I don't buy the movement that claims Christ is anti-religious. I get what they are trying to say, perhaps it's because religion is becoming such a taboo thing in society that it might make people uncomfortable, so in an effort to be relevant Christians try to distance themselves from being labeled as a religious group.
But the Bible doesn't criticize being religious. In fact James says "Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained [a]by the world."
What the Jewish people have been given is a religion, organized beliefs, dogmas and doctrines about who God is, and laws teaching them how to have mercy and be unstained by the world.
The thing is Jesus was anti-people who pretend to be good and deny that their hearts are filled with wicked thoughts, the fake religious people who don't take care of widows and orphans on the day of need, and don't keep themselves pure and unstained by the world. He was never against religion.
