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I'm not sure if I agree with this explanation. Sure, religion is something some people turn to after having issues, but it's also equally, if not probably more frequently, an excuse to cause issues.
I see it more often used as a coping mechanism, not a way to be a better person. It's something to give hope of your problem just solving itself, and an excuse when it doesn't work. It's also used to excuse horrible behavior towards other people, not to be a nicer person towards them.
There's both sides of all of this obviously, but I see it doing the inverse of what you said much more frequently.
The biggest boon I see from religion is that it creates community by default. In a time period so lacking in community, religion would be a good tool for this. I think it'd be better for people to form non-religious community, but there's no force to push towards that.
I don't think a religious person would agree with your description.