"Blu, one way or another, all laws are based on some form of faith, whether religious or not. Your moral values either come from religious belief or are simply an act of faith in themselves - you believe X is right or wrong, simply because you believe it.
Secularists have a completely unfounded sense of superiority in this regard, and this spurious argument then forms the basis of pointless attempts to distinguish themselves from those who argue from a religious viewpoint. "
I tend to think that the core morals of most religions have actually co-incided with the moreals most societies have in common because they co-incide with the morals we have evolved in line with our sense of community, society, mutual nurture, non-nomadic societies, rather than they have been decreed from a god. I DO know why I believe my morals are right, and it is to do with what I instinctively understand as what will enable society to survive, and to ensure that I do not harm another without good cause (defence of my children, for e.g).
I don't think that is the preserve of either the religious or atheists...listening to many Christians recently they have found themselves profoundly torn between their innate sense of justice and comon sense (personal morality), and the morals as defined by their church. I guess fundementalists would follow the letter of the theological law rather than thier personal morals which are aided and abetted by contemporary experience.