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

[The Reality Salesman01]

"The moment we admit that consciousness is the context in which any discussion of values makes sense, we must admit that there are facts to be known about how the experience of conscious creatures can change—and these facts can be studied, in principle, with the tools of science. "
-Sam Harris

I think he's got a pretty good point there. Animals included in that lot.

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Murder can be morally acceptable if it constitutes self-defense - Either I kill the guy or he kills me, I don't have a choice.

Rape is always wrong because there's no circumstance that obligates me to rape someone - And please don't bring a magical, almost impossible to happen scenario, I don't care - 99%-100% rapes are not out of self-defense.

I'm with rexbecca

Hi Dystopia
What I got was the question is
WHY is it wrong, how can you explain it without
injecting biased language or reasoning that isn't universal to all people.

Universally, or to all people? Do you mean in an absolute sense that does not require the existence of people or, are you looking for an objective epistemological foundation for rejecting the act of rape in principle? Try to nail that down...