Religion hides us from the tasks at hand here. I was listening to news reports the day they found the body of Samantha Zaldivar, a little girl who'd been murdered not too far from my home. One person quoted in the report summed the event by saying all was well. God has another little angel. I refuse to believe that a wise God would inspire us with a sense of justice, then demand that we not exercise it in God's name.
Religion is a convenient place to hide.
Pablum for cowards. Bad things happen because of some imagined bogey man. Good things will eventually come. It's not us. We need do nothing.