The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in chicago sometime between 1924 and 1955. We develop and deliver skills, technical knowhow, and materials to ibm technical professionals. The nature of god can best be understood by the revelation of the father which michael of nebadon unfolded in his manifold. His faith was the outgrowth of the insight born of the activity of the divine presence, his indwelling adjuster. He experienced the ordinary ups and downs of mortal existence, but he never religiously doubted the certainty of gods watchcare and guidance. The existence of god can never be proved by scientific experiment or by the pure reason of logical deduction. The urantia book presents an integrated world view composed from the concepts and ideas of more than 2,000 individuals who have contributed to the fields of. But the mortal mind can be taught much about the plan and arrangement of the universes. All nebadon is certainly pervaded by the space presence of the divine minister of salvington, and such presence just as certainly terminates at the outer borders of our local universe. Superanno new, fully indexed edition of a twentiethcentury classic reveals god as a loving parent, describes the order of the cosmos and the history of earth, explores the relationship between science and religion, and presents the life of jesus, including detailed information on. Feb 27, 2008 for a meaningful discussion of the origins of the papers in the context of purported manner of dictation one should have a look at the history of the urantia papers and, in particular, at the story surrounding the sleeping subject, the works books, articles, etc.
Redbooks, published 17 jan 2020, last updated 21 may 2020. The urantia book 1 the urantia book the urantia book cover of the june 2008 paperback ed. I nasmuch as mans highest possible concept of god is embraced within the human idea and ideal of a primal and infinite personality, it is permissible, and may prove helpful, to study certain characteristics of the divine nature which constitute the character of deity. The urantia revelation is a credible and rich source of information on extraterrestrials. Redpaper, published 14 apr 2020, last updated 15 may 2020. Ganid employed more than threescore learned translators in the making of this abstract of the religious doctrines of the world concerning.
Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, world history, jesus, and ourselves paperback june 1, 2008. About the urantia book posted on goodreads september 18, 2009 this is my favorite book. In addition to discussing the nature of et life on inhabited planets, it also pre sents an advanced picture of the cosmology of the universe of universesincluding an extensive discussion of the divine purpose behind the creation and evolution of life on the innumerable material worlds of space. A history of the urantia papers by larry mullins with dr. Life is constructed according to plans formulated by the unrevealed architects of being and appears on the inhabited planets either by direct importation or as a result of the operations of the life carriers of the local universes. If each mortal could only become a focus of dynamic affection, this benign virus of love would soon pervade the sentimental emotionstream of humanity to such an extent that all civilization would be encompassed by love, and that would be the realization of. All nebadon is certainly pervaded by the space presence of the divine minister of salvington, and such presence just as certainly terminates at. We would like to give a special thanks to don estes for the use of the information from his chart the origin, history and destiny of universe reality. Redbooks, published dec 2016, last updated 3 jul 2019.
It has received various degrees of interest ranging from praise to criticism for its religious and science content, its unusual length, and its lack of. Book description uversa press, united states, 2003. Red paper, published 29 jun 2018, last updated 25 sep 2018. The urantia book declares, there has been no fall of man. The urantia book paper 154 last days at capernaum 1717. The intellectual capacity for knowing godgodconsciousness. The urantia papers the urantia book or the fifth epochal. The urantia book is by far the most important book in the world. The urantia book is a collection of allegedly channelled writings mostly compiled from the 1930s, published by the urantia foundation in 1955. Ibm redbooks content is developed and published by ibm systems worldwide client experience center. Land elevation, cooling crust and cooling oceans, sea restriction and consequent deepening, together with a great increase of land in northern latitudes, all conspired greatly to change the worlds climate in all regions far removed from the equatorial zone.
The truth about the universal father had begun to dawn. The urantia book in pdf format for us print size 8. I am sure it coud have been written and presented a lot more better, or at least put into simpler. About the book the unauthorized, untold story of what may have been the most important happening of the twentieth century. Each coloured link within the article will lead you to a related topic on a different page of this site. Oct 16, 2007 urantia book paper 7 pt 1 david ballard. First think of god as a creator, then as a controller, and lastly as an infinite upholder.
Sep 27, 2012 paper 2 the nature of god i nasmuch as mans highest possible concept of god is embraced within the human idea and ideal of a primal and infinite personality, it is permissible, and may prove helpful, to study certain characteristics of the divine nature which constitute the character of deity. The book presents an elaborate pseudohistory of the universe the book actually claims there are many universes. For a meaningful discussion of the origins of the papers in the context of purported manner of dictation one should have a look at the history of the urantia papers and, in particular, at the story surrounding the sleeping subject, the works books, articles, etc. The urantia book tells us, the whole idea of ransom and atonement is incompatible with the concept of god as it was taught and exemplified by jesus of nazareth ub, 2017.
Wow, this book is written in such a way as to bombard me with obfuscation to say the least. The urantia book internet school was founded by the urantia foundation in 1999, and as such is an educational outreach service of the foundation. During the alexandrian sojourn of jesus, gonod, and ganid, the young man spent much of his time and no small sum of his fathers money making a collection of the teachings of the worlds religions about god and his relations with mortal man. In the enthusiasm of pentecost, peter unintentionally inaugurated a new religion, the religion of the risen and glorified christ. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it.
However while the text is part of the original article, the links are not. The texts combine christianity and an alleged history of the work and teachings of jesus with a cosmology of extraterrestrial spirit beings. The author is unknown and there are many speculations about how it was written from sleeping mediums to plain materialization. Meredith justin sprunger 484 pages, 7 x 10 format, the complete unauthorized material updated, indexed, and featuring over 110 illustrations and exhibits. It is the most complete, informative, reassuring, stimulating, mindblowing, and inspiring book i have ever read. The personality craving to be like godthe wholehearted desire to do the fathers will.
