Underlying Philosophy

If you want to get picky, Marxists and Nazi's are polar opposites so I hardly see the point in mentioning it. You might recall that the Soviets fought against the Nazi's. So what does that tell you? A Darwinist??? Say it ain't so!!! Do you know why this is so utterly pointless? Because almost everyone is a darwinist, Sac, because of the scientific rigor associated with it. Only a handful of religious zealots still cling to the antiquated, mystical belief system of a 3,000 year-old story.What would you say if you knew FDR and Churchill were also Darwinists and yet still fought Hitler? It's not so much offensive as it is pointless. Hitler gave homage to Jesus Christ. Should I therefore say that because Hitler professed to be a Christian that now all Christians are bloodthirsty dictators because he was?One has nothing to do with the other and that some creationists still pull that lame canard out of their ass just makes them look that much more stupid.

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

From societal influence. Morals are relative to the circumstance, just how they are in the bible. Some say the 10 Commandments are God's absolute law, but Rahab's lies are evidence that it isn't the case. God even praised her for bearing false witness. It's the state of actuality. Philosophically that answer will change depending upon who you talk to. In what regards? You didn't answer that question at all. All you said was "God is real." That's not an answer that proves what is real.Please answer your own question

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

Oh, clearly... You'd have to be a moron not to see the obvious connection between Hitler's beliefs on the multiplication table and his views on the Holocaust. Clearly he wanted to multiply the amount of Jews killed, and so right there the connection is made.

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

You want me to list all the innumerable things that I think are real? That would take forever, which makes it impractical. Wow, did you piece that together yourself or did you employ a team of the world's greatest philosophers? You want to start naming off objects that are real? Well, being that the objects in front of me are tangible, they are therefore made of matter. Matter is an objective reality. How should we live our lives based on reality? What does that even mean? You're going to have to expound. You're talking apples and oranges right now.

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All you said was "God is real."

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Oh, golly gosh, my bad. What's the difference? The point is that you saying that God is real doesn't make it so. You stated it as if you had something profound to say. All you've done is made an unsupported assertion Are you serious right now? This is your argument in defense of the existence of God? You aren't qualifying anything, you're just saying it.1. No evidence that God exists.
2. No evidence that God created anything.

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

Okay, you've asked the question, it's been answered. Now it is your turn. Are trees real? Provide reasons why the tree is or isn't real. Yes, everything could be an illusion. This could all be the Matrix or some demonic deception, and teapots could be orbiting the furthest star right now. The problem is there is no known verifiable way to corroborate that. All possibilities are therefore possible, even if highly improbable or implausible.I hardly see how that then supports the notion that there is any good reason to suppose the existence of God, whatever that is.You can rely on a nihilistic or solipsist philosophy, ascribing oneself to a nonsensical epistemology, but you will not advance your own theories by doing so. This is because the table can be turned right back around on you, which it now has. Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

So God created us with the expressed purpose of having us dote on him all day long? Do perfect beings regularly need to create other beings to satisfy their ego?And what about the other millions of species of animals on the planet? What is their purpose in life? It was a summary, as in, a brief description. How would you know that is the reality of the situation?Note: I'm not talking about you regurgitating scripture. I'm asking how you would know that what scripture says is accurate. Of course not, that would just make way too much sense.

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal

Is he supposed to default to God on account of your saying so? Your explanation of morals might be very simple, like the rest of your answers for why anything is the way it is. "God did it." That doesn't explain anything, nor does it prove God.What we can know by observation is that morals and intelligence seem to coincide.In your opinion, do you feel that only humans have the ability to be ruled by a moral framework?

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal