That's a very deep philosophical question DDT I think it is possible to believe in certain universal moral truths which are part of the fabric of the universe, if you like, and to say they have an external reality of their own. If you ask where did they come from? why are they there? that could well lead you to a belief in the existence of God. Morality is a difficult issue to figure out and is usually a large part of what religion is concerned with. But I would say you could look at it like this, morals are not hardwired into us as part of the design, we acquire the ability to appreciate and understand them once we reach a certain level of evolutionary development and start to form communities with complex social relationships. We become aware of them and need to live by them (to a certain degree anyway) in order for us to function within a society. Society wouldn't be possible if everyone behaved completely selfishly all the time. Animal brains haven't evolved to the point where they can understand these moral truths in the same way that they can't understand fundamental mathematical relationships and concepts that humans can.

I don't feel that belief in the theory of evolution and belief in universal moral truths are incompatiable. But I do feel that belief in moral truths and their value requires a kind of faith. In this respect, I suppose I am 'religious' even if I perhaps don't like to admit it