Through out the evolutionary process of rules and regulations that we abide by, we come to a discrete conclusion that religion and its "morality" have complete power over our beings. Morality is the quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct. But for most of the world it is the meaning of so called Christian morality, or religious morality that defines this system of right and wrong. Religion itself is being defined as the belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. So in other words religion makes up our definition of morality which we are supposed to live by. But I would like to say otherwise. In an essay by Anthony Brandt "Do Kids Need Religion", he presses on a point that while children do not need religion to guide them in life, the path which they eventually will find themselves, however the religious beliefs help the child "trust" their parents. The key phrase in that essay for me states that "children can be taught the importance of right versus wrong without the benefits of religious training". Also it says that "moral understanding is acquired in stages, that it is a developmental process that unfolds, to some extent, as naturally as intelligence itself". As children mature and develop they tend to create their own perspectives of what is right or what is wrong, they decide what is moral or not. "Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong" (H. L. Mencken (1880–1956), U.S. journalist. A Mencken Chrestomathy, "Sententi: The Mind of Men" (1949)). In modern day and age we do not look upon this statement as if it was describing the human population. We are irrepressible when it comes to morals and behavior. Lets take sex for example; having sex outside of marriage, is sinful and immoral. But it has been so superficially "exposed" by our culture that it makes no impact...
