The Problematic Nature of "the Solution"

Everyone wants solutions to their problems and society's problems. The difficulty is that the very idea of "the solution" is itself problematic for theological, philosophical and practical reasons.

80. The Problematic Nature of "the Solution"

Sin. We don’t really like to talk about the idea of sin today. It makes us feel bad. Instead of sin, we talk about mistakes, or brokenness, or some such. Much of it is steeped in therapeutic language that wants to affirm our basic goodness. The problem with this is that it hinders a proper understanding our political and social condition. For you see, if you don’t understand the theological idea of sin or original sin, you cannot properly understand the technological society, or the administrative state, or the HR department of things. Many of the symptoms of the underlying problems we face all wind back to a fundamental denial of the sinful state of mankind. A thing that is broken can be fixed, if you have the knowhow. All that you need is the right solution and what is broken within you can be mended and repaired. We can rebuild you. We have the technology.

All we need to do is come up with the right solutions and we can fix everything. This is the big lie at the root of…