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Words vs Action .. professing vs acting .. bits from yours ..

But does professing religious beliefs translate into acting in accord with religious principles? Isn’t behavior the true test? In his New Testament epistle, James expressed the Christian view that “faith without works is dead.” Similarly, Judaism calls for “mitzvahs” — good deeds. And Islam requires acts of charity. Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson offered this challenging formula for sincerity: “Go put your creed into your deed.”

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and Socrates suggested, each who knows good does good, because
it brings happiness, and everyone wants to be happy (paraphrased)

Socrates III

Socratic Philosophy: Another lasting innovation that Socrates brought to the intellectual tradition is the notion that the proper subject-matter philosophy is the human being. Prior to him, thinkers were concerned with issues such as what the universe was made of, what made the planets move, what pleases the gods, and so on. Socrates declared that the major concern of all philosophy should be questions about human nature and human reality. All of his major questions -- about justice, love, truth, courage, beauty, knowledge, piety, etc. -- are matters connected to the human condition.
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How do creed and deed match up? The 2011 report card for religious America:

More people are slipping into poverty in the United States. [...]

The number of working poor continues to increase. [...]

3.5 million Americans [ http://www.nationalhomeless.org/ ] are homeless each year [...]

In 2009 hunger in the U.S. reached a 14-year high [...] and now, according to Feed America, it’s still increasing at an alarming rate. One in 4 children in the U.S. is living without consistent access to enough nutritious food to live a healthy life [...]

It’s estimated that each year Americans throw away 40 percent of their food [...]

The United States’ world ranking in life expectancy has fallen [...] from 16th in 1960 to 29th in 2010. A Columbia University study attributes our decline from 11th place in 1950 to the much lower present ranking to our inadequate healthcare [...]

“Income inequality in this country is just getting worse and worse and worse,” [...] ”Since 1980,” the report continues, “about 5 percent of annual national income has shifted from the middle class to the nation’s richest households. That means the wealthiest 5,934 households last year enjoyed an additional $650 billion — about $109 million apiece — beyond what they would have had if the economic pie had been divided as it was in 1980, according to Census Bureau data.” [...]

Howard Buffett, [...] son of Chairman Warren Buffett, [...] “There has never been a larger gap between earnings in this country,” And what is our religious nation’s response? Buffet continues: “There has never been a time in my lifetime when the government is going to cut an incredible amount of programs that support poor people and feed them.”

The wealthiest segment of the population continues to fight ferociously for lower tax rates [...] tax breaks and, most of all, no increases in taxes on the rich — while joblessness, poverty, homelessness and hunger are rampant in America.

The current federal minimum wage [...] is $7.25 per hour. Several states have departed from the federal minimum wage and have slightly higher rates. The U.S. ranks eighth in minimum wage compared with European countries — just two notches above Slovenia [...]

Insert: OBAMA IS DOING HIS BEST TO ADDRESS THIS VICIOUS AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE INIQUITY

Religions preach the sanctity of marriage. And the theme of family values abounds in religious sermons. Yet
according to the Christian Post, divorce rates in the southern “Bible belt” are the highest in the country [...]

Scientists warn that the environmental doomsday clock [...] In our hubris we forget that we are guests on a tiny rock floating — in an infinite universe of rocks — that uniquely supports life in a delicate balance of natural and mysterious forces. We have the choice and the responsibility to act. Or, as one theologian cautioned [...] ”God will not save us.”

What is religion?: Love, caring, serving, giving, sharing,
oneness, brother and sisterhood, compassion and selflessness.

Summed up: “Thy neighbor is thyself.”

I’m so glad that we are a religious nation.

Sorry so much repeat, there are so many important statistics and estimates ..

This is the link to the one i am replying to ..

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