Nihilism

“It’s this lack of belief in the good, true, and beautiful that leads us down the paths of perpetual power struggle, to thirsting for nothing beyond the will to power, and to a dark abyss. We must not lose sight of that as we search for answers to what ails us.” - Dispatch Faith

“while the political right may see itself in opposition to such an approach, populism’s rise suggests otherwise. For Nietzsche, the embodiment of the will to power was the Übermensch (the Overman or Superman), who embodied the ideals we now see played out in populist leaders.” - TGC

“Each verse in Peggy Lee’s 1969 song describes a life event, such as going to the circus or falling in love….Each verse leads to the same chorus: Is that all there is?” - TGC

“…while the ‘sunny nihilism’ worldview is wrapped in the pretense of humility and relativism, it’s actually making a bold claim about truth that relies heavily upon a faith commitment.” - TGC

“Religious cultures have often had deep strains of apocalyptic or millenarian sentiment, including the Christian and Jewish traditions, but the extreme forms of environmental apocalyptic today are rooted in the material and and are devoid of any sort of … eschatological aim such as the renewal of Creation or deriving some meaning out of final things.

“I would argue that the secularization that the psychoanalyst and I would together lament is driven by just this sort of cultural means-to-an-end religion. If a generation believes that religion is just a substitute for something else—political power, national identity, social control, or even just shortcut parenting—they will not just abandon it, but resent it too.” - Russell Moore