On a certain level my current atheism is reactionary to my former Fundamentalism. I simply despise the insidious methods of control that some humans have used to manipulate others. I understand that not all Christians fall into this category.
Had I been raised in a more liberal Christian tradition I would most likely be content with a benign agnosticism or post-theism like many Europeans have.
My hard reaction to this kind of article is precisely because I was once deceived by that very kind of reasoning that kept me captive to a very narrow mindset. I said before that Campos is preaching to the choir, and I was once a part of that "choir" as it were.
Know that my objection isn't against the search for the "divine." I hesitate to use the term "god" because it reminds me too much of a male patriarchal deity that enforces hierarchy and dominates through power.
Once I remove cultural preconceptions of the divine from my basic assumptions on reality, I find the concepts of creator gods rather quaint products of tribal narratives. I understand the differences between engineered, purpose built objects that don't reproduce and biochemical systems that evolve and reproduce.
Broadly speaking, I don't know how life came to be in the first place, and the complexity of living organisms still appears miraculous to me. At the same time I have yet to see a convincing (to me) definition of "god," so I will choose "none of the above," which is my personal definition of atheism.
Dave
