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Belief in god give a person the feeling that he is not alone, god is with him. It gives him a psychological relief. To him god might be part of how he understand his surroundings and us, and might also be an answer to a lot of questions that we don't have any answer for. But we do not know what is god or if there is a god. So explaining something using god is like saying we do not know. But it is not how some people see it. According to them there is no question of whether there is god or not or what he is like. They believe they know it but their belief is not based on anything valid. It is their fear and ignorance which make them believe it, and since nobody is immune to it, such beliefs got wide acceptance and people began to identify themselves with it. It has its advantages, it gave people with the same beliefs a sense of unity and gave them a reason to come together and trust each other. But it also has its disadvantages, it turn people against others who has some other belief or who doesn't believe in a god. When these beliefs about god, his wishes, how to live etc get grouped together, it becomes a religion. Religions might claim to be god's words and tell god wants you to do certain things and live in a certain way. The idea of god itself is not so damaging but it coupled along with god's needs, advice, wisdom etc is very damaging. The so called god's teachings have some advantages and a lot of disadvantages.
We don't need to believe in god. If you think you want to believe in god, then do it in a harmless way to yourself and others. That is god made the universe or god is the universe, laws of nature are his laws, everything can work only according to it and we live as per these laws and that’s it. Add nothing more to it.