I used to believe God exists and used to believe that believing that he exists was important for day-to-day life - not so much these days. While I am not sure he exists but what I am sure about is that IT IS NOT IMPORTANT TO BELIEVE HE EXISTS. I used to think that my day to day life being good or bad had a nexus with my believing - something that I now know is false. I think it's rather pompous and arrogant to think that the creator of the universe would be at my service in making sure I get a plot in Ruai.... and not at the service of the 32k african children who will die of malaria today. I have come to accept that the world has it's own rules and that I am responsible for my own fate(to a great extent) and when I am not... there is a reason called 'chance'. You know what? I would love to think he exists simply because the belief that he exists has been a very strong foundation of my life so far but I am aware that billions of people on the planet who don't believe as I believe/used to believe have their own foundations. I think if you socially live in a believing culture - it's best if you believed (or went with the flow) since life is too short to be always fighting.... my life is that way.... for a large part of my life I have lived in a socially believing world (always knew most was BS and wanted some kind of general theory that would marry my intellectual questions with what I felt/wanted to feel.... but that is not coming). So yes... that is the reason I take my kids to church since I am not the only one in question. I ask myself... what damage can it do? I think none and they grow up socially functional - why not? but for things that take out of the individual like planting seed, tithing , keshas, fasting - I have never engaged in them (even when I was believing since I thought they are relics of the past that only africans and left wing americans engage in)...on a funny note the first time I stayed 24 hours without sleep was during my wife's labour for our 1st born... have not done it again since then!
My point... the decision of whether to believe in God or not is personal and cannot be attacked. I personally think whether he exists or not is not important since this place moves on in exactly the same way for those who believe in him or not i.e. those who take on responsibility on themselves to act(regardless of motivation) generally do better than those who don't! if belief of God and his divine will and destiny compels you to act and be responsible for your future outcome... you will likely succeed.... same thing for the person who does not but acts and becomes responsible for their future outcome.

Let them make a choice of their own.

... here we go with the labels...... I guess if I could be labelled I would be an agnostic... a religious agnostic! I wish it was different... I really do! but once you have swallowed the blue pill.... hakuna reverse gear... going back would be intellectual suicide or deception of the most dreadful type - self deception.... I guess this Kinda reminds me of that fellow called Charles Templeton - look him up! .... but choices have consequences.... even deciding to 'come out' has it's consequences.

I guess belief that leads to ACTION is very important!! Belief that leads to INACTION or requires some kind of magic act... sprinkle some X here, chant a few words there, give money to an unrelated person e.t.c then stay passive until something happens is irresponsible!