It wasn’t until Moses was the first person to claim he saw god. Until that people pondered but no one ever claimed to definitely know
But remember even canabals on remote islands were sacrificing women to their gods before that.
I think god made the most sense when it was the sun. The sun is god to us. We would give thanks during the day and pray at night it would return tomorrow.
We have been pondering shit since we had the ability to look into the sky, and wonder why. And we made some unwise choices based on that.
This is the best video I have found so far to explain, what you said, and the truth.
Actually we are hardwired to worship. It’s in our nature. Absent worshipping a creator we will worship man. Why do you think Kings existed?
So your explanation turns out to be too simplistic.
In fact, the reason both of you post here is that you are subconsciously drawn to discussing God. You secretly desire to be convinced. There’s something missing in your lives and you don’t even know it but you can feel it.
As far as atheists go, the ones who post here arguing against God are in the minority. You are the minority within the minority.
The rest are either at peace or are too busy with their day to day lives.
People don’t believe in God because they ponder their existence. People believe in God because they were made to worship God.
Your problem is that you don’t understand what worship means because I am certain the original meaning of worshiping is lost on you. Of course it is lost on most people which is why the world is the way it is.