Thank you for your thoughtful response, Gustave.

You make some interesting points and ask some interesting questions.

"The true 'deity', while all encompassing, would see nothing, hear nothing, feel nothing, choose nothing, etc."

Then it would not be conscious. It would just be an unconscious force. Isn't this just like saying God is energy? With that definition, we can say that God exists, because energy exists. But that's not the type of God most people mean when they say the word God.

"Evolution happens because there's a fundamental will in nature to move forwardly, but the variety comes from combining all the possible ones and zeros, and one of those is the pure essence of chaos."

No, evolution happens because random mutations occur. Then the mutations that put an organism at a disadvantage tend to die off. So then the mutations that are not problematic survive.

"Consciousness is the most perplexing part. It's also the only thing we can prove, and the thing we take most for granted."

But can we prove it? How can you prove that you are conscious?