You’re confusing “religion” with “Pure Religion” as described in James 1:27 “to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” Unfortunatley for the world, religion and the human condition are often at odds with one another with human foibles often ccircumventing “pure” religion.
$20 to replace a tire? The comic’s authors are a little out-of-date. More like $200.