I suppose I’m an atheist with regards to the one proposed by Pope John Paul 2; That of an, “all-knowing absolute.”

From my point of view, it would seem inherently contradictory, as an absolute has no distinctions, while knowledge is a function of distinctions.

If I may interpret it, my view of the traditional God is as a/the spiritual absolute. Yet a spiritual absolute would necessarily be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, not an ideal of wisdom and judgement, from which we fell. More the new born, than the wise old man. Consciousness seeking knowledge, not any form, or brand of it. The light shining through the film, than the images on it.

As I see it, traditional monotheism is a social and cultural construct, a narrative device, to validate necessary codes of conduct. Better to institutionalize the father figure lawgiver, than this raw sense of self and desire that actually drives us. It has too much influence and power anyway.

So while our ethical codes are based on the dichotomy of good and bad, the real tension is between the heart and the head. The anarchy of desire, versus the tyranny of judgement.

Good and bad are simply the biological binary of beneficial and detrimental. The 1/0 of life. Even bacteria understand that. Unfortunately when we build ethical codes around the premise of them as being a cosmic dual between the forces of righteousness and evil, real complexities and nuance are lost, as any real conflict quickly polarizes into us as the good, versus them as the bad and anyone in the middle as weak or patsies for the other side. Yet not only are there many shades of grey between black and white, but all the colors of the spectrum are between light and dark.

Consequently I’m more of a yin/yang sort of person, than a God Almighty person.

Arguments?