Jesus Vs. Religion Video

      Today I noticed a video that kept popping up on my Facebook feed so I finally decided to watch it. Basically it is a man who wrote a poem to express his views on religion and jesus. The poem itself contains a very beautiful and strong message. Although there are a lot of aspects of religion I don't understand, I do think that this man has a point. I would suggest you watch the video linked below before reading on.

"See the problem with religion is that it never gets to the core. It's just behavior modification, like a long list of chores. Like let's dress up the outside, make it look nice and neat, but its funny, thats what they used to do to mummies while the corpse rots underneath."

      His message is basically that Jesus is better to follow than religion itself. In his description under the video he writes that "Religion either ends in pride or despair." He means that either you accomplish the "behavior modifications" and standards of how you should live as dictated by the church, or you fail to follow them. Even when you succeed you are filled with pride, which is a sin. And if you fail you feel as if you are not worthy enough for God. Either way you are like the mummies, you look "nice" because you are trying but you are "rot underneath" because you are still unhappy.

      However, Jesus makes people happy because "He represents you...and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with god!" I think what he means by this is that we don't have to worry about getting into God's good graces because Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us and released us from that duty. As he says in the video "Because when Jesus said IT IS FINISHED, I believe he meant it." The "it" is the struggle for trying to live a sin-free life and win God's graces. He made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could live our lives however we chose. The struggles was finished, but today with religion we still act as if it is not.

What do you think of the idea that Jesus is greater than religion? Are people freed from their responsibilities because of Jesus's actions? Do you agree with the way he portrays religion as a "list of chores"? Feel free to comment on any part of the video that strikes you.