A lot of religious people like to argue that, without religion, there would be no basis for morality and ethics. They talk about how the idea of an afterlife and the actions needed to get there give all of our actions gravity and meaning, more than any atheistic philosophy could.
In response to that, I have this to say:
If people are able to assume that there's an afterlife which passage into requires appropriate conduct in this world, that means they can also justify whatever evils they commit by claiming that those evils will bring them eternal grace. They don't necessarily have to commit to any mainstream faith in order to do this. Religion is too malleable that way.
There's only one reality, however, and in there, our actions have tangible consequences.
TL;DR:
-Religious ethics: malleable.
-Realistic ethics: concrete.
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