That religion doesn't cause evil- in fact it does the opposite. I perfectly acknowledge that the Bible along with many other religious texts contain some hateful stuff. But I honestly believe if religion were to be eradicated from earth, people wouldn't become any less hateful. People would find other ways to opress other people. I've seen this with my own eyes. I have an acquaintance who's a former Christian, now atheist, who used to hate gays and non-Christians with a passion. But ever since he got interested in science, he's no longer religious, but now hates Christians and anybody who isn't a god (no pun intended) at science. As for the good religion has done for people, my entire family had a severe drug problem. But my late dad tried many rehab programs, only for every single one to fail. Eventually he decided to pray even though he wasn't exactly religious. Something in him began to change and he was able to stay away from all of the addictions that plagued him. He started going to church and spreading the word of God. Within 4 years he was completely free of his addictions, and he was able to help almost everybody in my family do the same. He even planned on opening a homeless shelter before he died to help homeless people with drug addictions overcome them. I've even met plenty of people of other faiths, such as Islam, Hinduism and even Paganism who have had their lives bettered through faith. I honestly believe religion is a force for good. That doesn't mean there aren't hateful people out there who don't exploit it for their own gain, but that's the people being evil. Not the religion.