Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus - Jefferson Bethke's “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus”

Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus that was posted just a week ago on Youtube Jefferson Bethke's "Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus" has taken the world by storm with over 15 million viewings in just over a week. I also like "Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus" It certainly made me think and has obviously made others think too.

Jefferson Bethke's “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” YouTube sensation has garnered over 15 million views and thousands of comments, Hating Religion, Loving Jesus: Why that Sentiment is Flawed ... received more than six million hits called Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.The video, Jefferson Bethke said, was not an attempt to bash all religion, but rather to write a poem against legalism, self righteousness - Jesus, love, religion, bible, christian, grace mercy, god spirit, faith, hate, like, Word Holy



A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it's core Jesus' gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can't do your own list of rules and feel "not good enough" for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don't represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!