I never cease to be amazed at the constant disregard of absolute truth in the news media. This evening I read an article about the Hubble Space Telescope. In the article, I was shocked by the following sentence:
"In Hubble's photos, believers witness the hand of God, nonbelievers see astronomy in action, and artists discover galaxies worthy of galleries."
Now, when I read this sentence, I make the following observations:
1. The sentence avoids making any absolute truth claim whatsoever.
2. This is accomplished by placing a greater emphasis on experience.
3. In doing so, the sentence trivializes the reality of absolute truth.
Moreover, this sentence is strange. Think about the list of spectators: believers, unbelievers, and artists. Well, I suppose we can learn one important lesson from this sentence. In a postmodern world, truth is only found in "the eyes of the beholder." Clearly, there is no place for truth in the news media.
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This statement is a witness to the false dichotomy of postmodernism. It proceeds as follows: "because people experience truth from different perspectives, there can be no objective truth." Such a shame. Postmodernism's truth is strong but its errors are stronger.
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