Lost in the desert

I wanted to try to come up with a crude theory of how and why we might possibly have come to this point in time in the world. A time where there is limited truth, great division and a general sense of being lost in a seemingly formless desert. Crudely put, below are the general streams of progress in thought across the last 5 centuries: 1500s: Reformation, Humanism, Scholasticism, Renaissance 1600s: Enlightenment, Rationalism, Empiricism, Skepticism 1700s: Romanticism, Idealism, Materialism, Utilitarianism 1800s: Positivism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Marxism 1900s: Postmodernism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Feminism My current theory is that there's a convergence of the outcomes of the *reformation (1517) and into the 1600s (Enlightenment, Rationalism, Empiricism, Skepticism) *and Postmodernism (1870-ish onwards) and the rise of individual truth, rejection of grand narratives and essentialism. At the same time, we're running away from a tyrannical religious spirit that has been repressive and guilt inducing (mostly, if not holistically from the misunderstanding of God and fallen traditions of mankind), and that now we find ourselves lost in the desert worshipping false idols (think overarching context of exodus) and in our current journey not knowing if we want to turn back to the Pharaoh or stay in the desert. While only a few of us are still seeking the distant hope of the promised land. Furthermore.. It's either God's plan for us to go far enough away from him that we organically turn back to him and what is essentially good, or alternatively, it is not his ideal plan at all, but he will ultimately use it for the good of those called according to his purpose etc.. To add to this.. The globalisation of information through the internet and social media has accelerated the effects of all of this in an exponential way in a very short space of time. ... Say in the last 5 years