Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Necessity of Living What You Believe

The best advertisement for validating what someone believes in or advocates can be found, not in how eloquently one expresses those beliefs,but in the way he lives his life and conducts himself. There is a tremendous responsibility in "walking the talk" of your beliefs and convictions. Sadly,too often people forget this.We most often see examples of this behaviour in people who describe themselves as men and women of faith. Although the following quote refers to the Christian faith,it can apply to other faiths and belief systems as well.
Nietzsche said: "Our statesmen---a body of men who are otherwise so unembarrassed,and such thorough anti-Christians in deed---still declare themselves Christians and still flock to communion."
We may be able to see the hypocrisy in others, but can we recognize it in ourselves?

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