There are clear answers to these views.
First, if there is a God & you believe what is taught in the Bible,(& I dont mean word for word) you can see he is obviously concerned w/ this "stuff", therefore negating the rest of your premise.
Evidence of his concern can be found in quite a few Old Testament passages.
Off the top of my head here are 3 examples:
1. When Cain murders his brother Abel, God protects & shelters Cain from vengeance.
2. Moses murders an Egyptian pharaoh or king & in turn God makes Moses the leader of the Israelites.
3. When David murdered Uriah, God sent the prophet Nathan to guide/offer David repentance of his sins.
There are many other examples as well of God offering help & redemption for sins committed throughout the Bible, the greatest example is forgiveness granted for the murder of his only Son Jesus Christ.
Its quite obvious that God is concerned w/ this "stuff", if you do indeed believe in God.
It isnt very difficult to find these examples & understand them. If you were to think about it for a moment or two you would not have had to even ask all your questions, but then again, I am sure you had your reasons for such.
~On a side note this notion of we are the closest thing to the perception of a moral god & its our so called duty to determine, in-act & carry God's will out, is the reason we are in the shit hole we are today as a human race. The reason we are so far off from the balance of nature. The reason we are failing ourselves & this Earth that God has granted us the responsibility of stewardship.
Back to your post:
In response to if there is no God or gods, we could go on for days, so I will try & keep it in the simplest terms.
If God(in whatever form you wish to think of Him) is non existent, then the existence of a transcendent morality/principles/righteousness is also void.
Therefore this would diminish any and all types of moral judgments. (i.e. the death penalty)
Without a supreme moral standard, all morality issues/judgments can be negotiated and/or manipulated to whatever standard fits our present goals. There is no true right & wrong behind anything, just varying view points where there isnt anything to distinguish other than self guided opinions/perceptions on all subjects touching on moral issues.
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