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Religion in the Bible: James 1:27
God doesn't like what we normally associate with religion: rituals, ceremonies, and services. What he wants is for us to act with kindness and service to those who need it most. If you're doing that, you're practicing the one "religion" that God approves of.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201:27&version=NIV
Orphans in the Bible: Deuteronomy 24:17-22
Throughout the Bible, God's people are exhorted to care for the outcasts and rejected, and orphans certainly fit that description in the Biblical world. Here, the Israelites are commanded to make sure that justice is available even to the fatherless and foreigners.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2024:17-22&version=NIV