Well, obviously religions are different...or there wouldn't be so many of them.

That said, we're all human beings, which means we have some things in common...and end up asking the same questions.

Why be moral, when so often it's the wicked one that gets the nice house, the beautiful women, the cars, the Lehman Brothers Stock...(oops)...and the good guy that ends up losing his house because he was convinced by a wicked guy to get into a sub prime mortgage?

Why be moral, when the rain falls on the wicked as well as the just? Why be moral when in the end, the grave claims them both?

What does "being moral" mean, to begin with?

Religions strive to answer such questions...and often come up with similar answers...although there can be variations depending on the environment. In India, for example, it's immoral to kill a cow, while in Iowa, it is not. Why? The people of India depend on those cows in order to live. A cow can feed more people with its milk than it can if it is slaughtered...which is important in times of famine. At least, that's what I remember being taught years ago...