Postmodernism: A Christian Worldview

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Introduction Postmodernism is the way people think and denies absolute truth. The belief of postmodernism is found through one’s own personal experience and culture. Postmodernism denies the ultimate reality and raises concerns among postmodernist as they deny God as the ultimate source of all that exists. This is not surprising as in certain social areas of life many lean towards postmodernism. Many chose to accept postmodernism ignorantly and only join the bandwagon of modern societies covetousness. Those who chose postmodernism only do so because others are doing it. Therefore, the objective of this research paper is to show that the Christian worldview is far superior to that of a postmodern worldview. This paper will start by providing

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