Has religion solved anything?

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33. How about what it has done for enslaved or abused people?

Many people have found hope and sanctuary in religion when everything seemed hopeless.

Many people ask the most difficult questions they could ask themselves due to religion.

Religion and religious movements have often been at the forefront of civil rights, human rights and taking care of those with the least and those least able to take care of themselves.

If it weren't for religiously based charitable organizations, we would have many more homeless and hungry. Many with lifelong substance abuse issues that have destroyed their lives have been served by religious organizations that provide what they can't get elsewhere.

Religion has resulted in some of the most magnificent art, music and architecture on earth.

While there is no doubt that religion has caused harm in some areas, to deny that it has ever done anything positive is quite a stretch.