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Originally Posted by Ohio
Lee constantly used "religion" as his basic foil -- everybody else is religious but him! But can this really be? Was this at all true? Is religion innately evil? Is everything about Lee, LSM, and the LC's inherently free from religion?
Hardly! But back to your question.
We should focus on Jesus, and at times expose hypocrisy. Is not that what Jesus and the apostles did? James said (1.26-27) that religion is caring for the weak, keeping oneself from worldly stains, and not being hypocritical. Jesus never condemned religion, especially the Jewish religion. What he condemned, however, was the hypocrisy of the scribes, priests, and Pharisees.
Kind of like what this forum does.
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Thanks. Personally, I find I can make anything in my Christian walk into a mere system, which by definition is religion. Although, there are certain things He has told me to be faithful in (if you remember the paper I wrote, "Faithful in a Few Things). These few things include getting into the word and seeking Him in the morning and getting with the saints frequently. I'm diligent to just do these - present my body, if you will - regardless of how I feel. So these are a sort of system with me, but they are really just vehicles to turn to Him and be fed in spirit.