Good without God: Secular humanism and morality

I believe moral standards are relative. Possible evidence of this is that morals change with time. A few centuries ago, marrying and having children with someone between the ages of 13-17 was completely acceptable. Now anyone over the age of 18 who touches anyone younger than 17 or 16 is deemed a perverted monster and incarcerated. Also, morality varies from culture to culture. What's acceptable in some places is unacceptable in others. Also, my theory on morality is that it doesn't truly exist outside the realm of human thought. You don't see animals getting all bothered over the things humans are bothered over. I believe morality evolved with humans. As our thought processes became more complex, we began thinking up different types of conduct to keep everyone under control.

Morality is separate from religion. It is most likely an evolutionary adaptation that made it poseble to live in communal and cooperative groups. There are new findings that indicate that it is not a solely human trait. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20moral.hthl?em&ex=1174622400&en=340b1c2f848ea62f&ei=5087%0A

I think morality came first, without morals there would be no foundation for religion. Essentially religion is the guilt complex for morality enforcement. And by my way of thinking morality is relative because no two situations will ever be the same. Therefore enforcement would be a variable. Morality can be enforced only as far as all parties involved recoginize the same issues.