Do you Believe?

It's not like believing in god guarantees you passage in heaven anyway, basically every single thing humans do is a sin and you would be turned down. If god was so great and benevolent he'd let everyone 'good' into heaven regardless of whether they believe or not. Besides, the whole concept of heaven & hell is nonsense. Religion is useful for governments because it keeps the peons opressed. If they believe in an afterlife, then they won't look for a better life while they are in a bad situation. (I.e. Revolutionary Russia (Stalin))

Here's a branch-off of what Grav was saying... If god is so benevolent, let's say there is an Atheist, for sake of argument let's say that was me. Okay, I live a good life, I help people often, I do volunteer work at charities and homeless shelters, etc. I die one day by a... Let's say car accident... I find that there is a heaven and hell, which would I go to?

Do you think it would matter when I started believing? Because if I saw some big ass white pearly gates after I died, I would "probably" start believing right there. Now, living the good life I had, would I get in or burn in hell? Would "God" really be such a jackass to reject me? Does he require such attention? I thought it was the good deeds that truly counted? Otherwise a person could just go to church once a week, pray every night and not give a goddamn about their fellow man, right?
Just a passing thought.