What Is Worth Believing As Truth Essay

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In a world where men and women struggle to find the truth or believe that there is such a thing called truth, many questions arise. Questions such as: “What is truth?” “Is there such a thing as truth?” “What is worth believing as truth?” “Is anything worth believing at all?” However, it is because of all of these questions that men and women of God attempt and succeed at spreading the gospel truth about Christ. How is this possible with such an anti-truth world? It is possible when Apostolics alter their approach and how they reach out, without altering their doctrine. To gain a better understanding of this it is vital to search out the different eras leading up to postmodernism, such as pre-modernism and modernism itself. Also, one must search …show more content…

Steve Wilkens and Mark L. Sanford describe is as:
Many who seek a common point of departure for postmodernism look to the statement of Jean-François Lyotard, who said, ‘I define postmodernism as incredulity towards metanarratives.’ A metanarrative is a story that transcends any individual or cultural narrative. It is a grand deposit of truth which, if grasped, makes sense of our origins, explains what is right and good and defines our purpose for existence.
Postmodernism grew tired of modernism’s theories. They did so for reasons that N. F. Gier writes about saying that postmodernism is an era that resulted in modernists failure to find true knowledge from within. It is a time in which mankind wants to escape the theories and philosophies that have led them astray. Modernism seems to have birthed a generation of doubters and skeptics. After watching the modernists fail to find real truth, postmodernists almost doubt that there is any truth at all. Gier describes it as society wanting to go back to an era prior to premodernism and modernism; however, without compromising individual integrity and being lost in darkness once more. The postmodern era has almost become a generation that hates thinking too deeply for it may lead to false theories, yet still keeps digging deeper in thought to try to find an escape route from generational darkness and

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