Catholics and Christians know what I mean though, and they care.
Religion is a personal issue between the person and God.
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That is not biblical and also against the teachings of the Catholic church.
Then WHY are you in a RELIGION forum; wasting your time?
PERSONAL, yes. But will it remain "only" 'tween "person and God"??? That assessment will surprise the one who wrote a good chunk of the New Testament (apostle) Paul...as well as Jesus Himself:
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus EVERY knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and EVERY tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. (Paul, Phillippians 2:9-11)
Jesus: 41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” (Matthew 25:41-46)
[But, I thought, Lord, that religion was just a you-&-me personal issue, dude...why, if I'd only known that whate'er I did for my personal neighbor was like doin' that for you...man, I would changed by behave long ago...]