Originally Posted by raytri

I only get my panties in a bundle over the suggestion that religion is a necessary foundation for morals.

Religion is *a* foundation for morals, not *the* foundation.

Push comes to shove, I find moral systems reasoned out from first principles to be more consistent and humane than most religious systems, which almost inevitably have odd quirks that are either rooted in 4,000-year-old tribal customs or are simply arbitrary expressions of a key figure's personal likes/dislikes.