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I don't mean to argue with you here, but I would like to point out that the theory of evolution is not intended to provide moral standards.

I understand its intent. However, moral deductions can and have been made by evolutionists based upon the theory. If this world has not been designed and we all evolved from molten lava which was created when nothing exploded, then the value of a human life is no greater than that of the value of sewer sludge. There is absolutely NO basis for saying that humans have more value than anything else, nor, if you take Darwin's book itself there is no basis for saying that the races are equal. As a result, you have had Adolf Hitler, a rabid evolutionist, who viewed Norwegians as the purest of pure blood Aryans while blacks were almost pure ape and Jews were pure ape and quite expendable. You have your Kip Kinkle's who deify hatred because there is no basis for morality in the evolutionist world he has been raised in. One of the Columbine kids was wearing a t-shirt on that day that said "natural selection." One of the kids he shot was shot because he was black and considered an inferior polutant of the human race. There are many more examples of how an athiestic-evolutionary point of view has led to absolutely atrocious ideologies which are either acted upon or not. And why not? If evolution is true, then there is no basis for moral law. Period. Oh, folks can get together and say "we don't like murder (can't say it is right or wrong, just that they don't like it) so we are going to agree to punish those who do so." The majority can get together and agree that in their lives, murder is wrong. They can not, however, impose that view on another majority of folks half-way across the world that likes cannibalism. There is absolutely no moral basis in evolutionary theory to say anything is right or wrong, and the fact that evolution has led to a society that does not believe in absolutes of any kind (and believes that absolutely, which is another story altogether) is evidenced by the Hitlers, Stalins, Mussolinis, Maos, Klebold's and Ted Turners of the world.

I mean seriously. How can anyone say Hitler was wrong in a world that evolved by chance? He had a theory of how evolution worked, and being the fittest, he decided to rid the earth of what he considered to be weaker races.

Now, you may say, well the Christians have the Crusades and the Inquisition so its clear that Christianity has brought about some attrocities too. I would say that the Inquisition was not at all based upon Christianity, but more on politics and the desire to protect an institution by the Queen of Spain and her Roman Catholic cohorts. Biblical principles (upon which true Christianity is based) were not utilized during the inquisition, and you can't use guilt by association as a broadbrush to convict Christianity of hate crimes. Second, the Crusades began as a self defense against the rapid advance of the religion of peace, Islam, into Europe. Muslims had been slaughtering Christians. The political powers of the time used the cross as a banner to rally crusaders to go against the Muslims, and the Crusaders prevailed (at least for a time. Now the Muslims are back and are taking over Europe without a whimper). There is nothing in New Testament theology, upon which Christianity is based, that would support killing others for one's faith. Nothing. It can't even be inferred from the New Testament. Rather, just the opposite is taught. So, practicing Christians can't be tagged with that one either.

The evolutionary hypothesis has not happened within a vacuum. You can't teach something and expect for it not to bear ideological fruit that affects everyday life- particularly when you teach it with the fervor that evolution has been taught. Some have drawn some rather heinous conclusions based upon evolutionary thinking. And, unfortunately, they are not at all inconsistent in their conclusions. If there is no God who created us in His image and provided laws for us, then there is no value in life and there is no basis for law, only opinion. What a scary world to live in.