C.P. Mathews writes in response to Sanderson’s letter, focusing on Sanderson’s suggestion that Christian society could function in a technological future with ease so long as its participants are dedicated to God. Mathews writes that “in all traditional activities sacred symbolism is omnipresent: every step is pregnant with metaphysical meaning at the same time as it is a step towards the fulfilment of a material achievement. Modern technology is not only completely devoid of higher content, but by its very nature suggests the opposite.” Mathews goes on to discuss how the modern world, in its anti-traditionalist mindset, is a detriment to any spiritual seeker.