Z dziejów Bożej niemocy

• Authors: Zofia Sajdek
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the beginning the article is an attempt to answer the question whether there are conclusive arguments for non-existence of the God’s omnipotence. Maybe it is impossible to conclude because that depends on interpretation; e.g. Auschwitz can mean Yahweh abandoned His people or – on the contrary – it was a divine miracle they survived. On the other hand some philosophers argue that the radical evil eliminates freedom of interpretation – e.g. raping children cannot be a creation of a loving and powerful Creator. The study of the opinion of Slovenian thinker Slavoj Žižek leads to a „compromising” conclusion: the history of God’s impotence and people’s silence prove that an imperfect Creator is one before whom man can either fall to his knees or dance.

Keywords

PL

Holocaust; radical evil; theodicy; Dostojewski F.; Žižek S.

EN

Holocaust; radical evil; theodicy; Dostojewski F.; Žižek S.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: Racjonalia. Z punktu widzenia humanistyki
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 2

Dates

published

2012

online

2012-11-30

Contributors

author

Zofia Sajdek

Identifiers

DOI

10.15633/r.250