Religion is the most powerful tool. There is nothing wrong with our faith but the practical aspect (not the moral) that stems from the belief is basically useless. One thing that I wish is our religious institution and religious leaders could do - preach social awareness that can help the society. During the peak important holidays if they could stop vomiting the same old prayers and tell people to go out and collect the trash and clean the neighbourhood, be resposible for your own actions, go show support to the police office who has been hurt in the line of duty,help the burnt victim, flood victims. Create fear if they don't.  People listen and they fear God, they will do it.If we could divert our religious energy to something useful instead of chanting prayers to a stone, that can bring a very important change, SLOWLY.
Mind you, no law or education can compare to your own awareness. Writing a perfect law on a piece of paper means nothing if people have no conciousness to follow it. Knowledge is good, but useless, if you don't use it to create what you envision.