One of the reasons that religion should be considered sinful in itself. It gives way too many wedge issues that detract from the real purpose of Carrying the Word and the Good News. If we would all spend 10% of the time, we do when bemoaning the different religious scandals, in carrying the Word as it is laid out in the Bible, we would be much more aligned with His Will. When Jesus told us to “resist not evil”, He knew what he was saying. As sinful by nature creatures, we cannot resist evil; that’s His job and He has declared it “resisted”. We can do nothing for God by calling out all the evil in the world while we let such activities take time and energy away from carrying the message that He wants to spread.
What do you consider, "religion"?
“We can do nothing for God by calling out all the evil in the world ...”
Kind of hard to preach repentance if there is nothing to repent from...