[cloudmountain]

It seems to me that progressivism views people as essentially good in that it asserts that we can attain utopia merely by doing things correctly. That is, progressives think ultimate human potential is good and that this potential can be reached through human efforts alone.

Well, of course. That's the way most FAITHS view people. Human POTENTIAL can always POSSIBLY be good, since we ALL have choice. That is simple logic.

But, if human effort alone is all that is needed, then they are atheists. All faiths require an Almighty's "grace" or blessings, or whatever. I can't think of a faith where people can "go it alone."

[reasonisfaith]

Actually, there are no other systems of faith which explain the problem or present the solution in the way Christianity does.

Christianity tells us that without God, we are intrinsically evil and lost. Not even potentially good. And that we can’t lift a finger to save ourselves. Nothing we do can help in our salvation, not at all, even to the smallest extent.