If someone has swallowed postmodernism (the idea that truth is relative), you won’t get very far trying to convince them that sex outside of marriage is wrong. To them, they are the arbiter of right and wrong. The critical discussion that needs to take place is at the worldview level so they can see that right and wrong are objectively—not subjectively—true.

Imagine you don’t know you have COVID-19 but experience fever and nasal drip. You take a Tylenol for the fever and an antihistamine for the nasal drip. You begin to feel better after a day, but soon the symptoms return. Plus, you start coughing and feel short of breath. You could address the new symptoms, but what you begin to realize is that you have a more fundamental problem—a virus—that is the root of all your problems. Unless you get at the core issue and kill the virus, the symptoms will keep presenting themselves.

That’s the problem with our current cultural symptoms. “Cancel culture,” “intersectionality,” “white privilege,” “microaggression,” and many other buzz words today are the logical consequences of an idea—critical theory—that has taken a foothold in our society. Unless we address the problem at its core, no amount of symptom alleviation will solve the problem.

This isn’t only the case with critical theory; it’s the case with any worldview. If someone has swallowed postmodernism (the idea that truth is relative), you won’t get very far trying to convince them that sex outside of marriage is wrong. To them, they are the arbiter of right and wrong. The critical discussion that needs to take place is at the worldview level so they can see that right and wrong are objectively—not subjectively—true.

If someone has adopted naturalism (the idea that nature is all there is), you’ll struggle to show them that Jesus rose from the grave. To them, there is no God who can cause supernatural events. The critical discussion that needs to take place is at the worldview level so they can see there is a God who can act in creation.

If someone has bought into critical theory, you won’t get very far showing them the problems with cancel culture and intersectionality. To them, the world is divided into oppressors and the oppressed (a social binary). The critical discussion that needs to take place is at the worldview level so they can see that critical theory presumes a faulty view of reality. Consequently, its proposed solutions are also mistaken.

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