Originally Posted by JcP

So perhaps atheism and deism are not as far apart as I thought...perhaps atheism is simply a rejection of the as-of-now proposed FORMS of this "God concept", but not a rejection of the inherent question(s) of how life began and why we are self-conscious. Perhaps the visual, tangible world is the "religion" of atheism...that you believe what you can experience through your body-senses are more true than what your mind imagines.

does this make sense? It's a new idea for me so I'm still sort of forming it in my head.