Le probleme du mal et la pensee russe
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Abstract EN:
In spite of the problem of evil, that normaly leads to atheism, christiendom lasted well in western europa because theology and philosophy have been present close by people in pain and doubt. The process has been different in russia, in which christiendom, founded ten centuries after christ, seems to have easily passed away to give place to materialism and leninism. It is because theology and philosophy have been absent that ortodox church has not been strong enough to keep faith spirited in spite of atheistic attacks, mainly inspirated by evil and pain. The political system that ruled russia from 1917 gave the human potential of evil an unprecedented field of action, even taking into account the frightful episode of nazism. Our world suffered two deep ethical crisis in one century : the human race has to take care of its spiritual health.
Abstract FR:
En depit du probleme du mal, qui doit normalement conduire a l'atheisme, la chretiente s'est maintenue en europe occidentale parce que la theologie et la philosophie ont accompagne ceux qui souffrent et qui doutent. Il n'en a pas ete de meme en russie, ou la chretiente, plus jeune de dix siecles, s'est comme effacee pour faire place au materialisme et au leninisme. C'est parce qu'il n'y a pas eu de theologie ni de philosophie dans ce pays que la religion n'a pas ete assez forte pour faire vivre la foi malgre les critiques atheistes, principalement fondees sur le probleme du mal et de la souffrance. Le systeme sovietique qui gouverna a partir de 1917 a donne au potentiel de mal qui est en l'homme un champ d'action sans precedent, meme compte tenu de l'effrayant episode du nazisme. Deux crises graves en un siecle : notre humanite doit se preoccuper de sa sante spirituelle.