logical, not literal

most atheists (and most of the religious, I will admit) see godly attributes, such as omnipotence is, in a parochial way.

I agree. It is a human limitation (and a very specific type of human limitation) that sees religious texts as cookbooks, full of recipes where certain inputs result in certain outcomes, and where every statement is expected to be rigidly logical rather than metaphorical.

But most humans thrive on metaphor. Claims that God is all-powerful were never intended to be taken to a logical extreme. Rather, they were intended to convey that God has power far beyond that of any or all men. These ideas are logical enough, but are not literal.

Now, whether that is true - or whether there is even a God - is another story - but religious texts were never intended to be taken literally. (This probably also explains the connection between engineers and religious extremists - because good engineers tend to be literal thinkers, but are largely unable to understand religious ideas which are social in nature.)