Religion, Opponent chooses topic and states their side. Atheists or Christians welcome.

Well, I wasn’t expecting such a formal opponent, in fact its a bit hard for me to understand. If I understand my opponent correctly they are attempting to say that belief of god and morality are connected. He states that morality must be connected to religion because moral traditions are passed down and all societies started out religious societies as well as morals being passed down through use of scientific laws Morals are passed down with religious tradition. We abandon religious morals in the place of new ones each day. Most people do not think being homosexual is an abomination let alone think you can sell your daughter for a goat. That being said every religion is different but there are a few things that have changed in all. Around the time of the bible other religions where sprouting yet none saw women as people. Example of changes: The bible said:If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:13 http://biblehub.com...Today: "There is no contradiction between being Christian and being gay,"http://www.christianpost.com...OR:"The ridiculousness of using Leviticus to condemn ANYTHING is simply in looking at what in the world the Book of Leviticus condemns" http://www.religioustolerance.org...Thermodynamics , constructional law, and life are proof of moral connectionsI believe you are stating that since you believe in god, and you can see connections between these laws, leading up to morality, you can find morality Godly. (assuming your statement actually makes sense)Thing is God did not make the law of thermodynamics if you don’t accept that god created the universe. The law of thermodynamics along with the rest of your statement rely on the perspective that god either made the universe in 7 days or caused the big bang creating all the laws. If you don’t believe that god did either of theses things, and cant prove that he did, then your conclusion is a moot point. Animals have morality because of feedbackId like to quote my opponent: “Morality simply refers to the binary state of Right or Wrong. These states generate mutual positive- or negative-feedback, relative to the Unalienable Rights of another. Mutual positive-feedback, in group creation, is found throughout the spectrum of life in the beneficial formation in schools of fish, flocks of birds, packs of wolves, tribes of humans, and in addition, inter-specie relationships, such as those between humans and their pets.”I believe that saying animals have the moral stance of right and wrong is disproving the “religion made morals” bulk of your argument. You see animals do not have religion. Never have you seen an animal take part in prayer, ritual sacrifice, or any other traditions. If animals have the ability to determine “morals” through the use of positive or negative feedback why cant humans? We are highly intelligent especially compared to a school of fish. Because America!Your last point and Source is a video of Bono speaking of faith building the idea of America. Bono is the Irish (!!) philanthropic singer of U2. Not only is Bono not an expert on this “idea” but the idea is group of people. A group of people isn’t an idea nor does it make up all of America. America is made up of many people and many ideas (some of which are not religious at all yet somehow have morals). Its founded by a realization of freedom and religious acceptance. This doesn’t prove anything other then people have morals which is not in question.http://www.imdb.com...