I read Fr. Rose's Nihilism and this is really an eye opener that connects a lot of dots. It outlines the perspective of a Christian worldview and the modern, nihilist worldview, which in essence is a reaction towards the first, with as goal to destroy everything that is of God and even God himself (as Nietsche famously said, we've killed God). It is very disturbing to realize that you live in a society that spiritually is in the Abyss, after reading this book a lot of the haze is removed and you see this very clearly. Moreover, what is really telling is that fr. Rose is speaking about what would come ''beyond nihilism'' and during this chapter and also earlier in the book drops a lot of seeds on the New World Order situation we're in now. He states things like, if industry and technology are allowed to move forwards as they are now we will have the biggest and most controlled prison in human history, which is exactly what we're in now. Remember he's writing in the 60s. Altogether a very illuminating read which also shines a light on the root of the terror of the 20th century communist/nazi movements, which were nihilistic movements, and also makes you realize that these people (which is most of modern society now) are always on the lookout to destroy something and as fr. Rose says ''even when the nihilists have their paradise they'll be too disillusioned and full of wrath and hatred to acknowledge and appreciate it, so they'll destroy that too''. All progression is progression further away from Christ, by a spirit and mentality that is never satisfied nor can ever be satisfied. The nihilists aren't winning, they're in the Abyss and they're incredibly far removed from truth and tend to remove further and further as their ''progression'' towards utopia (which is dystopia) progresses.
