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Summary: The quest for God is endless.
Review: My review of the Urantia Book is also a response to the diatribes found amoungst these many readers opinions.First,so that you may know where I'm coming from, let me state for the record, the Lord Jesus Christ is the Divine Creator Son of God our Father, and forever my Saviour. I am not a member of, nor do I represent,the Urantia Foundation or any organized religions. The Urantia Book does its best to answer all possible questions about all things, physical, philosophical, and spiritual. The Urantia Book is amazing, if for nothing else, for the broadness of its scope. Because of the vastness of the subjects covered, and the often dry intellectual language of the Urantia Book, it is not an easy read. Therefore I cannot recommend the Urantia Book to the idly curious. But, if you are forever a learner, forever a seeker of Truth, you will love the Urantia Book. Now to respond to some comments made by other reviewers. One statement was made that the Urantia Book teaches that Jesus Christ is not the Divine Son of God. This Statement alone proves the reviewer had not read the Urantia Book. The whole higher purpose of the enormous amount of information in the Urantia Book, is to lead us to the logical conclusion of the Divinity of Jesus Christ. As for some readers disbelief of the Urantia Book sources and veracity, I respond with quotes from the Urantia Book itself."People attack an idea out of fear that what they believe may not be true"."Never forget, the Father does not limit the revalation of truth to any one generation or to any one people"."Nothing which human nature has touched can be regarded as infallible". I leave you with one final quote from the Urantia Book, some words from my Master, Jesus Christ,"The wise man, when seeking entrance through the locked door, would not destroy the door but rather would seek for the key wherewith to unlock it".
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Summary: MISUNDERSTOOD MASTERPIECE
Review: Well, let's just say this..... a lot of people notice that somethings written in the book appear to them to not be politically correct. This is not the case.Apparently some terms have been misunderstood out of the context with which they are contained. When reading any piece of literature most of us already have some preconceived assumptions as to what certain phrases or puns may really mean. These assumptions have led some of us to pass negative judgment on a piece of literature solely because of a misunderstanding over 1 topic. Of the 196 papers (thousands of topics; 2097 pages) in this book it would appear that a misunderstanding has disturbed some people into totally disregarding any spiritual truths contained within. This is very unfortunate. Have you ever felt truth?... You know, when someone tells you something and it just clicks. Just like a piece of advice or a reassuring gesture, I can feel it when I read the Urantia Book. Don't take my word for it. Just read it yourself, you'll see. And hey, if you come across something that doesn't seem to make sense or you're wanting to learn more about it, There is a good site online with as much information as you may need to help clarify things.
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Summary: A Super critic relents
Review: I first came into contact with the UB in 1974. After a few hours of reading, I said,"This is too good to be true!". After a few more hours, I said," If this is not true, it should be!" During all of my years since, I literally wore out my first UB- It fell to pieces. I have detected only one "fact" difficulty. This is the UB contention of 48 chromosomes instead of the widely held contention of 46. I have recently satisfied-to my mind- this seeming difficulty. I believe that the "missing" chromosomes are MORONTIAL, and therefore not detectable by any scientific method. These invisible chromosomes probably help form the sites in the physical reception areas for mind, personality, and the contact and lodgement of Thought Adjusters. I would welcome any comment on this theory. Thank You, Roger Fuller
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Summary: A magnificent read!
Review: The Urantia Book has been a part of my life for 18 years. I'm not associated with the Foundation, or study groups, or any cult that I know of. (I find it amusing that some think readers of The Urantia Book are cult driven since the book adamantly warns against this.) I'm an average wife and working American mother who found in this book a way to understand my existence in the universe and grow in my personal philosophies of God and His relationship with me. This book is a tool of intense study, and nothing more or less than what it is to the reader. It has changed my outlook on life and given me peace of mind in my daily tasks. Those who make it out to be anything other than what it proclaims either haven't read it in its entirety, or make a habit of disclaiming any religious work simply because it's easier to attack the work than examine one's own lack of faith. Truth is easy to pick apart by unbelievers, but anyone searching for it, or struggling to discover his or her place in existence, will find The Urantia Book to be a very emotionally satisfying, philosophically engaging, and awe inspiring read.
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Summary: On the journey in quest of spiritual freedom, a must read.
