Personally I dint feel that any of these - Budhdhism, Jainism etc are atheistic.A few words misunderstood here and there do give rise to definitions and classifications. But feeling or experience is required to know the essence of words
Not only a liberated soul but each soul- you and me too is the part and parcel of divinity and hence sufficiently God himself (as far as words can describe).The source is to be discovered in each path..that source alone is the truth and all rest is falsity ..Identifying that everything is the source itself is awareness and the source is one - the one who people call the creator or the lord
Any spiritual path pursued is pursuing THE SOURCE or THE ONLY TRUTH..If there is anything that IS it is God
The only thing is that some call it the "self" and some call it "God"
taking a different initial approach and outlook doesn't change the fact that its God that you are realizing or trying to realize
That which the yogis etc realize and aspire for is the "Avictor" aspect of the Lord and that which they want to achieve is sadhu or union with God. Unless that is not achieved perfectly , liberation cant be achieved
atonement to the source or uniting with him/it can alone perfect the being
The eyes and ears of Budhdha are everywhere..only that they are not the mortal ones