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contemporaryachievementsofscience(thetheoryofevolution),in-
steadoftryingtochallengethetruthsofChristianfaith.Theabove
postulatecanbesatisfiedifinphilosophicalanalysesoftheproblemof
humandeathnotonlytheevolutionaryconceptistakenintoaccount,
butalsotheincessantcreativeactivityofGodintheworld.Theevolu-
tionaryconceptofhumandeathsupplementedwithanappropriately
interpretedelementofcreativeactivitythusbecomesaparticularin-
stanceoftheevolutionaryconceptofcreation.Itmaythusbeassumed
thatthemomentofresurrection,acceptedinChristiantheology,is
ajointactofGodtheCreatorandthenaturehehascreatedthe“mo-
ment”ofcreationwhichisco-createdbyeveryhumanbeing.This
way,acontemporaryChristianmay,withoutaconflictofconscience,
shapeinhisorhermindacomprehensivevisionoftheworldandof
manwho,undergoingsubsequenttransformations,isalreadynowin
an“intermediatestate”onthewaytoeternalperfection.
Peoplewholiveatthebeginningofthe21stcenturyexperience
consequencesoftheliberatingprocessofindividualizationandenter-
ingtheworldofanaxiologicalandontologicalvoid.Theseare:the
lonelinessofindividualexistence(extensiveatomizationofhuman
beings)accompaniedbyman’sisolationfromothercreatures.Despite
allhisefforts,manisnotandcannotbea“lonelyisland”,though.To
thatwhichishappeningaroundhimhetriestoassignthemeaningit
haslost.Anevolutionaryapproachtohumandeathanditsimplica-
tionsgiveushopeofpreventingtheproblemoftheinevitabilityof
deathfrombeingassociatedonlywiththefinalendofhumanlife.
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