Review: Buddha's son once said after trying to comprehend his father's teaching of the freedom of salvation through faith, "Work out your own salvation." and be your own teacher, "It's not TRUTH until its YOUR TRUTH." The Urantia Book is not for everybody, just yet. It should be read as a personal, subjective document of immense importance for the sincere truth seeker. The continuity of content, harmony of values and beauty of insight profoundly impressed me. If you have discovered the Urantia Book, you must seriously consider that you are NOW ready for an expansion of your cosmic understandings, an enlargement of your spiritual values, and an acceptance of greater peace. DON'T RESIST. By its own admission, the Urantia Book does not have all the answers. Truth is always dependent on cultural context in time and space. However, if you are looking for relative answers to fill in the gaps of information in such topics as: "The life, times and teachings of Jesus", or the cultural connection between humans and angels, or the eternal connection between the human spirit and the eternal spirit, or maybe the physical connections of ETs and terrestials here on Urantia or in our local cosmic neighborhood. You will be pleased with the revealed information in the Urantia Book. How about possible answers to the "Crop Circle " phenomenon, or the mythology behind the "fall of man" or the apocalypse? You may derive answers from the Urantia Book. The Urantia Book states, "It's not so much what you learn or do here in this Earth life but rather that you have the experience. This is paramount." Regardless of our origin of race, cultural beliefs or family background, and no matter how much material wealth, health or happiness we achieve, the overwhelming message for me in the Urantia Book during these past 25 years has been: "Its not that you win or loose but HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME," or "It's not how many times you fall down BUT how many times you get ! up that matters in this life experience." The greatest realization for me from the Urantia Book was that we are all just starting out on our own eternal adventure of achieving ever expanding and increasing levels of: comprehending wisdom; experiencing universal truths; realizing greater cosmic insights; and living expanded spiritual values in a nearly endless progression of advancing lives. Perfection is our destiny, service is our goal, and Love is our reward. Happy journey, see you on the path. -Robert Linnell
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Summary: A Super critic relents
Review: I first came into contact with the UB in 1974. After a few hours of reading, I said,"This is too good to be true!". After a few more hours, I said," If this is not true, it should be!" During all of my years since, I literally wore out my first UB- It fell to pieces. I have detected only one "fact" difficulty. This is the UB contention of 48 chromosomes instead of the widely held contention of 46. I have recently satisfied-to my mind- this seeming difficulty. I believe that the "missing" chromosomes are MORONTIAL, and therefore not detectable by any scientific method. These invisible chromosomes probably help form the sites in the physical reception areas for mind, personality, and the contact and lodgement of Thought Adjusters. I would welcome any comment on this theory. Thank You, Roger Fuller
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Summary: Solid Theology Book
Review: Urantia Book is a very advanced and solid religion book I ever found, theologically. Theology of a new cosmic religion, where we are all brothers and sisters, family of God under God as our Father. I am a lecturer in a Christian theological school an I am active in discussion among different religions, and I can say that this is the book that can answer almost every question with very good logical explanation. Questions from secularists, from atheists, from agnostics, from moslems, from buddhists, from hindus, and especially from critical christians like myself.
As an active Christian inside moslems and buddhist country, I know very well about Christianity's dogma weaknesses, especially when stand in dialogue with other beliefs. If we want to understand this book, please let us open and expand our point of view. This book contain so much information, arranged in a very systematic way. The easiest way to approach this book is to ask questions, and let the book answers. List several very difficult questions which nobody in this world can answer, and search the book. For example: where is the God if he exists? If God exist, why I cannot see him? which is true: evolution or creation? Is Jesus a human or God? Which is true: trinity (Christian), tauhid-monotheism (Islam), polytheism (Hindu), God is not exist and you can become God (Buddha), or I don't know ? I approach this book using this practical way. Then I read throughout the book, crosschecking its teachings and information. Should this book fails to answer, or there is a single fatal contradiction or inconsistencies, then you may suspect this is not a revelation, or this is just a fiction. We all know moslems are one point six billion people in this world, and they weren't and wouldn't accept Christianity because of several causes. They accept Jesus (as special prophet), but not Christianity. Urantia Book even explains the causes very well and true. I know it from bitter dialogue with moslems.
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Summary: vast, complicated, and (mostly) heartless
Review: If, like another reviewer suggested, you are one who does not adhere to the exclusivity of one writing, or one written "truth", then this book certainly throws an interesting curve into the whole picture. I read it for about a year. At first I was compelled because of its scope, because it speaks of God and it also speaks of the existence of life on other planets, all evolving back to the divine. Great! But what it also does is basically judges all Earth-based, feminine, indigenous religion as being essentially primitive and superstitious. That irked me. Then it goes ahead and takes so much beautiful metaphor, allegory, and archetypal imagery from the Judeo-Christian tradition and attempts to explain it away in the calculative left-brain way with which the entire book is written. In this book, for example, the forbidden tree in Eden was an actual, physical tree that bore real fruit of immortality! Planted on "Urantia" by aliens, or angels, or something. All biblical lore is reduced to actual, physical events, explained away by blaming our poor, limited human intelligence (or unlimited stupidity) on such perversely superstitious and erroneous interpretations of such events/myths. Then a carefully thought out, grossly logical and pragmatic version of any given myth is substituted for our human version. ANd listen to this: The spirit that resides in us, that is a part of God, is called the Thought-Adjuster! The terminology of the Urantia Book is so cold and clinical, I believe it was written either by a human male dangerously detached from his feminine side, or an alien after all. All in all, not a book to read from cover to cover, a feat I was never able to achieve. Each part of the book claims to come from a different messenger, but every book is written like a text book, with many lists of different spiritual levels and governing galactic principles, and the same patronizing, logical voice is expressed throughout. Read it if you dare, when you are idly curious. Don't let it replace truly profound and truly human scripture like The Holy Bible, the Dhammapada, the Tao Te Ching, the Bhagavad Gita, etc. There is still a little "heart" in the third part of the Urantia Book, which deals with Jesus, but only because it deals with Jesus. If you need a more detailed and contrived version of the gospels wherein every little nuance is explained for you, allowing no room for intuitive interpretation, you may enjoy Part III of this book. I personally recommend reading the actual gospels themselves instead.
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Summary: Most confused book I have seen in ages : (
Review: The writers of this book are on a journey to confuse people with misconceptions about almost every spiritual path, little in this book is in any way harmonious, logical or even credible.
The Urantia Book includes many references to out of date failed systems of thought and warps text from the Bible to achieve it's own purposes.
If you can't come up with anything of value steal it from everywhere, and everyone else, prey on peoples hunger to know the truth and make millions.
Please do not fall prey to this collection of lies and lack of insight.
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Summary: Truth is where you find it
Review: I'll keep this simple. If you are one who realizes that the "whole truth" doesn't exist in any book but that many books contain "the truth" then this book should intrigue you. It doesn't pull any punches. It is what it is. Some parts leave me scratching my head but most parts expand my religious comprehension. And that's ok with me. Plus, if you fear it's the work of a cult, it's not. It doesn't ask you to join anything or give your money to anybody or use certain "techniques" to attain nirvana or enlightenment. You're safe. If you do not fear having your established opinions challenged, this is a true adventure for you. If you are happy and satisfied with your religious dogma, stay away.
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