Pious, not religious?

[s-t-t at juno.com]

Doug wrote:
> Huge majorities of Americans - 70-80% and higher - tell pollsters
> they believe in angels, heaven, and hell, and almost all report daily
> prayer. No other First World nation comes close. Though as Dan
> Lazare once said to me, Americans are pious, which isn't
> necessarily the same as religious.

What is the difference?  I don't mean that to be snide about religion,
it's simply not clear to me.

-- Shane

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