Religion is man made. God wants us to love him and he loves us and love each other, if we did this there wouldn't be any wars. But mankind creates religion which leads to greed for money or power, pagan religions like Islam, etc.
I see religions and culture as an evolution of the consciousness and spirituality of mankind. Most religions and cultures express the beauty of the true nature of God.
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.