It would be interesting to see what the Professor would profess if he had some skin in the game:
Suppose a student walked into his office and pointed a gun at his head and said, “If I believe in God, I won’t shoot you for fear of eternal damnation. However, if you convince me there isn’t a God, then I will shoot you without fear of eternal consequences, as revenge for your destroying my faith. Now then, Mr. Professor, is there a God, or isn’t there?”
Yep then the professor would know what it like to placed between a rock and a hard place. BANG!