Atheism Cannot Rationally Explain Morals.

A citation please.-------------------------------Hitler was a baptised Catholic, but so what? What has Nazism got to do with Catholicism?In his writings (and probaby his speeches) he made references to "God Almighty", for example, but one has to consider that he was a con-man trying to a appeal to a Christian society. Jim Jones initiallly used the cloak of Christianity in his "ministry", but it turns out he was a Communist!Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.

I know what you're getting at, but you can't separate reality into separate compartments. Darwinism is an idea that has undeniable ontological implications. This is obvioius from the contrasting reactions of clerics and athesits to Darwin's book after it was published.

Provine was not a scientist, but an historian specializing in science, evolutionary biology and population genetics, and was respected as a philosopher. He held the position of Professor at Cornell University. I quoted him as an "evolutionary scientist" - my mistake. What your point?Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.

A true theist wouldn't be put off by the errors and failings of religious people. Besides, theism and religion can be mutually exclusive.

Wiki' describes Jones as "an American comminist and cult leader". If he was also a Christian, he was a very poor example of one.Edited by Dredge, : No reason given.

Nice try, but I didn't lie about Provine; I was relying on memory for that part of the quote. Has your memory ever let you down?

In post #901, I asked you a few questions pertaining to the relevance of proving morality, and you haven't attempted to answer any of them.

I thank you for the Hitler quotes. They certainly suggest he was some kind of creationist. But who knows if he was being sincere or merely pandering to a theistic audience?

... a small detail you seemed to have overlooked - you can't equate empirical evidence with the theory of Common Descent. That's drawing a very long bow.

Ontology is word I made up and it relates to the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence or reality.
(Another word I made up that appeared in one of my posts is Psychomosis, which describes the transfer of thoughts from one person's brain to another person's brain, through the air.)

In answer to your questions:
1. I don't know.
2. I don't know.

Good point - just look at the situation where Hitler decided the morally correct solution was to murder 6 million Jews. And also consider the Khmer Rouge, who accessed the situation and thought the right thing to do was to kill 5 millions Cambodians. Evidently, morality can be whatever you want it to be; you just make it up as you go along.

... or beneficial to society, as well, I would say. Consider Hitler, who believed murdering 6 million Jews would offer a direct benefit to society.
Also consider the Khmer Rouge, who believed murdering 5 million Cambodians would offer a direct benefit to society. Then there's ISIS, who thinking slaughtering infidels offers a direct benefit to society.Morality can be whatever you want it to be.

Why do think preservation of the group is important?

So which religion did Hitler follow?