Why did you mention religion and atheism in this context?

Consciousness is profoundly mysterious to me. If I was religious, I don't think that it would change anything for me; consciousness definitely exists (in me, at a minimum) but it's also the least explicable thing

The existence of a creator wouldn't change any of that for me. At best I could say "God probably knows what consciousness is" but I couldn't say "God explains consciousness"

Consciousness is so bizarre and inexplicable to me, that "a universe with consciousness in it" makes as much sense as "a universe where 2+2=5"