"Get rid of religion and something else would take it's place. Imagine a world without a religion. Do you see a world of peace then? Probably not. Because humans hide behind banners of various labels and names. Politics, business, military, tribal, supporters of this team or that.... no religion there but there is plenty of competition and power grabbing. Money is at the bottom of a lot of it."

I think that the point can be taken that religion is not the only delusion. Greed and power are forms of delusion as well. The problem is that today, the latter are tied to the former.

Answer: Separation of Church and State. As for world peace, this is something that has to be taken seriously without infusing it with religious belief. World peace and religious belief is almost an oxymoron. However, in a free democracy, people have the right to worship their shoes if they so desire so long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. The problem that is being presented is that churches, mosques, synagogues and cathedrals do infringe on these rights sometimes. They need to stop doing that.

One of the big problems is the evangelical movement in the U.S. There is an arrogance,
here, in which a religious group actively tries to impose their religion on others whether
they like it or not. This has carried over into U.S. foreign policy. Don't think for a moment that the concept of a Christian "crusade" is not out there.

Also, religious evangelizing is exacerbating the problems in the Mid-East between Israel and Palestine.