tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225823174096883777.post7808576301413117597..comments2023-10-23T09:41:28.704-06:00Comments on the relentless theologian: Post-modernism = The Judgment free zone: no lunkheads aloud!Loren Richmond Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379125559543281135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225823174096883777.post-38040337100240322912012-08-29T18:15:19.048-06:002012-08-29T18:15:19.048-06:00Blair,
Thanks for commenting!
Obviously, you are...Blair,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!<br /><br />Obviously, you are right, there are some potential difficulties in affirming everyone. But it wouldn't be post-modernism if it didn't eschew hard-and-fast rules. As for the Nazism question, I've addressed that as best I know how in the paragraph above the sentence you quote. People often tend to find great meaning and identity in the views they espouse, especially the stronger they feel about such views, so I have difficulty denying legitimacy to anyone--assuming that in doing so I won't be denying the legitimacy of someone else (as in Nazism). Hopefully that makes sense (because it does in my head!).<br /><br />Thanks for Reading!<br /><br />LorenLoren Richmond Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02379125559543281135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225823174096883777.post-88623980243720776112012-08-29T18:13:24.730-06:002012-08-29T18:13:24.730-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Loren Richmond Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02379125559543281135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1225823174096883777.post-11504117789208390732012-08-29T17:19:30.969-06:002012-08-29T17:19:30.969-06:00Thank you for the helpful and insightful blog. You...Thank you for the helpful and insightful blog. Your explanation of postmodernism is very good yet I'm not sure that I can agree with your statement <br /><br />"For someone to deny the legitimacy of what gives another person meaning is to deny the legitimacy of that person."<br /><br />Over the life of a person what they find meaning in will change - go up and down and switch from this or that. If their legitimacy as a person is tied to what gives them meaning then their legitimacy or if I can use another word value as a person will change over time - go up and down and switch from this or that. I would want to tie the value of a person to something other than what gives them meaning.<br /><br />Let me give an example. Say a person found their meaning in Nazism. If we then say their value as a person is tied to Nazism then do they have less value now than during the 1930's and 40's? Do they have the same value as a person to a Jew, a German or a fellow adherent?<br /><br />Just some questions that I hope are helpful.<br /><br />Blair Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181311504111741815noreply@blogger.com