Do we need God for Morality? [Spirituality & Religion]

Obviously the secular answer is a resounding NO.
But if you're a theist who says "yes", i want to hear your reasoning.

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SW-User

I was dating a very Christian girl, and she dragged me to a "Debates in Christianity" session at her college.

One group (the one my girlfriend and I were in) how we know good and evil exist without God or the bible. The other group had to prove how God helps us understand why good and evil exist.

My group was first... I channeled "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle" maintenance, which I had read a few years earlier. Talking about how we can tell some bridges are of good quality, and some are of lousy quality just by looking at them. We don't need anything else (like God) to point out what is "bad." The moderator was impressed.

The moderator then turned to the other group, and this was their sentence: "We can tell God exists because when you kill a person, you feel bad." First, the moderator said, "What?" Then he asked them if they wanted to try again. They were quite content with their response.