I, for one, totally reject the notion that a just and sane god would punish anyone merely for having honest doubts about his existence, let alone condemn anyone to an eternity of excruciating torment for that reason alone. If God is really that malicious and insane, I would rather go to hell than believe in, let alone worship such a monster! Those who do their best to deal honestly, respectfully and charitably with their fellow beings and try to make this a better and safer world for all who share it with them, without any expectation of reward or punishment in the hereafter (assuming that there is such a thing) is more deserving of heaven than anyone who proclaims a belief in God while threatening eternal hell and damnation to all who don't share a belief in their particular concept of God, particularly if they also foolishly claim that mere acceptance of Christ as their saviour is enough to save them, regardless of how they treat their fellow beings! Loving and helping others should be done because it is the right thing to do, not out of any expectation of reward or punishment in the hereafter for doing or not doing so! Besides, doing so can often be ultimately its own best reward!
Here is another way to look at it. Suppose a human father who claims to love all his children, all of whom except for one occasionally misbehave, decided that he could not, in good conscience, forgive any of his children for their misbehaviour, no matter how repentent and remorseful, unless the one child who never misbehaved agreed to be cruelly tortured to death to atone for the misbehavior of his siblings. Wouldn't such a father be judged criminally insane? Why would it be even the slightest bit less insane for God to take that approach?
Gunnar