What does Les say religion prompts?
Religion prompts hatred, precipitates war, takes people down the dark path of legalism, and is always man's attempt to somehow please God. Christianity, by contrast, is never a religion; it is God reaching down in mercy and grace to a lost human race.
Les teaches that religion prompts hatred, precipitates war, and takes people down the dark path of legalism. He says religion is always man's attempt to somehow please God, whereas Christianity is never a religion. Christianity is God reaching down in mercy and grace to a lost human race, and religion never does that. Les also notes Paul used the term in a bad light, saying he was saved out of the Jew's religion, because he was religious but hated the very name of Jesus of Nazareth.