Death Comes Tomorrow

Burger King’s famous slogan, "Have it your way," encapsulates much of what has come to define the turn of the century. With World War I, western society saw the slow demise of what had been a generally optimistic era. However, the subsequent era, firmly established through World War II, did not remain in the pessimism of the 1930s; instead, it chose to un-define the conventional categories altogether. Postmodernism is not a redefining of modern ideals: it is a relativizing or un-defining of semantics. It could be said that Derridean deconstruction has undone Cartesian foundationalism—ontology being usurped by the fluidity of language. The results and reception of this are indisputably mixed. For some, the advent of relativism into mainstream thought has brought greater acceptance of political and social progress. For others, relativism is seen as a virtual enemy of the cross of Christ, trivializing the reality of the sacrifice made. Others still are unconvinced t