More thoughts on religion

So continuing from my earlier post...

I grew up nonreligious, but with certain beliefs and rules.

• Be kind to people.
• Help the less fortunate.
• Be honest.
• Try to do work that helps the world in some way.
• Violence is bad.
• Attempt to understand other points of view.
• Bigotry is bad bad bad.
• Take care of the environment (don't litter, waste energy, etc.)
• Be good to your family and friends.
• Help others when you can (and maybe they'll return the favor).
  

OK, so this list will never get engraved on stone tablets, and I don't manage to follow all the rules all the time, but I do try to live up to them, and I feel every bit as strongly about them as others with more overtly religious faith feel about theirs. And it's not like I believe following them is going to get me into Paradise or anything. All it will accomplish is making making the world a bit more pleasant for those around me, at best.

Which doesn't sound so bad,does it?