CARNIVOROUS LAMBS - ABOUT CHRISTIAN RELIG ION AND VIOLENCE IN MODERN WORLD

Faced with the question whether Christianity stimulates violence or no t, the author first discusses the relationship between violence and th e process of civilization (violence remains the essential component of contemporary societies), and then the role of religions in modern soc iety (the continuous relevance of religion causes a variety of usages of religious symbols). Opposing the Gilles Deleuze's interpretation of Jesus Christ in which he is an example of unselfish love, but who is only preparing the path for the terror of the Divine Master (the cosmi c terror is done by the vindicator: ''Carnivorous lamb''), the author emphasizes that Christ broke the vicious circle of violence absorbing it in himself. This Christ's suffering is an active one because he ove rcame the evil by doing the good. Only God has the right of judgment, so even human non-violence, taught by Christ, is inseparably connected with God's judgment. Practice of non-violence demands faith in God's judgment and such faith is the best proof of the incompatibility of vi olence with crucified Messiah.