I do think the world would be a better place without religion but only because that world would require the people in it to have been enlightened enough and rational enough to leave their religion behind on their own, artificially manipulating someone's mind or enforcing a ban on religions would defeat the purpose
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.” - George Carlin
