Truth is dead, at best its relative.

in one of the numerous videos we watch in bible class, a very good example of the three major views on truth was given. there were three umpires discussing balls and strikes.

the first one said "there are balls and there are strikes, i call them as they are. "

the second umpire said "there are balls and strikes, i call them as i see them."

the last umpire said "there are balls and strikes, they aren't anything until i call them."

the three umpires represent our current views on truth. the first one is the judeo-christain view: there are absolute truths, truth is independent and objective. the second represents a slightly relative view of truth. the third is the post modern view of truth. post modernists believe we make truth.

in class we got a little caught up on the rather ironic fact that "modern" means "just now," making "post modern" mean "after just now." while this is a pretty good symbol for the fact postmodernism is very sketchy and not at all clear, we should also not be completely ridiculous and realize there was a school of thought called "modernism" and i think its rather fitting the school of thought that came after it while still carrying some of its principles, was named "post" modernism. maybe thats just me though.