Actions Speak Louder than Faith

If truth is revealed in action then what does that tell us about all the religious books we believe in? If faith is revealed in our good works then how come our gods do not equally reveal themselves by good works in this present age? Anyone can claim anything, but what sets a claim apart from a truth is the ability to see the claim in action, or at least have tangible evidence supporting the claim.


For anyone's god to be true there must be real actions clearly attributed to that god which reveal it so, or am I just too picky? Today we don't see any actions by any god, which can not be understood as rooted in our psychology, or attributed to human beings; naturally produced or otherwise. Of course we get many claims and I've even experienced at least one event in my life that was mysterious, but nothing more and I dare not rest an entire belief system on one event.

Religious faith is trust in religious claims, which are rooted in a supernatural premise. I understand that. What I don't understand is the lack of current real life supernatural actions which should be attributed to any number of religious beliefs if they were true and real.

If one claims protection by angels, love by a god who views them as their child and supposedly treats one as such, and supernaturally answers one's requests, but one can't show any difference between them and a beliiever of another faith or even a non-believer, then what is really at work here? Is it a god? Is faith more than just a mental belief with benefits?

If faith is beyond natrual understanding and only the enlightened can know it, then how did the unenlightened person cross that threshold and what stops anyone from claiming anything as a matter of faith? In real life, we measure a person by what they do not what they say. Does their talk line up with their actions? Does every god have a get out of jail card when it comes to actually doing something miraculous in a real world?

Action speaks truth louder than words, or in most religions "a book", or am I wrong?

Bill J.