Less of an Answer

Postmodernism is typically known best for its rejection of absolutes. This has been a major clashing point for Christianity. Modernism was seen as compatible because it, at least, agreed with the Christian stance that there was an Absolute reality. We may disagree on what that reality is, but at least then we can debate on that. We stand on the same platform. It just comes down to who is more persuasive concerning the nature of the platform. Postmodernism rejects the very platform we stand on. No wonder it's such a scary thing to many. Yet, the rejection of absolutes is not the starting point for postmodern thought, but rather the conclusion of it. There are many presuppositions that postmodernists rest on to arrive at the statement that there is no Absolute Reality....

This leads me to my favorite quote of the day, "Ideology is the opiate of intellectuals." It provides not more, but less of an answer to the pain of experience. Utopia is only acheived when the few steal from the many to numb their own pain by gratifying every desire. The world goes to hell before dying, while the rich and privileged steal a slice of heaven before succumbing to the endless void that they have spent a lifetime distracting themselves from.

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