Well, since you mentioned viruses, let's use that. Do you think it's possible that non-atomic structures could form that would function as a virus (and would be as stable and as complex)?
I'd like to understand if non-atomic life forms are possible. For example, purely electrical ones. I'm not talking about those electron eating bacterias, they are still made out of atoms. Is there a possibility to form a stable structure out of electrons, or photons? Not necessarily in a vacuum...