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Central Christian dogma integrated with the
concept of a cyclic Universe. Andrzej Brodziak
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of
Applied Sciences, Nysa, Poland
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Scientific degrees and titles: M.D., Ph.D., Dr
Sci, the title of professor given
by the
Former academic affiliations:
Head
of the Department and Hospital Ward of Internal
Independent Researcher in the Institute of
Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health,
Sosnowiec, Poland, in years
2011 -
2017
Present academic affiliations:
Department od Medical
Sciences,
Expertise, projects
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see my homepage at
I am the author
of
280 peer
reviewed publications. Number of citations 332,
h-index
10
Suggested potential reviewers
Clément Vidal,
Center Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Jenny Daggers
Associate Professor in Christian Theology at
Liverpool Hope University,
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham
School of Religion.
Central Christian dogma integrated with the
concept of a cyclic Universe.
Abstract
The author argues that each of us should try to
improve his worldview so that it will support
Key words:
worldview, Christian dogma, Trinity, cosmology,
Cyclic Universe
Background
Acquiring a supportive, friendly worldview is
essential for health and well-being. Having
It was only recently that comparisons of
different worldviews began in terms of their
I try in this article to first quote the
proposed principles for the assessing different
types of
How to assess different
worldviews and evaluate the weaknesses and
strengths
Some intellectuals have recently argued that
scientific and religious worldviews have
specific
Clement Vidal proposed three kinds of such
criteria to evaluate worldviews: objective
Subjective consistency exists when the worldview
is with accordance with our knowledge and
One can, of course, estimate how our worldview
affects our psyche, which is imperfect in
The presently circulating scientific worldviews
often do not meet the criteria of personal
Vidal and Carvalho argue that it is possible to
improve a religious worldview in the way
Vidal and Carvalho are convinced that both
possible directions of the indicated
ameliorations
These two kinds of transformations have a
similar aim, however, they use different
starting
Clement Vidal illustrates his inference
proposing his very specific “comprehensive
It just happens that I, the undersigned,
published a similar theory presenting the same
message
Clement Vidal does not attempt to formulate a
"comprehensive theological worldview". He
Here, in this article, I would like to propose a
certain contribution to the formulation of a
Our preliminary attempt to integrate central
Christian dogma with the cosmological model of
Fragments of the novel
entitled: Where do we come from, who we are and
where we are
[".. I started to remember what I had seen
during the TV broadcast. Never before was there
"... Lord, why were you silent? Why
did you allow this? ...
I concluded that the reasons to be moved after
visiting the remains of the "Factory of Death"
["...
─
And what did Herme show you?
─
We visited Baruch Spinoza at his optician's
workshop in the Hague in 1670 and we listened to
what he was saying to his friends visiting him.
As you know he was a prominent philosopher, but
he earned his living by producing lenses.
─
As far as I know, Spinoza received an offer to
take the Chair of Philosophy at the University
of Heidelberg. He rejected the offer. Nor did he
agree to the proposition of King Louis XIV of
France, who in exchange for dedicating one of
his works to him, was ready give the philosopher
a lifetime salary.
─
Herme wanted to know how Spinoza had come up
with his idea that everything that exists
─
This is generally known. Spinoza was influenced
by ancient pantheistic ideas and,
─
Herme believes that it is important to remind
contemporary modern scientists like
─
Why is it so important?
─
Because people have to clearly realize what the
meaning is of their appearance in this
─
I do not know, if it can be derived from the
view of this philosopher–optician. His concept
is
But, if
it is God, then everything that exists is God.
Spinoza's famous 14th proposition says:
─
But, there
is a certain difficulty. It is almost impossible
to deny the contemporary theories
─
Everything is correct, just remember that
Herme's additional assumption is that it was the
─
Well, that's a bit different from Spinoza's
ideas, and besides, I do not know if the
authority
─
Our amendment to Spinoza's concepts is natural
and consistent. Instead of a completely
─
It could be not the previous one but some other
... who created this one!
─
It's almost the same, in any case it is
important that we understand who God is. The
─
Who are people?
─
The early form of the new Demiurge who will
decide to create the next Universe, when it's
─
Who is Demiurge, and who is God, what is
Demiurge to God?
─
Aldrin, you do not seem to be listening to me
carefully. It was already said, or rather
─
Modern physicists would say "timeless quantum
foam", and someone else would say, that it
─
Exactly, but somebody has to take advantage of
these potentials, and use them to build
─
And you know all this from Herme?
─
These are matters - in fact - generally known,
presented by contemporary physicists with
─
Christine, but you should admit, however, that
the contemporary, overwhelming
─
This can be reconciled and explained, however, a
certain concession is necessary and
─
The team, which will program and tune the
generation of the new Big Bang will insert many
─
But what concessions are necessary and what do
you mean by the need to understand the
─
Demiurge, the creator of this world, is really
in a different space and time and does not
listen
─
Well, but what about those prophets and messiahs
and observed miracles?
─
The universe is not a simple mechanical system.
He is at least as complicated as the human
─So,
now, summarize your reasoning for me to
understand! Fanatical followers of Islam,
─
Exactly ... Someone once in a certain place,
began to promote a new religious concept and
─
You know Christine, you say interesting things,
but I do not know if your arguments will
─
If you listened carefully to me, according to
Herme it's just that the Constructor... actually
─
Christine, did you fall in love with this Herme?
─
I listened yesterday carefully to what Pope
Benedict XVI said during his visit to the
remains
-─
I know what you want to say! In the light of
Herme's arguments, it is obvious why God
-─
The fact that the High Church Dignitary called
for God to wake up is already something...
-─You
mean that the Creator of the world cannot wake
up because he is not here, but you can
─
Aldrin, it would be necessary to explain a lot
here, but let's return now to the elite
─
After all, as an invited person, you have the
right to invite him on your own behalf.
─
Yes, but I would like to invite someone else,
also a man!
─
Christine, I'll accommodate you and invite Herme
if he will convince me. Ask him come to
─
Beatrice is here. She parked the car outside the
house
─
Cool! "]
Fragment III
["…─
Well,
this is this way: Christian religion, in
comparison with Judaism and Islam, is
".. homoousios to Patri…" ("... consubstantial
with the Father ..."). So, you have to decide
The previous Demiurge in this universe, however,
does not exist, it is not sleeping but it is not
Of course, such a personage should have the
characteristics of very advanced descendants of
Above all, this personage should be gifted with
sensuality 'in the image and likeness of
At this moment, however, I could not stand it
and I interrupted.
─
Herme, listen! ... but the Son of God was not
too sensual and did not speak about any task
─
Didn't you read the book "The da Vinci
Code" by Dan Brown. 80 million copies were sold,
─Yes,
but the ending of this novel is cloudy, in the
end it is not clear what "The da Vinci
Code
The purpose and meaning of
the attempt to formulate an intellectual
integration of
The goal of formulating a "comprehensive
philosophical worldview" and "comprehensive
As an example of a representative sample of the
term "comprehensive philosophical
Clement Vidal noticed that a typical,
contemporary scientific worldview does not
secure (does
Christine, the protagonist of the quoted novel,
argues that the causes of the lack of God's
It seems to us, however, that the fanciful,
three-parted concept of God preached within
Clement Vidal in chapter 8.3.3 (p. 183) of his
book entitled "Six Levels of Universe Making"
The known non-religious, as the psychoanalytic
analysis of the essence of this central
To put it in a nutshell, the personage of God's
Son according to C.G. Jung is an archetype to
Developing and refining a convincing
"comprehensive theological worldview" would
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