What if the Creator, in order to have the creation we have, with spiritual awareness that we have, had to create the universe so that not believing in the Creator and His personal desire to be your God results in your ending up ‘beyond God’s Love and all that such Love causes to be’? It would not be a fault of God that you could end up outside of His Love and all that such entails, it would be your own destiny formed in your selfishness.
Since we're playing 'what if', do I end up living for eternity under everlasting torture and pain because I didn't believe in him? Or am I simply dead at the end of my life in the Old Testament sense (i.e. no hell) and it's over with.
I can't make myself believe, and if god exists, he made me this way. So would he rather I lie to myself and him when I get to the afterlife? I think he would think more of me if I were honest with myself, rather than trying to concoct an artificial belief just so I can partake in the rewards of his love and all that such entails.