Morality

Arthur Clarke said the great tragedy was that morality had been hijacked by religion.

I agree.

There are some that will tell you that if you do not subscribe to their particular vision of the universe, that you are somehow flawed and destined to some sort of eternal punishment.

That's childish.

Some say that without religion to guide you, there can be no moral or ethical behavior.

That's shortsighted. 

I don't know of anybody, that when faced with an emergency, that stops to check what their sacred texts say. When you see a house on fire, or a wounded child, or an injustice, who stops to wonder what religion the injured party is aligned with? Who stops to read up on wether helping is allowed?

Nobody. And that's a good thing. It is an innate, humane function, to help others. It happens in all corners of the world, not just in a section dominated by a particular religion. It happened before your favored saviour appeared. It happens by people with an active disdain for religion.

I live in a region that can expect snow. Each storm, I make sure that my three elderly neighbors are cleared out. Not because they pay me; not because I fear eternal damnation if I don't; not because I am trying to curry favor. I do I because it is the right thing to do.

So don't tell me that I need to mumble certain words to be a decent human. Being human is enough.