Does religion destroy or improve society?

@DunningKruger why?

@Wateribbon Religion, at best, encourages people to believe in demonstrably false, or at least unproveable, propositions, and to live their lives based on these false propositions. It requires its adherents to effectively give control of their lives over to whomever runs the religion. And "live and let live" is very rarely a major thesis in a religion. Even Christianity, which claims to adhere to the "Golden Rule," more often than not gives it only the barest lip service.

More people have been killed or otherwise made to suffer in the name of some religion or other than any other institution in human history. People regularly reject logic, reason and even demonstrable evidence because of their religious convictions.

Religion is regularly used to force societies and individuals to live in ways that are clearly detrimental to both.

Honestly, the "good things" some people ascribe to religion such as charity and community building don't require religion at all. Religion is a parasite that has attached itself to socially beneficial concepts and taken credit where it isn't required at all. We can all live moral and ethical lives without resorting to the superstitions and damage religion causes.