I've never looked into it in much detail but there's so much I take from the little buddhism I've read. I think even Buddha said do not believe me, look into it yourself. Or something like that. Buddha is not a god, he was an enlightened soul sent to guide others. People, being people, created a religion from it. But then religion is a man made construct, created to try to bring order to chaos and control thought.

Like you, I dont see the point of behaving in a way to win brownie points towards either an afterlife or another life. Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do. When that gets tricky, think it through, discuss, reason. Dont go making up some mumbo jumbo to justify yourself. As you can probably tell, I dont see the point of religion at all. I think true morality is irreligious. I could rant on about it for ages.

As few times, I've thought about finding a like minded group. The athiests irritate me. I find them narrow minded. The closest I found was ethics or secular humamism or whatever it's called. I never 'joined' anything. I'm too uncomfortable with group think. I did go to a Budfhist temple occassionally years ago. It was peaceful and helped during a time of stress. I didnt adopt it as a religion though.

Any religion could be treated as a philosophy, so long as you dont get caught by the 'rules'. I'm happy to learn from any of them. I just wont worship anything.

Glad the suggestion about humanism helped. I hope you find it useful.