It's not fair, really. We religious people have to work HARD for many years to form a good relationship with God. We have to engage in study, contemplation, self-examination ("the unexamined life is not worth living"), meditation, prayer, good works, self-discipline, the development of a degree of humility, recognition of the divine not only in oneself but in others too, acceptance of responsibility toward others as equals...it's a long and arduous course.

While all the atheist has to do to find God is...look in the mirror!

This is what my father did every day. He got up, looked out upon His worldly dominion with satisfaction, knowing He that was sovereign over all of it, went to the washroom, and looked at the face of God in the mirror while He shaved Himself. He then exercised His Godly and omnipotent powers over all the poor fools, dullards, and other lesser beings in His world for the rest of the day. Every day. He ruled!!!

It's so much simpler and less demanding than the religious life! And you get to be "Number One". And you're always right, and other people are always wrong. Bonus! No wonder it's become such a popular lifestyle choice.