[mmichaels1970]

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 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.’ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

[Antoninus]

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable...

Nice non sequitur. Based on what I know about him, Fred does not seek the mantle of "good Christian." In fact, he goes out of his way to disparage those who call him on it. And that's fine. At least with him, you know what you're getting, unlike the Rudy/Clinton types who pretend to be religious but, in my opinion, loathe Christianity and Christians in private.

I said I'd still vote for him.