I'm writing in response to Jason Warner's letter ("Higher power provides context for right, wrong," Feb. 10). Let me start off by saying that I am Catholic, so my only possible bias in this discussion would be to agree with Warner. I, however, heartily disagree with his reasoning. He alleges that there can be no notion of morality without a god. I find this statement to be incredibly closed-minded.

How does this statement apply to people who believe in a god different than your own? Should their notion of morality be different? If someone believes in a (hypothetical) god, who advocates the wholesale killing of innocent people, should that person be morally justified in his or her actions? By your reasoning, yes, he or she should be, because that person's god defines that action as "moral." Moreover, I have friends who are atheists. They and their families are good people who do wrong to none. Using my own "moral compass," these are some of the most virtuous people I know.

How is it that they can act this way, when they believe in no god? Morality is defined by the common sense of the masses, and it exists regardless of one's religious beliefs.