This document discusses several arguments around the relationship between morality and religion. It presents an argument that morality requires a divine authority like God to establish moral norms and sanctions. However, it also notes that early humans likely developed social norms and empathy before establishing religion. The document explores whether atheists can be moral, the source of moral values, and whether religion or non-religion better encourages morality. It discusses the Euthyphro dilemma around whether moral goodness comes from God's command or an independent standard, and evidence that moral sentiments evolved in social animal species. In the end, it argues that while religion can provide a narrative to explain and motivate morality, philosophical reasoning can also justify moral beliefs.