religion causes problems

As I've mentioned earlier, the cause of these problems are the people and the religion is not to be blamed. As for the bible and slavery- The Bible does not specifically condemn the practice of slavery. It gives instructions on how slaves should be treated (Deuteronomy 15:12-15; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1), but does not outlaw slavery altogether. Many see this as the Bible condoning all forms of slavery. What many fail to understand is that slavery in biblical times was very different from the slavery that was practiced in the past few centuries in many parts of the world. The slavery in the Bible was not based exclusively on race. People were not enslaved because of their nationality or the color of their skin. In Bible times, slavery was based more on economics; it was a matter of social status. People sold themselves as slaves when they could not pay their debts or provide for their families. In New Testament times, sometimes doctors, lawyers, and even politicians were slaves of someone else. Some people actually chose to be slaves so as to have all their needs provided for by their masters. the Bible allowed for in no way resembled the racial slavery that plagued our world in the past few centuries. In addition, both the Old and New Testaments condemn the practice of "man-stealing," which is what happened in Africa in the 19th century. Africans were rounded up by slave-hunters, who sold them to slave-traders, who brought them to the New World to work on plantations and farms. This practice is abhorrent to God. In fact, the penalty for such a crime in the Mosaic Law was death: "Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death" (Exodus 21:16). Similarly, in the New Testament, slave-traders are listed among those who are "ungodly and sinful" and are in the same category as those who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers, adulterers and perverts, and liars and perjurers (1 Timothy 1:8"10). The bible and gays- The bible was written under God's inspiration over a period of 1,500 years or so through various periods when God dealt with His people in different ways. Not everything that the Bible designed for God's people Israel under the judges or under the kings or that God designs for Christians under the apostles in the New Testament is the same. Putting to death adulterers, putting to death homosexuals, putting to death the sons who curse their parents, all these penalties belonged to a particular season in the history of God's dealings with His covenant people, and those dealings have changed dramatically with the coming of God's Son Jesus Christ into the world. That is the basic nature of the Bible and of redemptive history that we need to get across to our critics. the whole Old Testament reaches a climax and is dramatically altered. The Bible spells out many of the specifics of this dramatic alteration. For example, the book of Hebrews is probably the classic place for showing how the Old Covenant has become obsolete with the coming of the New Covenant. Hebrews 8:13 says, "In speaking of a New Covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." And, for example, the death of Jesus is the once-for-all sacrifice for sins so that the entire Old Testament sacrificial system of offering animals comes to an end. the Old Covenant was becoming obsolete. And dramatic changes came about and hundreds of commands in the Old Testament don't apply to Christians anymore, because this new phase of redemptive history has come. Christians are freed from the old theocratic, ethnic orientation that needed all kinds of cultural distinctive . For example, in Mark 7:19 Jesus declared all foods clean. So the entire dietary law system of the Old Testament is wiped away because we don't need to distinguish ourselves from all the nations of the world. We are part of the nations of the world. We eat whatever we are offered, because we are on an evangelistic mission to win people from all the peoples of the world among whom we are a part. So you can see change is coming to the world with Jesus in the moral expectations upon the people of God. Hitlers reign- Over the course of the Holocaust, very few people, let alone groups, came to the aid of the Jews. Christians have received harsh criticism for their apathy, considering how their religion advocates a strong sense of morality and compassion for all. Although the churches did not directly support Hitler, their decision to do nothing does not free them of guilt. Following the end to Hitler"s reign and the rescue of the Jews, the rest of the world quickly jumped in to assign blame. Christianity as a whole became a major target because of their tense past with the Jews. Rather than accept how everyone who stood idly by was to blame, most groups shifted the attention away from themselves. The overwhelming response was disbelief that such evil could occur. People reacted this way to detach themselves from the situation and any chance of guilt. Orlando attacks- "An unnamed police academy classmate told the media that Mateen had asked him out romantically around 2006, that they had spent time at gay bars together after class, and that he believed Mateen was gay.[88] He also described him as "socially awkward" and disliked by classmates.[89] At least four regular customers at the nightclub had seen Mateen visit the nightclub on at least a dozen occasions. One of them said he would sometimes become drunkenly "loud and belligerent", and at other times would drink in a corner by himself.[63] According to a witness who recognized him outside the club an hour before the shootings (and later turned over his own phone for FBI analysis), Mateen had messaged him using Jack'd, a gay dating app, intermittently over the course of a year before the attack.[90] Another witness said Mateen used the Grindr app and Adam4Adam website to communicate with gay men online, and had posted pictures of himself on both sites.[88] A third witness said Mateen would try to pick up men at the nightclub." The guy was clearly messed up. Also, this is not just about one religion but about other religions as well, but ultimately all encourage ideas of peace and harmony. About your last question, I think it's about how one perceives gods presence, according to some religions, life is a test and our deeds now will reflect out standing in the future(or hereafter).