We are living in a time when sensitivities are at the surface, often vented with cutting words. Philosophically, you can believe anything so as you do not claim it a better way. Religiously, you can hold to anything, so long as you do not bring Jesus Christ into it. If a spiritual idea is eastern, it is granted critical immunity; if western, it is thoroughly criticized. Thus, a journalist can walk into a church and mock its carryings on, but he or she dare not do the same if the ceremony is from eastern fold. Such is the mood at the end of the twentieth century. A mood can be a dangerous state of mind, because it can crush reason under the weight of feeling. But that is precisely what I believe postmodernism best represents - a mood. Ravi Zacharias
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Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was a British statesman, historian, soldier and writer, who was prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He is known for his leadership during World War II. He was also the first prime minister to be born in the 20th century.

Post-modernism or post-structuralism is a term used by scholars who study the humanities and social sciences since the early 20th century. Post-modernism rejects the modernist belief that science and reason are the only means to understanding humanity and society. Instead, it posits that there are many possible ways of thinking about reality which are all equally valid which it sees as one of its characteristics of post-modernism.

Source: Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims Of The Christian Message

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