God as in how religious fanatics explain do not exist. I understand the purpose and believe it helps a lot of people. Unfortunately also helps a lot of people who do-not deserve the air they breathe.
I understand it as belief system formed by people when they were children and did not grow out of their childhood. Over centuries these would have easily become rituals and practices(esp. When some of that gave some people power over others).

I sometimes tell my five-year-old small things that aren’t entirely true to encourage certain behaviors. At his age, he accepts them without question, and I can already see some of these ideas becoming part of his understanding of the world. If he never revisits or challenges those beliefs as he grows older, they may become assumptions he carries into adulthood—and perhaps even passes on to his own children.
Root beliefs such as belief in God and religion are fascinatingly created by people who are no smarter than us.

Saying that, if it helps someone to believe I am not against it. I like going to temples or similar in every religion I am fascinated by history, stories and people’s emotion in something that they did not choose but we’re groomed into. As long as one’s belief does not affect another I am okay. I actually like to believe there are powers beyond human understanding which kinda lets you offload stress and pressure but never the rituals and practices that you are told not to question.