Hitler And Condorcet's 'That Hideous Strength'

Progress, of any kind, can be extremely destructive and disruptive if managed by corruptive people. This is evidenced by Hitler and Marx, or the NICE in That Hideous Strength by CS Lewis. Condorcet views progress as continually striving for perfection. While I do not take these views on progress, as I think that this is what leads to destruction, I do think that we are able to progress. I think, as Christians, we have the ability to progress. Each day, we strive to be more and more like Christ. While we can never fully reach Christ 's perfection, we should constantly be trying to progress toward that. As individual Christians, it is definitely possible to progress, as well as in our church. However, I think that our society as a whole may be unable to progress, because everyone has different ideas of "progress". So I’m arguing that, as a society, we can only progress so far. When we look at how far we 've come since the beginning of time, it 's amazing …show more content…
Because on one hand, we have progressed extremely far in very good ways; our technology has improved as well as society as a whole. However, while some may think that we have progress toward perfection, I know that is impossible. Hitler, Marx, and Condorcet are just three of the many thinkers and leaders who have contributed to this view of progress and have shown how truly destructive this kind of thinking can be. We can never be perfect, so trying to create a Heaven on Earth of total peace and equality, of complete immortality and perfection, is meaningless. Individually, as Christians, we can strive to be more Christ-like, but we must understand that we will never reach His level. Novels like That Hideous Strength give evidence of that- that trying to create God will lead to total devastation. When trying to progress and improve, we must be careful to place that power into the right hands so that we don’t repeat the destruction Hitler and others