Pious, not religious?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Feb 24 17:54:47 PST 2003


Peter K. wrote:


> >s-t-t at juno.com wrote:
>>
>>>What is the difference? I don't mean that to be snide about religion,
>>>it's simply not clear to me.
>>
>>Pious = great public professions of belief & sanctity, like the
>>Pharisees
> ><http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=MATT%2B23&showfn=on&showxref=on&language=english&version=
>KJV&x=11&y=9>.
>>Religious = what Jesus was talking about.
>>
>>Doug
>
>Jesus talked about a lot of stuff. What do the good bits have to do
>with religion? And what if
>someone is "religious" about bad things?

In that chapter of Matthew the link summons, 23. The pious wash only the outside of the cup; the religious, the inside too.

Doug



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