Obvious and glaring sins are not as dangerous as the sins that we believe to be virtues. This is why, for example, Jesus said that prostitutes and tax collectors were closer to the kingdom of Heaven than the well-respected theologians of His day—the tax collectors and sinners knew they had a problem, but the self-righteous Pharisees did not know that sin had them by the throat. They thought they were virtuous and wise when they were really white-washed tombs.