Redpaper, published 29 jun 2018, last updated 25 sep 2018. These two years, after he began to be selfconscious of divinity and destiny, and before he achieved a large measure of communication with his indwelling adjuster, were the most trying of his eventful life on urantia. I have been a long time reader and have really enjoyed the urantia book. You may preach a religion about jesus, but, perforce, you must live the religion of jesus.
Red paper, published 20 oct 2019, last updated 22 nov 2019. The urantia foundation is a chicagobased nonprofit organisation, founded 1950, that provides materials, promotes events, and provides guidance associated with the urantia book contents 1 purpose. To hear the urantia book online, click on a paper below. There is divine pathos in the separation of the servitals from the guides, as so often occurs. This text conforms to urantia standard reference text committee 2008 recommendations. The author of this article may or may not agree with the views expressed on those pages. Part i, titled the central and superuniverses, addresses what the authors consider the highest levels of creation, including the eternal and infinite universal father, his trinity associates, and the isle of paradise. The urantia papers also know as the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation is a long and very strange book. The urantia book, paper 1, the worlds religions, page 1442. Jan 23, 2012 the urantia papers also know as the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation is a long and very strange book. Ubis urantia book internet school posted in study groups. The father does not otherwise personally function in the administrative affairs of a local universe. Then if anyone wishes to make the urantia book paper 150 comments, they might have some legitimacy but if you study astrology deeply you will find a complex subject that is very accurate. Redbooks, published 30 mar 2020, last updated 31 mar 2020.
Building cognitive applications with ibm watson services. In the minds of the mortals of urantia that being the name of your world there exists great confusion respecting the meaning of such terms as god, divinity, and deity. The urantia bookpaper 1 wikisource, the free online library. The urantia book on extraterrestrials evolving souls. Redpaper, published 20 oct 2019, last updated 22 nov 2019. This is a meeting july 2014 of the fifth epochal revelation fellowship, inc. All evolutionary creature life is beset by certain inevitabilities. If you wish to read the plain text version of the book, please click here. The original text contains no visuals so weve added some for your enjoyment.
According to the urantia book the lucifer rebellion was a disruption of gods divine plan in the history of urantia. I give this book a six 6 star rating on a scale of 1 5. The flash player shown above will launch in a small new browser and start playing. This text displays the standard referencing system numbers parts of the book. The urantia book paper 16 the seven master spirits 16. Relation of the infinite spirit to the universe 10. Redbooks, published 1 may 2019, last updated 27 jun 2019. The spirit of intuitionquick perception, the primitive physical and inherent reflex instincts, the directional and other selfpreservative endowments of all mind creations. The laws of physical organization and administration prove conclusively that the whole vast aggregation of forceenergy and matterpower functions ultimately as a space unit, as an organized and coordinated whole. We have been told by the mainstream media that if science were to discover that intelligent life exists somewhere else in the universe, it would radically change our way of thinking, from top to bottom. I find the books value in what it says and how i can apply those sayings to my own lifenot anybody elses. Contains new information regarding the sherman diaries, excerpts from professor sarah lewis study of the authorship of the urantia. The urantia book describes the successive eras of biologic, intellectual, and spiritual uplifting as epochal revelations of god and his ministering agents to man.
Paper 33 administration of the local universe urantia book. The urantia book is approximately 2,000 pages long, and consists of a body of 196 papers divided in four parts, and an introductory foreword. For students of the urantia book who prefer structured study, urantia book internet school offers a year round cirriculum with a variety of classes. T he universal father is the god of all creation, the first source and center of all things and beings.
Urantia foundation hardcover january 1, 2008 by x author 4. This paper shows how ibm storage clouds use the extensive cloud computing experience. Titles of the papers part i the central and superuniverses paper title author. I give this book a six 6 star rating on a scale of 15. Urantia book paper 1 the universal father urantiapapers. The urantia papers the urantia papers the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation. The urantia book paper 33 administration of the local universe 33. Redbooks, published jan 2020, last updated may 2020. Urantia book reader comments the skeptics dictionary. Urantia book paper 7 relation of the eternal son to the universe duration.
It is said to be written sometime between 1924 and 1955. I made the mistake of trying to tackle the foreword first. Who or what ever wrote the urantia book has no understanding of the subject at all in my experience. In the book, lucifer is classified as a primary lanonandek son. This is the illustrated version of the urantia book. The urantia bookpaper 2 wikisource, the free online library. There are groups of urantia book readers who get together and some of them are pretty weird, to my way of thinking, so i dont belong to any groups espousing the urantia books teachings. These two years, after he began to be selfconscious of divinity and destiny, and before he achieved a large measure of communication with his indwelling adjuster, were. Paper 36 the life carriers urantia book urantia foundation. This explains, at least in part, why there is also no need for any blood atonement for sin ub, 60. Our guiding beacon can be found in the urantia book, paper 100, section 4, paragraph 6. The urantia book front page parts of the booktitles of the paperscontents of the book foreword part 1. It is said to be written sometime between 1924 and 1955 somewhere around chicago. This entire system of fiftyseven architectural worlds is independently lighted, heated, watered, and energized by the coordination of the satania power center and the master physical controllers in accordance with the established technique of the physical organization and arrangement of these specially created spheres.
In this sevenfold creative act of selfduplication the infinite spirit exhausted the associative possibilities mathematically inherent in the factual existence of the three persons of deity. I have been reading the urantia book for thirty eight years 38, every time i reread the book i learn something new. The local system administration the urantia book paper 45. The objective of this book is to introduce ibm aix modernization features and.
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