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In a world without God, there is not illegitimate or legitimate- just preference. One may not like what Hitler did. One may abhor it. One may make rules against it, but there is no foundation for legitimacy, just preference. One could say the preservation of human life is an overarching principle that is self evident; however, if human beings are merely one evolutionary piece of a primordial puzzle, then we really have no more value than anything else that evolved. If it is wrong to kill us, then it is wrong to cut open a watermelon and eat the contents inside. No. For humans to have value, they need to have been assigned value by something large than themselves. God created us in His image which makes us more valuable than anything else in his creation. He gave us responsibility to treat one another well, but also to care for his creation and to be good stewards of it. Even animals have value in this system and can be enjoyed as valuable. It isn't based upon preference. There is a solid standard by which to follow. Do we understand it all? No. But that's okay, because God does. And, after all, it is like my old former pastor used to say, even if Christianity was not true it would still be the best way to live. Christianity passes the livability test. It passes the observation test (in that almost everything shows that it is operating as it was designed to operate). And it provides an explanation for other things in life which evolution could never tough, such as why there is a moral law and why men transgress it. Pretty valid system if you ask me.