" .... if one doesn't believe in God, or an afterlife, or a day of judgment, then one can commit unjust acts in this life with the belief it will not matter"
I disagree. It does matter if we commit unjust acts regardless of what may or may not happen after we die. This is a key point.
Why should this not matter to an individual who is a Buddhist or a Muslim?
I personally think it matters because the Universe is clearly a zero sum game (we know this because approximately 14,000,000,000 years ago everything in the Universe appeared to be congruent -- in the same place). I don't want to pollute the Universe with injustice. I don't want bad things to happen to me so I will not do bad things to others.
Instant Karma does get you as the great man found out (and please no discussion on whether or not Mark Chapman should ever be let out of Attica State prison!)
This, incidentally, is why all non-Christians do not immediately commit suicide (and I met a Christian who thought that they should -- now THAT is grace for you) because a life is worth living -- treating others as you wish to be treated.
Life is also about the now, the struggle and the joy, about how you live your life, as well as what you do after, if indeed "you" are "you" in the afterlife. As a sinless creature in Heaven you may not even recognize yourself.
Christianity does not have a monopoly on good deeds or forgiveness.
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