Quotes by Hector Avalos

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atheism bible christianity christianity-and-homosexuality god homophobia homosexuality humans murder nature reasoning religion religion-and-homosexuality sodomy swords ancient-literature atrocities-in-the-bible biblical-ethics biblical-morality cherry-picking cherry-picking-scripture ethics genocide genocide-in-the-bible misogyny misogyny-in-the-bible morality myths special-pleading special-treatment

“By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical tim...”
— Hector Avalos
atheism bible christianity christianity-and-homosexuality

“I have argued elsewhere (Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence [2005]) that we need to treat ethics in biblical texts just as we treat ethics in any other works of ancient literature. I...”
— Hector Avalos
ancient-literature atheism atrocities-in-the-bible biblical-ethics