Show Notes
What happens when a culture stops searching for truth… and starts inventing it?
In this episode of The Berean Files, Zack and Randy dive into the rise of “my truth,” subjective reality, and the modern belief that feelings determine what is real. From social media identity culture to postmodern philosophy, we explore how objective truth became a villain in modern society — and what replaces it when everyone becomes their own authority.
Is “live your truth” harmless self-expression… or the foundation of a civilization built on confusion?
Through a biblical lens, analog horror aesthetics, philosophy, psychology, and cultural analysis, we examine the modern myth that truth is personal, customizable, and self-created.
Because if truth is different for everyone… then who decides what’s actually real?
Topics include:
• Postmodernism & subjective truth • “Speak your truth” culture • Identity and self-creation • The death of objective morality • Social media and manufactured reality • Biblical truth vs modern self-worship • The serpent’s oldest question: “Did God really say?”
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