism and pornography]]
 
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*[[Atheism and child pornography]]
 
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*[[Evolutionary belief and sexual immorality]]
 
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*[[Abortion and atheism]]
 
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[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|[[Denmark]] is the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reports that 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref name="Top 50">[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf "Top 50 countries with highest proportion of atheists/agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)"].  Chris and Terri Chapman.  Retrieved on September 10, 2014.</ref> 
 
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In 2009, Suzanne Ost reported in her book published by Cambridge University Press, that the [[Atheism and child pornography|child pornography]] material produced in [[Denmark]] (and Holland) still constituted the largest part of child pornography that was currently available, having been transferred into digital format and uploaded onto the internet.<ref>Ost, Suzanne (2009).  ''Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming: Legal and Societal Responses'' (Cambridge, U.K.:  Cambridge University Press), p. 29.</ref>]]
 
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*[[Atheism and rape]]
 
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*[[Atheistic Sweden and rape]]
 
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*[[Atheism and profanity]]
 
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*[[Atheism and homosexuality]]
 
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*[[Atheism and sadism]]
 
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*[[Atheism, polyamory and other immoral relationships]]
 
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*[[Atheism and hedonism]]
 
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*[[Atheism and bestiality]]
 
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*[[Atheism and incest]]
 
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*[[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
 
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'''Article related to atheism and uncharitableness:'''
 
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*[[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]
 
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'''Atheism and alcohol abuse:'''
 
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*[[Atheism and alcoholism]]
 
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*[[Secular Europe and alcoholism]]
 
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'''Atheism and illegal drug use and addiction:'''
 
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*[[Atheism and drug addiction]]
 
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'''Atheist hypocrisy:'''
 
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*[[Atheist hypocrisy]]
 
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'''Atheism and violence/oppression: '''
 
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*[[Atheism and mass murder]]
 
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*[[Irreligion/religion and war/peace]]
 
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[[Image:228130875 35181424e3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[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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*[[Militant atheism]]
 
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*[[Irreligion and domestic violence]]
 
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*[[Atheism and sadism]]
 
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*[[Atheist bullying]]
 
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*[[Atheism and rape]]
 
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*[[Mass rape of German women by the Soviet army]]
 
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*[[Atheism and communism]]
 
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*[[Atheism and forced labor]]
 
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'''Atheism and pride'''
 
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*[[Atheism and arrogance]]
 
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*[[Atheism and mockery]]
 
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*[[LaVeyan Satanism]]
 
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*[[Atheism and satanic deception]]
 
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'''Atheism and intolerance:'''
 
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*[[Militant atheism]]
 
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*[[Atheism and intolerance]]
 
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'''Atheism and bitterness/anger/resentment/unforgiveness:'''
 
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*[[Atheism and anger]]
 
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*[[Atheism and love]]
 
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*[[Atheism and hatred of God]]
 
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[[Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|235px|thumb|[[Joseph Stalin]], the Premier of the [[Soviet Union]] from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953, patronised the [[League of Militant Atheists]], whose chief aim, under the leadership of Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, was to propagate militant [[atheism]] and eradicate [[religion]].<ref>Multiple references:
 
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*Hesemann, Michael and Strieber, Whitley (2000).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=tx-BEpkJBq8C&pg=PT107&dq=Joseph+Stalin+militant+atheism&hl=en&ei=-DeRTpLrJoPi0QHo88wi&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Stalin%20militant%20atheism&f=false ''The Fatima Secret''] (New York, NY:  Random House Digital).  Retrieved on October 9, 2011.  "Lenin's death in 1924 was followed by the rise of Joseph Stalin, 'the man of steel,' who founded the 'Union of Militant Atheists,' whose chief aim was to spread atheism and eradicate religion. In the following years it devastated hundreds of churches, destroyed old icons and relics, and persecuted the clergy with unimaginable brutality."
 
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*Steeves, Paul D. (1989).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=l7soAAAAYAAJ&q=%22When+a+priest+is+deprived+of+his+congregation,+that+does+not%22&dq=%22When+a+priest+is+deprived+of+his+congregation,+that+does+not%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_ijVUemwOoXRyQGqkICwBA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ ''Keeping the Faiths: Religion and Ideology in the Soviet Union''] (New York, NY:  Holmes & Meier), p. 88.  Retrieved on July 4, 2013.  "The League of Militant Atheists was formed in 1926 and by 1930 had recruited three million members. Five years later there were 50,000 local groups affiliated to the League and the nominal membership had risen to five million. Children from 8-14 years of age were enrolled in Groups of Godless Youth, and the League of Communist Youth (Komsomol) took a vigorous antireligious line. Several antireligious museums were opened in former churches and a number of Chairs of Atheism were established in Soviet universities. Prizes were offered for the best 'Godless hymns' and for alternative versions of the Bible from which ... the leader of the League of Militant Atheists, Yemelian Yaroslavsky, said: 'When a priest is deprived of his congregation, that does not mean that he stops being a priest. He changes into an itinerant priest. He travels around with his primitive tools in the villages, performs religious rites, reads prayers, baptizes children. Such wandering priests are at times more dangerous than those who carry on their work at a designated place of residence.' The intensified persecution, which was a part of the general terror inflicted upon Soviet society by Stalin's policy, ...."</ref>]]
 
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*[[Atheist factions]]
 
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'''Atheism and lying:'''
 
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*[[Atheist indoctrination]]
 
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*[[Evolutionary indoctrination]]
 
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'''Atheism and envy/covetiousness:'''
 
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*[[Atheism and communism]]
 
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*[[Atheism and obesity]]
 
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*[[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight]]
 
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*[[China and obesity|Atheistic China and obesity]]
 
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[[File:Flag of Sweden.png|thumbnail|280px|right|[[Sweden]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref name="Top 50"/>  In Sweden, 81 percent of women said they had been harassed at some point after the age of 15 - compared to the EU average of 55 percent.<ref>Törnkvist, Ann (March 5, 2014, 8:34).  [http://www.thelocal.se/20140305/sweden-out-top-in-eu-domestic-violence-league "Sweden stands out in domestic violence study"].  The Local.  Retrieved on October 25, 2014.</ref> See: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] ]]
 
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'''Atheism and sexism:'''
 
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*[[Atheism and women]]
 
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*[[Atheism and sexism]]
 
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*[[Elevatorgate]]
 
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*[[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]]
 
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[[File:Autumn.jpg|291px|right|thumbnail|[[Autumn]] foliage is one of the many of examples of beauty in [[God]]'s [[creation]].  See also: [[Argument from beauty]]
 
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*[[Evolution|Arguments against evolution]]
 
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'''Atheism and cowardice'''
 
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'''Atheism and suicide'''
 
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''See also:'' [[Books on the causes of atheism]]
 
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*''Immorality and pride, the great causes of atheism a sermon preach'd at the cathedral-church of St. Paul, January the 8th 1697/8 : the first of the lecture for that year, founded by the Honourable [[Robert Boyle]], Esq.'' / by John Harris, Publisher: BiblioBazaar, 2011 ISBN 1240832273, 9781240832279 [http://books.google.com/books/about/Immorality_and_Pride_the_Great_Causes_of.html?id=RxpNYgEACAAJ]
 
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*[[Causes of atheism]]
 
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*[[Atheism and intelligence]]
 
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*[[Essay: Atheism's greatest moral teacher|Atheism's greatest moral teacher]] - humor
 
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*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by Paul Copan
 
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*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
 
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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
 
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