Post Modernism doesn’t make any sense, but it doesn’t matter.

…because it allows people to live however they want.

The attack on absolute truth is one of the most challenging things that any Christian communicator has had to deal with in the last generation. How do you communicate with someone who doesn’t belief that truth exists? When the Post-Modern philosophies first started to enter the church, frankly, it caught us by surprise. We didn’t know what to say or how to respond. Some of us freaked out and others of us tried to ignore it. In fact, some churches are still ignoring it. Come to think of it, it’s that attitude (ignoring the changes in the culture around you) that prompted me to start this blog in the first place.

It caught us by surprise, and we haven’t really adjusted to it yet. I think we had better, because it looks like it’s here to stay.

Post-Modernism died on the vine in college lecture halls and debate floors, because it’s logically impossible. Just the statement, “there is no such thing as absolute truth” defies the most basic form of logic by claiming to be what it says does not exist. But it doesn’t matter whether it makes sense or not because it allows sinful men to erase their guilt.

One thing that’s true of us humans, we  will embrace anything that takes away our guilt.

In reality, it isn’t anything new. Men have been redefining words, defying logic and rationalizing their sinfulness away for all of recorded history. This post-modern thing is just a new spin on the age old problem of sin. As long as people are sinful, there will always be post-modernism (or something like it) to help them feel better about doing things that they know are wrong.

The question is: are we going to joining the Language Revolution and look for effective ways to communicate with a generation that stopped listening a long time ago, or are we going to stick our head in the sand and hope the effects of sin are going to pass eventually?