Moj bližnji kot meni enak
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https://doi.org/10.35469/poligrafi.2020.234Ključne besede:
drugi, enakost, človeško dostojanstvo, odtujitev, tujecPovzetek
Izjemna človeška sposobnost »ljubiti« drug drugega je po mojem mnenju najmočnejši dokaz tako za obstoj Boga kot za odnos, za kakršnega je Bog želel, da bi ga človek imel do Njega in do svojega bližnjega. Obenem je človeška zmožnost za zavist, sovraštvo, nasilje in teptanje dostojanstva »drugih« ljudi podobno močan dokaz, da je nekaj hudo narobe – ljudje ne zmorejo vzdrževati želenega odnosa z Bogom ali z drugim. Božji namen se ne spreminja, samo raztresena človeška bitja včasih pozabimo nanj. Težava tiči v jedru človekove odtujitve od Boga in drug od drugega, zaradi nje smo osamljeni, pozabljivi, sumničavi in preplašeni.
V prispevku želim ponuditi okvir, ki nam bo pomagal uzreti vir težave, raziskati nekaj razlogov za človekovo odtujenost od bližnjega in od stvarstva ter poiskati načine za premostitev vrzeli med nami in ostalim božjim stvarstvom. Verjamem, da vsi spopadi, vse zatiranje in trpljenje izvirajo iz te odtujitve in da je bistveno poslanstvo vseh religij, ali vsaj abrahamskih religij, premostiti ta prepad tako, da drugega obravnavajo kot enakovrednega.
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