Steve, the whole idea of a religion is that you are held accountable before your god for what you have done here. If you believe in an afterlife, you won't want to screw it up by your actions here. There are many bad Christians, Moslems, Jews, Buddhists, pagans, etc., who do not live their religion, even if they profess a fanatical adherence to certain aspects of it. There are plenty of atheists like that too, so really, we are talking about a flaw of human nature, not religion.

BTW, what do you say about chocolate, as we need to practice what we preach, and not get upset over whether or not someone who died 200 years ago did.