Z dziejów Bożej niemocy

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.