Post-Modernism 101 for Aunties
i m NOT an arts student, nvr really know anything abt post-modernism. have a vague idea but nvr understood it. however, a conversation with my mum yesterday made me realize tt the concept of post-modernism is in almost everyone, including lowly educated individuals like my mum. *gasp*
post-modernism, as i try to remember wat i just read, is sthg abt disorder, no truth, non-universality, etc... in short, self-centred. my mum is a pre-believer (i hope...cos there's a difference between pre-believer & non-believer). we talked abt marriage & she mentioned tt i m too restrictive, such tt i only allow a Christian marrying another Christian & not any other from other religions. i told her it's written in the scripture tt we cannot marry any other outside our faith. then she went on saying tt i m too engrossed with Christianity such tt i m in the devil. so long as one is happily married to a person he/she loves, tt's enough;it doesn't matter which religion the other is from... D-U-H!!!
then she went on to rattle abt if can't find a person one loves, then there's no purpose/meaning in this world. i tried to explain tt there is a next world waiting for us, but she says tt's still unknown, since it's unknown now, y restrict ourselves? go on & do wat we like & enjoy ourselves...eat, drink & be merry, for tomorrow we die... D-U-H!!!
wat really amazed me was tt, such ideas are actually in the minds of most human beings, even those who had nvr heard of the term "post-modernism". it strikes me tt for people who have gone thru quite a fair bit of academic studies, we can still deliver the truth to them in the form of showing them the truth in the scriptures & the flaws in their ideas, challenging them to think. but for post-modern aunties/uncles like my mum, i really dunno how to show them the flaws in their ideas, cos they couldn't be bothered to think. and even when they say they believed in Jesus or they pray to Jesus, i do have my doubts, cos i dun think they know who Jesus really is. to them, our Messiah is just another god, cos all religions lead to the same teaching...
help them, Lord, to see the truth. help us, Lord, to relate the truth to them, such tt the truth is relevant to them. amen.
it just donned to me the book of Ecclesiastes is particularly a book which addresses post-modernism. & it's written 3000 years ago. hmmm... shall not try to expound the book here, cos i tried giving a message from this book & it took me a week of intensive study, & i still dun quite understand wat Solomon was trying to say... myb u can read the book & see if i m right abt it being God's response to post-modernism... :)
post-modernism, as i try to remember wat i just read, is sthg abt disorder, no truth, non-universality, etc... in short, self-centred. my mum is a pre-believer (i hope...cos there's a difference between pre-believer & non-believer). we talked abt marriage & she mentioned tt i m too restrictive, such tt i only allow a Christian marrying another Christian & not any other from other religions. i told her it's written in the scripture tt we cannot marry any other outside our faith. then she went on saying tt i m too engrossed with Christianity such tt i m in the devil. so long as one is happily married to a person he/she loves, tt's enough;it doesn't matter which religion the other is from... D-U-H!!!
then she went on to rattle abt if can't find a person one loves, then there's no purpose/meaning in this world. i tried to explain tt there is a next world waiting for us, but she says tt's still unknown, since it's unknown now, y restrict ourselves? go on & do wat we like & enjoy ourselves...eat, drink & be merry, for tomorrow we die... D-U-H!!!
wat really amazed me was tt, such ideas are actually in the minds of most human beings, even those who had nvr heard of the term "post-modernism". it strikes me tt for people who have gone thru quite a fair bit of academic studies, we can still deliver the truth to them in the form of showing them the truth in the scriptures & the flaws in their ideas, challenging them to think. but for post-modern aunties/uncles like my mum, i really dunno how to show them the flaws in their ideas, cos they couldn't be bothered to think. and even when they say they believed in Jesus or they pray to Jesus, i do have my doubts, cos i dun think they know who Jesus really is. to them, our Messiah is just another god, cos all religions lead to the same teaching...
help them, Lord, to see the truth. help us, Lord, to relate the truth to them, such tt the truth is relevant to them. amen.
it just donned to me the book of Ecclesiastes is particularly a book which addresses post-modernism. & it's written 3000 years ago. hmmm... shall not try to expound the book here, cos i tried giving a message from this book & it took me a week of intensive study, & i still dun quite understand wat Solomon was trying to say... myb u can read the book & see if i m right abt it being God's response to post-modernism... :)
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