DISCUSSION OUTLINE FOR A MAP OF LIFE Sin Does a properly instructed conscience never give way to sin? What is sin? Distinguish carefully between mortal and venial sin. Which one involves rejection and rebellion? Discuss at length the enormity and the stupidity of sin. Law and Freedom How is many a sinner misled as to the true nature of sin? Are God’s laws despotic regulations? What precisely are they? Illustrate from the use of an engine or a razor blade. What do we mean by calling God’s laws “Maker’s instructions’’? Is God’s law a thing apart from us? Why is action against it, action against our own nature and therefore destructive? What is to be said of running counter to God’s law on the ground of “self-expression’’? Repeat the law of freedom. Why, then, do we sin? Is temptation sin? Explain. Vocation In addition to God’s general will for all mankind is there a will of God for each individual? What is it called? How may one know one’s vocation? Discuss. Practice: Meditate on the folly (in addition to the enormity) of sin, considering that we are nothing and God is everything. i68