Hector Avalos Quotes

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. It i...

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. It i...

Hector Avalos

Tags: atheism, morality, ethics, genocide, myths, misogyny, cherry picking, biblical ethics, biblical morality, ancient literature

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 times,...

Hector Avalos

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 times,...

Hector Avalos

Tags: god, nature, religion, homosexuality, atheism, christianity, humans, bible, swords, christianity and homosexuality