The urantia book a biblical worldview perspective probe. It seems to me based on the criteria of historical accuracy either one must accept the book of orantia, or any other religious work, with all its flaws as revelation, as we do the bible. The founder is a noted chicago physician and psychiatrist dr. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. It gives so much detail of why, when and how things are. But as naive assumptions and misunderstandings about science get undermined, their interest in this scientific content can cool off. William samuel sadler june 24, 1875 april 26, 1969 was an american surgeon, selftrained psychiatrist, and author who helped publish the urantia book. The great cult mystery christian research institute. The urantia book, not the bible, is the ultimate source of truth for humanity. Quietly, with little fanfare, this mysterious and thoughtprovoking book came about more than half a century ago a book about lifes purpose. A shocking story about the pontiffs upending thousands of years of tradition originated on, you guessed it, a hoax site. It has received various degrees of interest ranging from praise to criticism for its religious and science. The question then becomes, does the bible give evidence that it cannot be the urantia book, based off what is known from both scripture and the teachings of that book itself.
The urantia book proclaims a different god, a different jesus, and a different gospel than the bible. The urantia book was supposedly dictated to a chicago psychiatrist named w. The urantia book is the extrabiblical fifth epochal revelation, supposedly picking up where the bible leaves off. Apr 09, 2018 did pope francis cancel the bible and propose a new holy book. In the second half, i consider some of the implications of what the urantia book reveals, first with regard to black holes, and then with regard to the milky way. This video compares the idea of heaven in the bible with that pictured in the urantia book. Much like the bible this book will be reference material for you for your entire life if you subscribe to its beliefs. In addition, i quickly found technical errors in the oahspe book which appear more uninspired than any ive found in the urantia book.
The story in john agrees with the urantia book, but john has placed it so early. The book is said to have resulted from sadlers relationship with a man through whom he believed celestial beings spoke at night. Therefore i find that i must continue to seek truth from sources that seem to make spiritual sense to me including the bible and the urantia book. Discovering the urantia book there is in the mind of god a plan which embraces every creature of all his vast domains, and this plan is an eternal purpose of boundless opportunity, unlimited progress, and endless life. Oct 11, 2015 the book also presents the structure of the universes and all its indwellers. The universe is made up of seven concentric rings, and the inner ring is where god dwells. Caligastia was the very first divine revelation of epochal significance to visit our planet 500,000 years ago. The word paramony is an invented conjunction of the words parallel and harmony to imply that the book demonstrates the supposed parallel harmony that exists between the urantia book tub and the holy bible. This book like the bible will challenge your faith that its authors were verifiable. Jun 10, 2009 the unnamed contactee was wilfred a nephew of w. Sadler purchase dr william s sadlers urantia book workbooks. Between 1934 and 1956 a group of 36 people, who called themselves the forum, met to study the original manuscripts of the urantia book. Unlike the bible, the urantia book reveals gods true nature and personality in depth and detailand this is a newer revelation of those truths that upsteps our.
Kellogg, the cornflake king, an identification gardner first made in 1991. Mar 15, 2017 i found the urantia book on our honeymoon, husband having carried it around like an old shoe, referring to it from time to timethinking he was saying. Unlike the bible, all urantia book papers authors are listed, and all are nonhuman personalities. To me, that is one of the greatest revelations of the urantia book and maybe its in the bible, too. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in chicago some time between 1924 and 1955. The urantia book is not based on the bible, but is consistent with its spiritual teachings. These are but a few of the ways in which the urantia book disagrees with the bible, which tells us, all scripture is given by inspiration of god ii timothy 3. The great cult mystery, he sets forth the full range of evidence to support this conclusion. The first edition of the novel was published in 1955, and was written by urantia foundation. Nov 20, 2017 but what if the urantia book could show these two theories how to play together. This is the question i explore in the first half of an upcoming video. With respect to jesus life, the urantia book contains vastly more detail. 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.
Did pope francis cancel the bible and propose a new holy book. What about the historical inaccuracies of the bible, particularly the ot. Sadler, a scientist and paranormal skeptic living in chicago in the 1930s. In the end, it seems to be that both of these books are wayshowers to the father, and jesus that is their main purpose.
