If divinity wants humans to foster understanding and compassion, then most religious texts, or at least the way they are used, are in contradiction with divinity's goals. Anything written down as a rule has a tendency to be seen as immutable and rigid. Thus no exceptions can be made, even if the entire world has moved on to a place where the old rule is senseless. Furthermore, anyone can write down an opinion and claim it is divine, and if they have enough authority (force) to back this up, they will eventually be considered correct in this.
I think a lot of this goes into the idea of third circuit thought dominationg the current stage of human evolution. Poeple worship the written word instead of looking within for their heart's response. There are people who are kind at heart who nevertheless stay silent of even act complicitly with policies they can see are harmful or painful to others, because they have been led to believe that these particular written down words are straight from god and he must somehow have some higher plan that makes the harm these rules are causing all worthwhile. People don't trust their hearts to tell them what is right. People don't, by and large, seem to have an actual connection with the divine. It could well be that religion - usually a collection of rules based on writings enshrined for their own sake, but purportedly because they were inspired by God - is INHERENTLY a stumbling block to communion with the divine.