I am Catholic, and we accept anyone who believes in God, because it shows that they know there is a God who is very real. We don't take the idea of religion and force it down the throats of people. That belongs to the Protestants, who broke away from the Catholic Church in 1531, went Luther left, and started the Lutheran Church (even that church does not force religion.
As time went on, ideas of hell, and faith got more radical, and "Billy Sundays" started to force the issue in the late 1800s. I believe that to choose God is based on freewill. You can choose to believe if He is real or not.
I am deeply religious and follow my faith to the letter, but I will not judge anyone if they choose not to believe.