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Practically speaking, religion is a response to the difficulties of living within society. Different societies have different problems, and it naturally follows that different societies correspondingly have different religions. The universal fact that all societies have religions tells us nothing more than that all societies have problems. In addition, societies with similar religions seem to have similar problems. The perfect society, one with no problems, would not be religious. However, it does not follow from this that religion in our society is a bad thing, or that by removing it we would make society better.
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Not sure I agree with your initial assumption there :)
I think religion is one of many responses to the problems inherent to human existance, importantly, the search for meaning. So, I don't think a perfect society would be religionless, because you'd still have humans your perfect society (presumably).
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