Is atheism a scientific perspective?

[Tonus]

I think you are hinting at a bigger question, though.

I am. You asked if nature exhibited evidence of design. My point was that we can see the signs of design in nature, but as we look deeper we see that it might also be an illusion. To put it another way, this is the kind of evidence that would indicate that the world is flat, or that the Sun is a relatively small light source that travels across the sky. As we learn more we realize that while it looked like those assumptions were correct, they were actually wrong.

Why isn't everything in the universe perfect if it were designed by an all-knowing God? I don't know, but I think that perfection is too much for us imperfect people to ask for. If it were perfect, then there would be more room for us imperfect beings to corrupt and ruin it. Would you create an extremely intricate and "perfect" enclosure to house a group of rowdy animals? It would be all the more disappointing for you to see your perfect enclosure be ruined by the inevitable actions of the flawed.

If God was anything like us, I expect that his designs would be flawed and require constant tweaking and testing as he improved them. He would still have far more tools and fewer limitations than we do, but he could enjoy the journey as much as we do when we're chasing after a goal that we can't achieve right away. That would be a very nice God to have, assuming he didn't exhibit any of the less-pleasant attributes that humans do all too often.