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| Well hello old friends.  I'm glad to see at least a couple of you have been posting in my mental "absence" while I've been utterly absorbed with my new job. We're still missing a few people, obviously... but I'm going to go ahead and post some new questions and let people catch up as they can. If you haven't posted on the last few question sets, don't worry about it... you can just start here.
I think this first question is a repeat of something I asked earlier, but now that we've got some more information perhaps we can comment more.
- How is
it that the Queen does not know what death is? If Perelandra has existed
for some time, does this mean that nothing has yet died there, or only
that she has not observed it? What are the theological implications of
death in an uncorrupted world? (Clearly, from Ransom’s experience with the
frog, Perelandrian creatures are capable of dying.
- Who do
you think won the second debate, and why?
- “What
the Un-man said was always very nearly true. Certainly it must be part of
the Divine plan that this happy creature should mature, should become more
and more a creature of free choice, should become, in a sense, more
distinct from God and from her husband in order thereby to be at one with
them in a richer fashion.” How would the Queen be more at one with God and
her husband by being more free and distinct from them?
- What
was the purpose of the robe and mirror?
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| ECHO*Echo*echo*echo*echo.....
Ok, clearly we've all been a bit preoccupied lately.  I'm going to give us all a week to get caught up before posting any more questions.
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| 1. *controversial question alert* How does Weston's new "religion" compare with the religion of Star Wars? Why does Ransom say it is the most dangerous error a man can fall into?
2. What do Weston's "symptoms" suggest?
3. What truths does Weston tell the Queen? What lies are mixed in? What is the danger of this combination?
4. What is the effect on the Queen, and what is the nature of her victory?
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- Why is
it so shocking that the Queen would think of death as a good thing, and
why was it so natural for her to do so? Do you think all the creatures of
Perelandra were immortal, or had she simply never witnessed any of them
die yet?
- Theologically,
do you agree with the Queen’s assessment that we are “walking beside Him
as Himself may walk, not even holding hands.”… in other words, that we
have the freedom to choose God’s good, or to reject His grace and go our
own way? Why or why not?
- Why do
the Queen and Ransom have so much difficulty talking to one another? (If
you notice, they always seem to be confusing one another.)
- Why is
Ransom dismayed when the Queen realizes that Maleldil has not given the
same laws to all worlds? How is this related to his sense of her
“precariousness”?
- What
does the Queen’s interaction with the beasts, on the islands and in the
sea and on the Fixed Land,
reveal about her rulership in that world?
- The
Queen does not readily understand blood, or pain, or the danger of Weston.
If you had been in Ransom’s place, how would you have tried to explain it
to her in a way that would protect her?
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| Remember, discussion is not at all limited to these questions; they're just to get us started! Please contribute your own ideas and questions too!!
Special welcome to Cymru and stargazer, who said they were going to join us this week.
Chapters 3 and 4:
- Just
when did the bandage disappear from Ransom’s eyes during his descent to
Perelandra? (Did Lewis make a mistake here?)
- Why
does Lewis say that the human race has trouble not associating extreme
pleasure with guilt? Why do you think Ransom felt no real guilt about his
pleasure in Perelandra?
- What
do you think of Lewis’s assessment that wanting to repeat the same
pleasure over and over might be the root of all evil? (As an aside: I took
a look at someone’s analysis of the Greek for I Timothy 6:10 and I think
it’s more properly translated “a root” instead of “the root”.)
- What
are your first impressions of The Green Lady?
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