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The whole argument has one fundamental flaw; it rests on the implication that religion has to be moral. I don't think believing in God would make you a better person if you believed your God wanted you to rape children. So it would seem when religious people announce you need religion or god in your life what they really mean is that you need their particular form of religion or their particular god to be moral.... go figure.
The reason religions tend to be strict or moral, if you will, is not because the idea of a god leads to such revelations, but because empathy is a human trait that displays itself in a myriad of ways. Religion didn’t bring morality to us we brought morality to religion. (I believe this last point was made by a few other people as well, but with over 60 posts above mine it’s hard to read carefully)
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