Every culture has a creation story, and every culture has a priesthood to interpret the story for them.

I agree with the claim—not the link provided.

I think the culture of postmodernism rejects any notion of creation. It definitely has a priesthood, though.

David Harris:

I have heard the term, postmodernism, but I have no idea what it is.

How is it defined?

When was it labeled first as postmodernism?

What preceded postmodernism?

Modernism came beforehand. :)

I suppose wikipedia's entry will do it justice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism

Put simply, it's a rejection of the logical way of thinking. Most postmodernists would implicitly go for naturalistic means of life such as evolution, but would never classify it as a form of "creation", as creation implies a special event bringing special purpose. They would claim our lives are probably purposeless.

Their priesthood is the modern media.

I don't think that 'postmodernists' have a culture, exactly. If we're talking about postmodern artists, thinkers, ideas, or concepts, they exist in our culture, they influence our culture, but do not form a solid enough social group to be considered a culture the way Jim means it here. Postmodern culture is a phrase used to describe the culture we grow up in, not the people in it.

The entire idea of a culture referring to the beliefs of a group of people is so. . . so. . . modernist.

I don't know... Perhaps it is better expressed as a "subculture", like Punk or something. But I'm using culture as a standard definition (people group that has it's own set of values, norms, institutions, art). Postmodernism fits into that, even if it does reside within the larger American culture (or technically, worldwide culture since we don't have exclusive rights). And yeah, I can be so modern sometimes. :)

While cultures tend to have people you can go to for spirtual advice, I doubt every culture has something that could be fairly called a priesthood.