But that would go against the teaching of most religions. In this case, there is little point in prayer or worship. This is a debate that could go on for pages. I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.
Beliefs are what divide people.
Doubt unites them. It is not hardness of heart or evil passions that drive certain individuals to atheism, but rather a scrupulous intellectual honesty. It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind. It was the experience of mystery, even if mixed with fear, that engendered religion. Each religion necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself.