/lit/ - Literature

>>17355177
According to Urantia, Nathan wrote it:

This is the so-called Gospel according to John the son of Zebedee, and though John did not write it, he did inspire it. Since its first writing it has several times been edited to make it appear to have been written by John himself. When this record was made, John had the other Gospels, and he saw that much had been omitted; accordingly, in the year A.D. 101 he encouraged his associate, Nathan, a Greek Jew from Caesarea, to begin the writing. John supplied his material from memory and by reference to the three records already in existence. He had no written records of his own. The Epistle known as "First John" was written by John himself as a covering letter for the work which Nathan executed under his direction.

>>17070212
92:7.3.The many religions of Urantia are all good to the extent that they bring man to God and bring the realization of the Father to man. It is a fallacy for any group of religionists to conceive of their creed as The Truth; such attitudes bespeak more of theological arrogance than of certainty of faith. There is not a Urantia religion that could not profitably study and assimilate the best of the truths contained in every other faith, for all contain truth. Religionists would do better to borrow the best in their neighbors' living spiritual faith rather than to denounce the worst in their lingering superstitions and outworn rituals.

92:7.4.All these religions have arisen as a result of man's variable intellectual response to his identical spiritual leading. They can never hope to attain a uniformity of creeds, dogmas, and rituals—these are intellectual; but they can, and some day will, realize a unity in true worship of the Father of all, for this is spiritual, and it is forever true, in the spirit all men are equal.

>having an irrational fear or hatred of the Urantia papers

Are you Urantiaphobic?

>>14424680

Religion assures man that, in following the gleam of righteousness discernible in his soul, he is thereby identifying himself with the plan of the Infinite and the purpose of the Eternal. Such a liberated soul immediately begins to feel at home in this new universe, his universe.

*blocks your religious path*

>>13845391
Urantia

85:0.4.At one time or another mortal man has worshiped everything on the face of the earth, including himself. He has also worshiped about everything imaginable in the sky and beneath the surface of the earth. Primitive man feared all manifestations of power; he worshiped every natural phenomenon he could not comprehend.
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85:7.3.When the worship urge is admonished and directed by wisdom—meditative and experiential thinking—it then begins to develop into the phenomenon of real religion. When the seventh adjutant spirit, the spirit of wisdom, achieves effective ministration, then in worship man begins to turn away from nature and natural objects to the God of nature and to the eternal Creator of all things natural.

>>13778507
When you realize the Fatherhood of God you will be able to love humanity not only with a brotherly love but with a higher fatherly love.

100:4.6.
You cannot truly love your fellows by a mere act of the will. Love is only born of thoroughgoing understanding of your neighbor's motives and sentiments. It is not so important to love all men today as it is that each day you learn to love one more human being. If each day or each week you achieve an understanding of one more of your fellows, and if this is the limit of your ability, then you are certainly socializing and truly spiritualizing your personality. Love is infectious, and when human devotion is intelligent and wise, love is more catching than hate. But only genuine and unselfish love is truly contagious. If each mortal could only become a focus of dynamic affection, this benign virus of love would soon pervade the sentimental emotion-stream of humanity to such an extent that all civilization would be encompassed by love, and that would be the realization of the brotherhood of man.

I read the Urantia papers, AMA

>revelation of spiritual truth
>the Bible on steroids
>most powerful book on the planet
>supernatural authorship
>advanced writing style

>>13766621

How many here have read this book?

I know theres at least a few
Lets try to keep this thread alive for general information and spreading awareness about the book

"the Bible on steroids"
"most powerful book on the planet"
"supernatural authorship"
"advanced writing style"

>>13656290
consciousness is reality
reality is consciousness

This book is the spiritual successor of the Bible
and surpasses it in authority, wisdom, and religious truth

You shouldnt expect anything less from a book written by angels

protip: both Scripture and Tradition are fallible
only God is infallible

>>13653797
Obligatory Urantia post

This book is the spiritual successor of the Bible
and surpasses it in authority, wisdom, and religious truth

You shouldnt expect anything less from a book written by angels

>>13647968
the only book written by angels not mortals
tells the true story of Jesus from angelic point of view

>>13575141
If you are materialist or fundamental traditionalist then this

>>13240154

Is this the most important book on the planet

>>12747017

>>12624413
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<this
Though it recognizes that the various religions contain differing degrees of spiritual truth and error.

>92:7.3 The many religions of Urantia are all good to the extent that they bring man to God and bring the realization of the Father to man. It is a fallacy for any group of religionists to conceive of their creed as The Truth; such attitudes bespeak more of theological arrogance than of certainty of faith. There is not a Urantia religion that could not profitably study and assimilate the best of the truths contained in every other faith, for all contain truth. Religionists would do better to borrow the best in their neighbors' living spiritual faith rather than to denounce the worst in their lingering superstitions and outworn rituals.

>The Urantia Book has been enjoyed by some as a form of science fiction, historical fiction or fantasy. The Urantia Book is noted for its high level of internal consistency and an advanced writing style. Skeptic Martin Gardner, in a book otherwise highly critical of The Urantia Book, writes that it is "highly imaginative" and that the "cosmology outrivals in fantasy the cosmology of any science-fiction work known to me." Gooch says that for nonbelievers, the book is a mixture of being "fascinating, inspiring, compelling, haunting, entertaining, annoying, incomprehensible, and always wordy."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Urantia_Book


http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents

>>12556702