Saying "I believe in God but not religion" makes about as much sense as saying "I believe in Brahma, Vishnu, etc., but don't follow Hinduism"

Why do people think they could separate a very specifically defined deity from religion?
If you say you believed in "God" you're referring to the Abrahamic god who is the deity of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Baha'i faith and related sects, meaning you'd HAVE to follow one of those religions. If you don't, stop using that misnomer.

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Ksmile14 · F

I think the difference is that religions keep being corrupted by people. I'm a protestant but I think some of the things our church does are stupid. I'm sure Catholics feel the same way, as well as Muslims, and buddhists, etc.

Sometimes the religion loses its focus on what it should be doing--bringing people closer to God.