The urantia book from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Oct, 2016 this video compares the concepts about angels found in the bible with the concepts about angels found in the urantia book. It is said to be written sometime between 1924 and 1955 somewhere around chicago. In fact, our observation is that it would tend to confuse and deceive. The urantia foundation published the urantia book, a collection of channelled writings mostly compiled from the 1930s, in 1955. Many students of the urantia book start off quite impressed by its fabulous, scifi cosmology. Pdf the urantia book book by urantia foundation free. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 2097 pages and is available in hardcover format.
Jan 23, 2012 the urantia papers the urantia book or the fifth epochal revelation. The urantia book sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that originated in chicago some time between 1924 and 1955. The decoys of caligastia to keep people away from the fifth epochal revelation i write this article on some of the deceptions that caligastia historically has used and continues to use now to discredit both the urantia book and the continuing fifth epochal revelation found in the cosmic family volumes. Sadler, who taught at chicagos mccormick theological seminary. The urantia book supersedes the bible as the ultimate source of truth. The decoys of caligastia to keep people away from the fifth.
The main characters of this spirituality, religion story are. The urantia book has been called a bible alternative by some, but its contents are in direct opposition to what the bible teaches. All human beings are the sons and daughters of a loving god and therefore brothers and sisters in the family of god. The urantia book also sometimes called the urantia papers or the fifth epochal revelation is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses god, science, religion, history, philosophy, and destiny. I found the urantia book on our honeymoon, husband having carried it around like an old shoe, referring to it from time to timethinking he was saying cucaracha.
This video compares the concepts about angels found in the bible with the concepts about angels found in the urantia book. Jul 03, 2015 this video compares the idea of heaven in the bible with that pictured in the urantia book. Christianity has been dealt a favor by publishing this nearexhaustive study aid. Sadler from 1934 to 1935 by a man who spoke in his sleep on behalf of alien supermortals called revelators. God is known as the universal father and is the father of all humanity. The book provides new spiritual truth for modern men and women and a pathway to a personal relationship with god. The texts combine christianity and an alleged history of the work and teachings of jesus with a cosmology of extraterrestrial spirit beings. Naturally, the next step is the proclamation there is no other name under heaven given. The bible is the dna of the urantia book, however it enlarges what to many are just myths of old. The urantia book is a revelation given to our world by a commission of celestial personalities authorized and tasked to the mission by the ancients of days who rule over the seventh superuniverse that our world, named urantia by the celestial administration, is part of.
Download the urantia book and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. If you go to the last link, you will see the books of the bible right next to the section of the urantia book that contains references to it. The urantia book portrays our relationship with god the father. According to the urantia book fellowship ubf, the urantia book ub is. From this we can conclude that the urantia book is not inspired by god. Sadler stated that the information imparted through the sleeping subject was essentially christian.
One student, whod championed urantia book science for 20 years, recently hit this credibility wall. Revealing the mysteries of god, the universe, world history, jesus, and ourselves online books in format pdf. May 01, 2007 there is another book recently published written by a ub reader entitled, the source authors of the urantia book which you may find interesting. The urantia book crossreferenced to the bible compare instructive to compare the two texts same material in both texts is the same reference material in one text refers to material in the other. Apparently from what i perused, there were many concepts and ideas compiled from prominent christians who lived in the earlier part of the twentieth century.
A brief description of the urantia book urantia book. Like the bible, the urantia book begins with the study of god and his creation. The urantia book fully explains who the devil actually is, and also fully explores the role which this oncehigh being of celestial origin played and still plays in the problems of our spiritual evolvement on urantia. Since this information is allegedly contained in the urantia book, we would expect the contents of this book to likewise be essentially christian. Jesus christ is one of many creator sons and he also appeared as the archangel michael. Its message, allegedly revealed by higher spiritual beings, is fundamentally at odds with biblical christianity. Biblical historical accuracy of the urantia book opinions. The answer to that is yes, the bible has textual evidence that proves the urantia book cannot be the white stone of revelation 2. Free download or read online the urantia book pdf epub book. Free downloads of the urantia book consumer preferences for entirety. The urantia book was delivered to him by seven spirit beings in 1934. Home urantia book faq about the urantia book urantia book papers vs chapters in the bible.
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