Morality of the Heart

When did we become dependent upon religion to teach us morality? Did we not know, somewhere within our hearts, what was right and wrong before religion came along to teach us? And what about the fact that not all religions agree upon what is moral, and that their values of right and wrong have shifted throughout the centuries. For my part, I don’t think I can rely solely upon a man-made institution to dictate morality in my life because each situation is different, and although we can have general guidelines that might work 99.99 percent of the time, there is always that one that comes along that breaks the rules, and if we’re not listening to our hearts, we might get it wrong.