My friend Stephen and I think that post-modernism is dead. We've moved on and we've started a new philosophical world-view: pre-positionalism (make sure your pronounce that right--not prepositionalism, but PRE (pause) Positionalism). Be checking in the coming weeks for more info about what this philosophy is all about. As a matter of fact, if you'd like to be a foundational part of this movement, please write in your insights into pre-positionalism. My email is jimmy@liquidthinking.org.

Actually, the best thing to do is start throwing the word "pre-positionalism" around in all the little conversations you have about culture. Great places would be message boards, blogs, etc.

Here's an example conversation:

Friend: "Hey, how do you think the emergent pomo worldview is affecting the church in general?"

You: "Well, I really think we are seeing the emergence of PRE-positionalism as the natural organic offshoot from post-modernism. I think [here you throw in some big philosphical sounding name] Shekelgruber and Wang are really expressing this better than anyone. You have to remember that post-modernism is really a transitional phase. Postmodern thought is really pre-positionalism in adolescence."

Friend: "Pre-what?"

You: "Pre-positionalism."

Friend: "Huh....okay."

Or even better get on your favorite message board and just throw the term in wherever you want. A good way would be to just ask someone, "Have you read much about Pre-positionalism?" and then just drop it. Or maybe simply say, "The pre-positionalist position really interests me." and then drop it. When people ask about it, just mention a bunch of article names by people who don't exist.

I'm betting that if enough of us did this, the church® would be on the bandwagon in a year.

posted by Jimmy at 5:36 PM | |