Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus is a viral video created by Christian speaker Jefferson Bethke, who uploaded his work that rose him to fame onto YouTube and GodTube, under the screenname bball1989.

"[1] Underneath his video, Bethke delineated its purpose: A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion.

"[4] Nevertheless, the author of the video stated that he wanted to expose the legalism prevalent in many houses of worship.

[5] The popular rapper Lecrae, on his Facebook, encouraged his fans to think about the video by linking an article titled "Does Jesus hate religion?

Kinda, sorta, not really" by Kevin DeYoung who had, since writing it, spoken with Jefferson Bethke about it and the video.