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Z dziejów Bożej niemocy
The history of God's impotence

Author(s): Zofia Sajdek
Subject(s): Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophy of Mind, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy of History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Holocaust; radical evil; theodicy; Dostojewski F.; Žižek S;

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 62-77
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish