Komplementarność w przyrodzie i... poza nią? albo: coincidentia oppositorum w Biblii, jak tego chce Cusanus
Complementarity in Nature and … beyond? or: coincidentia oppositorum in the Bible as Cusanus wishes it

Summary/Abstract: In the micro-world, science states both indeterminacy of cognitive results and dubious character of elementary particles, e.g. of light: corpuscular and wave. Hence former ideal of science which was supposed to give certainty of cognitive results lost its raison d'être, not mentioning the principle of indeterminacy. In humanities and in everyday life we aim at formulating conclusions which are supposed to give certainty. If we are not able to give evidence, cognition must be lacking precision to some extent. Since the whole Bible has inspired character, the contradictions appearing in it cannot be accidental, and so they become a task for a man. Therefore criterion of coherence in the Bible does not have raison d'être, and hence we encounter some immanent contradictions in it, e.g. recommendations, and on that account a man has to choose between them, the choices resulting in for and against arguments. In consequence, the act of faith will have to be accompanied by uncertainty and risk. The author illustrates these theses by the examples from the Old and the New Testaments, exemplarily analyzing so called „Abraham’s conflict”. Existentialized faith understood in this way does not comprise single acts, there should be repetitive choices forcing a man into steady activity in religious sphere. In contrast to empirical sciences, contradictions included in the Bible do not only disqualify the Gospel, but they have faith-creating character because of it.

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