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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not really. Altruism is ultimately self-serving whether an afterlife exists or not. People generally don't want to spend their life being wronged by others or have their life taken altogether, so we have a pretty good incentive to not do those things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how that relates to what I said. Morality โ‰  mortality.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ooooh I 100% read "morality" lol, my bad

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

All good. Yeah I think morality is not really something religion helps with.