I think it is preferable and better to be a faithful Christian rather than a religious one. When you belong to a religion (Catholicism, Lutheranism, etc.) you are required / expected to adhere and accept all its teachings. I have witnessed the ELCA devolve into a homosexual centric institution that rewrites 2000 year old scripture in favor of inbracing sexual deviancy. If that’s religion, then I don’t want or need it. I’ll keep my faith and they can keep their religion.
Inbracing = embracing
Dang autocorrect.