Atheists who read this must pray to stop being atheists

The topic is not the FULL resolution; I'm not arguing that ALL atheists who read this are required to pray to stop being atheists. Keep reading. Consider walking into a dark room. The natural impulse, and indeed the rational thing to do, would be to shout, "Is anyone there?" Are there any reasons why someone would NOT do this? There are a few. First, the possibility of someone else being in the room might simply not occur to him, for whatever reason. Second, the person might think that he has good reason to believe that there is absolutely and definitely no person in the room -- for instance, he saw the room a moment ago when the light was on, and believed that he saw that it was empty. Third, he might have some reason to think that he'll get a response to his shout even if nobody is there -- for instance, the walls in the room are prone to echoing a distorted version of the person's voice. But aside from these, there is no sensible reason not to shout "Is anyone there?" It doesn't cost anything just to shout (as opposed to a thorough and organized search of the room). It's what anyone would do. Similarly, I argue that an atheist reading this who meets the following criteria is rationally required to pray that God stop him from being an atheist: 1) He believes that the issue of whether or not God exists has some importance. 2) He does not believe that the probability of God's existence is negligible. 3) He does not have a good reason to believe that such prayer might lead to a "false positive." Only atheists reading this debate who meet these criteria are required to pray. However that probably constitutes most if not all of the atheists who read this forum. :-) Objections: 1) Wouldn't divine hiddenness prevent us from receiving an answer even if God did exist? Divine hiddenness does require some manner of epistemic distance; therefore praying to God and not receiving an answer, while not conclusive, would provide some evidence for the atheist to continue to believe that God does not exist -- especially if he does it sincerely and over a long period. However, this does not excuse you from not making the effort in the first place. 2) Do you usually shout for supernatural beings to reveal themselves? The issue of whether supernatural beings other than God exist is not of any real importance to me; nor, I suspect, to any atheist here. The probability of such beings existing is, in my mind, negligible; again, I think any atheist here would say the same. This reinforces the need for the criteria above, but it does not excuse the atheist who meets those criteria from praying. 3) Couldn't belief through prayer be caused by social pressure or psychosis? Assuming for the moment that that's true, I believe that any atheist who reads this and who falls under the above criteria are not very suggestible; they would be able to take such factors into consideration if they pray, especially for an extended period of time, in deciding whether the prayer has been answered. Such atheists are therefore not excused from the requirement to pray. 4) Which God should I pray to? There are many. Pray to "whoever's there." If you pray with the intention that your prayer be heard, and if any sort of god exists, then that god will hear your prayer. Source: TJ Mawson (2010) "Praying to Stop Being An Atheist," International Journal of Philosophy of Religion.