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We often assume that for each problem there is one
correct solutions and that people dealing with the problem
are incompetent, indifferent, malevolent, or worse---if
they do not recognize that correct solution. Such an
assumption does not recognize the possibility of real
tragedy---in which our best and well intentioned efforts
generate terrible situations because of the positive
values which guide such efforts. There are some
problems/dilemmas for which there is no solution. In such
instances what is required is to learn how to cope with
the absence of a solution. To cope meaningfully with the
absence of a solution to one problem/dilemma is to
transcend one definition of the problem/dilemma and
recognize that our transcendent problem/dilemmas is how to
most helpfully/meaningfully define our problems/dilemmas,
to ask the helpful questions in the given context.
Many problems are defined in exclusively technical
terms within cultural contexts which make it impossible to
solve the problems. The contexts are often exclusively
narrow, excluding broad perceptions of the fabric of
threads which interconnect the whole its parts, the
objective and subjective aspects, technical and non-
technical aspect. Often the definition of the problem
excludes consideration of the implications to motivation
and freedom to communicate which are present in the
definition and the solutions occasioned by the definition.
Such definitions of problems usually occasion sin, the
condition of human alienation which is the source of many,
if not most, human problems/dilemmas.
Often the assumption which is made is that the
correct solution is God's solution and if appropriate
people were "good" people---they would be in tune with
God's will and would solve the problem correctly. The
failure of people to solve problems then becomes evidence
that they are "evil" and in opposition to God's divine
will. Such people must be opposed in God's name, and done
away with if necessary---at great cost if need be. Such a
perspective occasions sin, and so through broken
communication aggravates the problems which were not being
solved or resolved. One of our central problems is the
problem of how to respond to we cannot solve or resolve.
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