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If you Remove religion what do you have?
You have a population that, when faced with an evil-doer, is less likely to slap him on the wrist because they won't "know he will be punished in the afterlife" - so they actually punish criminals and that fact more strongly permeates society. You have a population that doesn't endure suffering because "it's God's will that there will always be poor." You have a population that doesn't use religion as a smokescreen to hide misogyny. You have a population that doesn't condemn homosexuals and atheists and followers of other religions for being "different" from the religiously-imposed norms.
See also John Lennon's "Imagine" as a mini-reference and partial answer to the question.