I'm not sure what standards they'd have without the influence of religion in society, regardless of how they'd protest but you said it way better than I could.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE BIBLE WAS *NOT* WRITTEN, OR INSPIRED, BY A GOD, BUT BY SUPERSTITIOUS, FEARFUL, TRIBAL, IGNORANT, MISOGYNISTIC, MEN, WITH A *VERY* POOR SENSE OF HOW TO DEAL WITH BAD BEHAVIOR; A GOD SURELY WOULD KNOW THAT A FAIR AND EFFECTIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM *DEMANDS* FOR ONE THING, THAT THE PUNISHMENT SHOULD FIT THE CRIME