Aren't at least some religious people simply practicing conformation bias, even subconsciously?

The creation is the creator. There is no such thing as sin, forgiveness is what what person does for another person. After death we surrender our atoms back to the universe for recycling.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.