put on those thinking caps!

So between working out the details of our family band and contemplating the CM Convention menu, I've also been working on an entry concerning postmodernism. Go figure.

Postmodernism is a worldview. Dictionary.com defines worldview as:

• The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
• A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.

Everyone has a worldview. A worldview is often used synonymously with philosophy or belief system, it is what reality is perceived to be. Because the prevailing worldview forms the basis of the way life is ordered and conducted in a society, an individual frequently accepts that worldview without examination. And, one worldview in vogue in the western world today is postmodernism.

If all of this is just a little TMI this early in the morning, perhaps this will help:

While looking into things a little further, I stumbled upon this blurb on a popular "Po-Mo" website:

It is important to discuss how definitions is [sic] approached from a postmodern perspective. First, as should be evident, there are no universal definitions of any particular word. Meanings are socially constructed...

Whaaat? I wonder how Dictionary.com feels about that. Or Merriam-Webster.

Anyway, one of the presuppositions inherent in the postmodern worldview is that the quest for truth is a lost cause. Postmodernists argue that objective, universal, knowable truth is mythical. Therefore, if we make the mistake of claiming to know the truth, we are "deluded" at best and "dangerous" at worst.

Ouch. Though this does shed some light on perhaps why Christianity is under attack these days. The Bible has an awful lot to say about truth:

Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate for Yourself, [make holy] by Truth; Your Word is Truth. John 17:17

Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him]. Ephesians 4:21

And now, O Lord God, you are God, and Your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. 2 Samuel 7:28

You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth. Psalm 119:151

The sum of Your word is truth [the total and full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever. Psalm 119:160

And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. John 8:32

Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. John 14:6

For we can do nothing against the Truth [not serve any party or personal interest], but only for the Truth [which is the Gospel]. 2 Corinthians 13:8

If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts]. 1 John 1:8

And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. John 1:14

Pilate said to Him, Then You are a king? Jesus answered, You say it! [You speak correctly!] For I am a King. [Certainly I am King!] This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice. Pilate said to Him, What is Truth? John 18:37-38a

For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold. And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions. 2 Timothy 4:3-4

All of the verses above are from the Amplified Bible (you can learn more about the different Bible versions HERE).

I guess it's time to grab another cup of coffee.