Let's see if I can help you guys see what I see.
I believe in God, and Jesus Christ. I believe that our evolution was only guided by a God. I believe that you cannot ask a God to do things for you. You can only ask for guidance. That is was Religion is. Guidance.
Without guidance, what would the Human race be?
We would be nothing. And not just guidance from Religion. Guidance from teachers, from family members, from friends, from just about everything. The Human race would not be able to function together had we not guided each other through every obstacle that has been thrown at us.
Guidance is what I look to religion for. I don't look to it for hope, for an escape, for something to blame.