Out of the Silent Planet

I was trying to think about what it was that I gained from reading this book another time.  I noticed as I was reading this book the idea of bent v. broken and that reminded me of the type of books we read.  I noticed that the story is about leaving morals behind for science.  Leaving behind the pure, the simple, and even the advances we have for the sake of progress and science. That is a pattern that has seen before.  The thing that really struck me was connected to a talk that I listened to by Oliver DeMille on Natural Laws.  The topic was about looking for how books relate to the 12 Natural Laws.   When I went to see how many Natural Laws that CS Lewis referred to I was a bit surprised...there were many!


Quick notes about the 12 Natural Laws (Natural laws = revealed law and scientific law)
​1.  Law of Supremacy - What is supreme?
2.  Law of Authority - Who protects the law?  Reason for the government?
3.  Law of Limits - Do the laws protect natural law? inalienable rights?
4.  Law of Delegation - What do we do when we see wrong?  Do we delegate our responsibility?
5.  Law of Force - What type of force is the government using?
6.  Law of Decline- When we violate natural law it leads to a lack of respect to people and law leading to disdain.  Do we see hateful actions?  **Law of the Harvest
7.  Law of Power (Power v. Energy) - Who is trying to dominate?  Where are the gaps in power?
8.  Law of Gaps - Do we create/keep gaps in government power or do we eliminate gaps?
9.  Law of the Vital Few - Few ordinary people who do extraordinary things - Who do we choose to lead us?
10.  Law of Liberty - Who is losing power?
11.  Law of Economy - Power at the lowest level - Who is responsible for our duties and rights?
12.  Law of Progress - Need the freedom to grow & progress - Who controls our actions - You or someone else?