Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wrong"?

[Aoi Magi]

Because it violates the most helpless and weakest of us, but I find rape itself an immoral personal violation regardless of innocent and helpless natures. How about you... why do you find it immoral?

If violation of only the helpless and weakest constitute rape, then is rape of someone strong and powerful ok?

As I said before, morality is a human construct for the better progress of our society. In pedophilia, an adult harms a person(child) both mentally and physically when they are not developed enough for sex. This act harms the child on many different levels, and is in turn detrimental to the progress of our society and us as a species. If the physical and mental capacity of a 6yr old human child enabled it to have sex without any harmful effects, then it wouldn't be considered immoral. Thus it is dependent on our human biology, not a universal law.

And do you agree with me there is never a time that it is good? And if you agree with me, then you do realize you are now believing in a moral absolute. How does one explain the existence of moral absolutes (aka also universal truths)?

Again, don't jump to conclusions like that. Rape is considered a crime because it is harmful to us and the society as per the current conditions, thus it is not good. If in a weird hypothetical situation, getting raped was the only way to, let's say, cure cancer or cure a mental disorder, then it wouldn't be considered immoral. Oh and just so you don't forget, not immoral or not bad, doesn't automatically make something good, it's not black and white, but a gradient.

Just because something only applies to us humans doesn't make it universal when it doesn't apply to other animals, unless you consider the humans to be the sole species comprising this entire universe.