Atheist struggling to answer a question i often propose to myself

[Astonished]

Quick answer: yes, there could be such an entity and yes we could be as beneath it as an ant is to us. There might be any number of things beyond our understanding and imagination. But life is short; don't waste time cowering in fear of what might be. Find out if there really are such things, if you like. But pragmatically, withhold believing in them until there's reason to do so. Certainly don't prostrate yourself in worship of them - even if they exist, worship has to be earned.

Actually it's unwise to admit the possibility of something until the possibility has been DEMONSTRATED. So until such time, we can't even genuinely say 'yes'.

Also the situation is not comparable whatsoever to that of the ant. We're perfectly capable of contemplating the existence and attributes and motivations of a higher being while an ant is often largely unaware that we even exist until we start pulling out the magnifying glass on a hot day. People seem to never STOP thinking about their invisible sky daddies whether they can see them or not. It's no exaggeration to say that there are as many different god concepts as there are people who believe in them. We are capable of devoting time and resources, developing technologies and methodologies to try to detect and find these higher beings. We invite them to reveal themselves, we expect them to, we mistakenly believe that they do this at all times everywhere. We're simply too evolved to not be prepared for or cognizant of the existence of a higher being should one exist and care to reveal itself.

Also, before we evolved into homo sapiens, we were exactly the sort of toddlers/ants as described, so that's already happened, come and gone.