II. THE PROBLEM OF LIFE’S LAWS Discussion Aids How do we know that there are laws governing our physical being? Does man invent such laws? Can we ever with impunity defy these laws? Can we alter them or free ourselves from them? Are there laws governing the soul? May we ignore them? May we ignore the laws governing thq body? If we do, what is the outcome in each instance? Is the body more or less free when it obeys the laws governing it? Is the soul more or less free in obeying the moral law? Can the state change physical laws? the moral law? Give an example. If successful bodily life depends upon a knowledge of the laws of health, what about a successful spiritual life? Have men been infallible in discovering bodily laws? Are they not likely to err even more in trying to discover spiritual laws? Which laws, physical or spiritual, are more important? Why? Why did God, the Author of all law, reveal the moral law and not the physical? May the will and the intellect of man err, even though God has revealed the moral law? Discuss. Discuss the difference between freedom and doing as one likes. Discuss our dependence upon God and the rightfulness of it. Practice: Put into more fruitful practice your knowledge of the difference between doing as you please and freedom. 152