Just had to shake my head...

I posted the following in response to, "Why Al Qaeda Supports the Emergent Church

I think it is easy to paint with broad strokes things we disagree with. I understand there is a great deal of confusion about Emergent and the emerging church. Likewise, I understand postmodernism and Postmodernity are equally as difficult to digest.
But, what is the harm in seeking to live as missionaries in a culture that has turned it back on God? Why does acknowledging the cultural shift from modernism to postmodernism require the abandonment of reason, doctrine and absolutes? Is it possible for a body of Christ followers to engage a new breed of people with the teaching of Jesus without being labeled as liberal, relativistic and non-committal?
One of the reasons I am part of a holistic, missional, Christian community is because it seeks to understand how the church today goes about ministering to people who are separated from God. This does not sound unbiblical, because it isn’t. But when we begin to lump all of a certain kind of church together and categorize them based on one or two common factors, we begin to create stereotypes that do not always correspond to reality.
Yes, there are heretical and strange emerging churches, just like there are in every denomination, association and fellowship. However, it is not necessarily the case that every church that labels itself “emerging” will deny moral absolutes, engage in reader response eisegesis, reject science and reason and discard objective truth. There is a huge difference between accepting a philosophical postmodern worldview as true and acknowledging we live in Postmodernity. It is fair and accurate to say there are some emerging worship communities in the world, which are tired not of doctrine, evangelism and discipleship, but are weary of the way the modern church has packaged these core values and presented them to the world. It is with this motivation that I will continue to be a part of my emerging worship community, despite over-generalized, inaccurate and untrue characterizations.