"You know... and you may find this difficult to believe, but it's true...
It is possible to develop good values and a moral compass in the absence of church."
yep... and ya know... 1,000 athiests will develop 1,000 different moral compass's... each will seem to be "good" by those who hold them. All will find the other 999 athiests to have some extremely unaceptable morals.
lazs