SB Part Three: Chapter V – The Law of Preservation
SB Part Three: Chapter VI – The Law of Destruction
Discussion Questions:
Earth Overshoot Day this year falls on July 29. On that day we will have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the whole year. (www.overshootday.org). Comment in the light of Spiritist teaching on the law of preservation.
Some spiritual traditions see desire as the source of suffering. Nevertheless, desire can be an aid to moral progress. Explain.
Comment on the health care crisis in America, with diseases such as diabetes out of control, in the light of Spiritism.
Are there any voluntary privations that are meritorious?
Global warming, if unchecked in a brief window of time remaining to take suitable action, will cause enormous destruction. Could this impending calamity be part of the divine plan? Explain.
Can humanity avert impending calamities? Explain.
Is war necessary according to the law of destruction and thus ordained by divine Providence?
Is a moral sense present in all human beings? If so, how can some human beings commit unspeakable atrocities?
According to Spiritist teaching, is the death penalty ever justifiable?