The problem is that values were around long before religious leaders got their hands on them. There are good people and bad people. Some are religious and some are not. For religious people to say the Ten Commandments will solve our problems is ridiculous. Our president is religious, yet he violated the commandment of not committing adultery.
Recent polls show that a large percentage of people in the United States are religious.
Look at all the major conflicts around the world and you will see that religion is involved. Maybe if religious people would learn to get along, we would have a lot less killing. Instead of posting the Ten Commandments in our public schools, we should require classes that teach that making others happy is more fulfilling than hurting others. Then we wouldn't have students feeling so left out that they strike at others.