Is the belief in God ultimately harmful to society?

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I answered "no" for this poll. Having a religion and/or believing in the existence of one or more deities is not what matters so much as what the characteristics of those religions or deities are. Are the faiths and beings in question accepting or intolerant of diverse peoples and perspectives? Do they encourage unquestioning acceptance of dogma or individual pursuits of knowledge and wisdom, ones subordination to the authority of clerics within a religious hierarchy or a relatively egalitarian arrangement where there is no middleman betwixt oneself and the deities (or spirits that are equal instead of "superior" relative to oneself), and what other cultural values do they inspire in followers? How does one even define the deity or deities? A belief in "God" on its own reveals very little about ones views so far as I am concerned. It has potential to be good or bad.

Though I dislike Abrahamic faiths and consider belief in God unnecessary, I am not an anti-theist.