>>80Belief in a God is something that an individual either possesses, or doesn't possess. If there is a benevolent God, he wouldn't demand that his subjects believe that he exists under pain of eternal damnation. Imagine a kid with an ant farm. Should he condemn the ants to an eternity of hellfire for the simple act of not believing in him, if he acts in ways that don't definitively reveal himself? No, that's childish as shit. The concept of needing to believe in order to be saved is one of the most central lies in Abrahamic religion, and it was used to increase the power wielded by those in positions of power within the church, rather than any actual divine inspiration. If there is a god that is worthy of worship, then said god wouldn't act like a petulant child on the topic of non-believers.