MStem wrote:
You just reminded me of something. Although I’m not very religious, I was sent to a school as a child, which had classes in Christianity as well as comparative religious studies. There was a story in the Bible, of which you just reminded me.
Jesus preached against people (like Peter) who were holier than thou, judging the tax collector as being an impious man. I just found it,again.
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
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Amen.