Percy is a Deist - Now what's the difference between a deist and an atheist?

Although I disagree with Percy about there being a higher purpose, I will note that he didn’t say we had individual higher purposes. It could be that we: the human race, or we: all life on Earth, have a common purpose. Even if we have individual purposes, he didn’t say that we all eventually fulfill them, or that all our actions move us closer to the end goal.Maybe only a subset of us have a Purpose, while the rest of use serve as context. Not a comforting thought, but why not?

Yes, thank you, that was more clear than what I wrote. The right argument is a lack of evidence. The wrong argument is a perceived disconnect between the "real world" and whatever idea of a Higher Purpose I might have in my head.