spiritual solutions

“While our founders intended a separation of church and state, they never intended a separation of God and state,” said the U. S Senate Chaplain recently. “There is a spiritual dimension to who we are and what we are about.”

See U.S. Senate Chaplain urges Spiritual Solutions to Social Problems
The Flathead Beacon (Montana)
Oct 19, 2007

... goals for the summit, which aimed to bring faith groups and nonprofit groups together to tackle social problems. The two-day summit consists of a series of speakers and brainstorming “breakout sessions” on issues ranging from drug addiction to natural disaster response to homelessness.

Baucus then introduced the morning’s keynote speaker, U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Clayton Black. ...

“While our founders intended a separation of church and state, they never intended a separation of God and state,” Black said. “There is a spiritual dimension to who we are and what we are about.”

Black warned that historically great civilizations, like the Babylonians and Romans, “did not so much explode as implode.” He listed pointed similarities between the fall of the Roman empire and present day America, including a decline in religion, an erosion of family bonds, an obsession with frivolous sports and a government that devotes excessive amounts of revenue to the military and armaments.
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But Black’s overall message was one of optimism that the summit could, through a spiritual perspective, brainstorm solutions to issues facing Montana.

Interesting. Here's what the Baha'i Faith's Official US webpage has to say:

Baha'is believe:

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• work performed in the spirit of service is a form of worship
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Baha'is practice:

• daily prayer and communion with God
• high moral principles, including trustworthiness, chastity and honesty
• independent investigation of truth
• a life dedicated to the service of humanity
• fellowship with the followers of all religions
• avoidance of excessive materialism, partisan politics, backbiting, alcohol, drugs and gambling

Social principles include:

• equality of women and men
• the harmony of science and religion as two complementary systems of knowledge that must work together to advance the well being and progress of humanity
• the elimination of prejudice
• the establishment of a world commonwealth of nations
• recognition of the common origin and fundamental unity of purpose of all religions
• spiritual solutions to economic problems and the removal of economic barriers and restrictions
• the abolition of extremes of poverty and wealth
• the adoption of a world auxiliary language, a world script, and a uniform and universal system of currency and weights and measures
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