Thursday, February 23, 2006

You can't hit what isn't there

I remember a "No Fear" shirt which said, "You can't hit what you can't see." Another truth, less frequently stated, is that you can't hit what isn't there. Postmodernism is one of those things that can't be hit because it isn't there. It's an empty title. When it does have a meaning, it's central doctrine goes something like, "No statement is true."  "But," we reply, "what about that statement you just made?" Other times, it's used to describe truths that were around long before the word "postmodernism," for instance, "you shall love you neighbour as yourself." Some postmoderns say that we should accept homosexuality, which is a lie. Other postmoderns say that we should have more empathy on homosexuals, which is true but not postmodern. Postmodernism covers a range of disparate opinions, and we don't need such an ill defined word. We don't need a cool new word to teach us the above truth. We need to repent of our homophobia, while holding firmly God's truths that homosexuality is rebellion against God, and that homosexuals, just like everybody else, for other forms of rebellion, need to be forgiven and healed by Christ. Likewise with probably any other good thing postmodernism has to say; it was an old truth, known once, and we simply need to remember it and repent of having forgot it. The label "Postmodern" should be dropped, because it's too confusing, and all writings that claim to be postmodern should be read, if at all, with caution.

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