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# Hector Avalos

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##  Quotes by Hector Avalos

> [“By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-avalos/by-hays-reasoning-penetrating-a-rectum-with-a-penis-is-a-violation-of/)

[Hector Avalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-avalos/)

[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [ “I have argued elsewhere (Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence \[2005\]) that we need to treat ethics in biblical texts just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-avalos/i-have-argued-elsewhere-fighting-words-the-origins-of-religious/)

[Hector Avalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-avalos/)

[Ancient literature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-literature/)

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                        "text": "“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 is a vacuous exercise to pick and choose which atrocities were really ordained by any gods and which were not. We should have a zero-tolerance view of any text or collection of texts that at any time endorses genocide, misogyny, and other atrocities. We always judge ancient texts by modern ethical standards, and the Bible should not be treated differently.”",
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