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[[Postmodernism]] is an [[antichristian]],<ref>John F. MacArthur, "Think Biblically!"[http://books.google.ca/books?id=TLHM6mM1KkYC]</ref> far-left, 20th century [[worldview]] and [[academic]] movement characterized by denial of [[objective]] truth, and which [[stolen concept|asserts]] that assertions of objective knowledge are essentially impossible. The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Norman Geisler]] wrote about postmodernism: "In short, the root of Post-modernism is [[atheism]] and the fruit of it is [[relativism]] — relativism in every area of life and thought."<ref>[A Response to Philosophical Postmodernism] by [[Norman Geisler|Norman L. Geisler]]</ref>
[[Postmodernism]] is an [[antichristian]],<ref>John F. MacArthur, "Think Biblically!"[http://books.google.ca/books?id=TLHM6mM1KkYC]</ref> far-left, 20th century [[worldview]] and [[academic]] movement characterized by denial of [[objective]] truth, and which [[stolen concept|asserts]] that assertions of objective knowledge are essentially impossible. The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Norman Geisler]] wrote about postmodernism: "In short, the root of Post-modernism is [[atheism]] and the fruit of it is [[relativism]] — relativism in every area of life and thought."<ref>[A Response to Philosophical Postmodernism] by [[Norman Geisler|Norman L. Geisler]]</ref>
Arthur W. Lindsley, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, C.S. Lewis Institute, wrote:
Many postmodern contentions are self-refuting. An ancient example of this was the Greek philosopher Gorgius, who maintained that “All statements are false.” The problem is that if the statement that “All statements are false” is true, then it is false. Similarly, postmodernism maintains that it is (objectively) true to say that there are no objective truths. It uses reason to deny the validity of reason. If the statement, “all perspectives on reality are culturally determined” is true, then is this statement itself also culturally determined? If all metanarratives are suspect because they lead to oppression, then can it not be equally maintained that postmodernism is itself a metanarrative and equally suspect? If all knowledge claims are a grab for power, then are not postmodernism’s contentions equally motivated by a will-to-power?<ref>[ C.S. Lewis on Postmodernism?] by Arthur W. Lindsley, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, C.S. Lewis Institute</ref>}}
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and critical thinking#Atheism, postmodernism and a lack of critical thinking]]
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and critical thinking#Atheism, postmodernism and a lack of critical thinking]]