It was always meant to bring the futility of the argument to light.
I believe in God in and you may not. I do not think it's mercy would be withheld if you had been misled (or not, either way it probably doesn't matter, if I'm wrong nothing changes, if your wrong it still doesn't matter either, if you still live a good life you may still be able to get into heaven anyway. [if there is one, just because there is a God does not mean there is a heaven or hell for that matter]).
Hell, I bet a lot of you heathens ;-) are more well behaved then my fellow God fearing Christians, especially those that use their religious as an excuse to persecute others.
I can tell you that those of you that persecute others because they are gay, lesbian, weird, atheist, or in other religion besides yours are committing a far worse sin then they are.
Personally, I am not religious, only very heavily spiritual.