Prior to discussing the nature of true religion, Scougal comments on some common erroneous takes on religion.
True, authentic religion is not:
1. Bare intellectual assent to a creed.
2. Keeping a set of behavioral rules.
3. Emotionalism.
Scougal states that many mistake a part or aspect of religion, especially in an exaggerated form, for the whole. That religion does involve right belief (orthodoxy), right practice (orthopraxy), and emotional investment cannot be denied. But we rightly hold these things together, in balance. He also warns against our tendency to "baptize" our sins by attempting to create Christian justifications for them.
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