why .. do we so readily accept the idea that the one thing you must do if you want to please God is believe in him? .. Isn't it just a likely that God would reward kindness, generosity, or humility? .. What if God is a scientist who regards honest seeking after truth as the supreme virtue? ... Bertrand Russell was asked what he would say if he died and found himself confronted by God, demanding to know why Russell had not believed in him. 'Not enough evidence, God, not enough evidence'
-- Richard Dawkins,The God Delusion (2006) in refutation of "the Pascal wager".