@Jasper10,
This is you sticking your own concepts in.
Richard Dawkins is someone who, through observation, has concluded that there is no evidence of divine action, and therefore there is no God.
Hope doesn't come into it, it's something he has determined for himself, it's based on cold reasoning, not hope.
And to suggest that just because someone does not believe in God means they would prefer oblivion to a blissful afterlife is missing the point entirely.
You seem to live in a little box, where everything is measured against your own existance, just because you cannot separate hope from your own belief system does not mean others are similarly handicapped.