Is Phariseeism a Pharisaic Faith?

Mark O'Mara: Phariseeism in general despises compassion, despises gentleness and loneliness. He says it's an inherent sense of superiority; what does one need compassion for if you are looking down? And then so far as my Christianity is characterized by self righteousness, he adds, that clouds his ability to access the glory of God with Christ. "I think there has been a dearth of this in me," writes O'Marias.