Atheism and monasticism?

[Rev. Rye]

It's an interesting idea, admittedly, this is coming from a man who, when he learned about how J.D. Salinger lived alone on a mountain somewhere near in New Hampshire, considered it something to aspire to. Then again, I don't see a point in connecting such a goal with atheism. I think the most obvious ways to sell such a lifestyle is becoming a famous author or a mountain man like in Jeremiah Johnson. But, then again, the mountain man lifestyle seems to have largely been replaced by the survivalists who justify their lifestyle with extreme paranoia and remarkably little love for the land they live off of.