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Postmodernism


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Postmodernism is a movement that focuses on the reality of the individual, denies statements that claim to be true for all people and is often expressed in a pared-down style in arts, literature and culture. - yourdictionary.com

Stephen Colbert:

It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that’s not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything… Truthiness is “what I say is right, and nothing anyone else says could possibly be true.” It’s not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true.

From postmodernism it follows that there are no objective moral truths, simply personal preferences.

This undermines

  • Sin
  • Repentance of sins
  • Atonement for sins
  • Forgiveness
  • Freedom from God’s wrath
  • Justification before God
  • Reconciliation with God
  • The good news? Nobody is actually a postmodernist

    • Balancing a checkbook (or constructing a budget)
    • Reading directions for medicine
    • Walking across the street
    • Studying the sciences
    • Greg Koukl

      Everyone is already deeply convinced of the truth, even when he denies it. True, our culture is driven by a postmodern impulse, but deep down each of us is a common-sense realist. Those who are not are either dead, in an institution, or sleeping in cardboard boxes under the freeway.

      Even the most postmodern among us is only postmodern on political, moral, and religious issues

      But there are objective morals!

      Brett Kunkle’s Truth test

      Objective claims are either true or false

      Subjective claims are neither true nor false

      1. That shirt is red
      2. Red is the most beautiful color
      3. 2+2=4
      4. Tropical island vacations are the best kind
      5. Atoms consist of protons, neutrons, and electrons
      6. 2*2=6
      7. I can bench press 420 pounds
      8. God exists
      9. Jesus is the only way to God, regardless of your personal upbringing
      10. Premarital sex is immoral
      11. Elective abortions are immoral

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