Excellent submission MrConservative. The truth is right there in the verse. That "secret closet". See my signature line, it speaks the same thing, from a secular point of view.
That's how I took it... not to make a spectacle of glorifying yourself... Why would you assume otherwise?
I'll 3rd it......I have a disdain for religion, but you have a fundamental right to make a jackass out of your self if you wish.
Granny says, "Dat's right... ... if ya wanna put a stop to the Islamization of the world... ... ya gotta do like dey doin' in France... ... an' nip it inna bud."
Grandpa says, "Dat's right or wrong, I am not very sure... ... if ya wanna put a stop to the Islamization of the Western world... ... ya gotta do like Obama doin' to Osama in Afghanistan and Pakistan... ... an' nip it inna bud of the jasmine in Syria and Iran. ... but enter the Arab Spring ... with mosques sprouting up like giant toadstools ... everywhere in the US and the West.
I would prayer in the streets, and I'm not even a theist. Civil disobedience is required in such cases.