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1 | Blue marbles roll faster than red ones | Rev 19:4 | soladescriptura | 732 | ||
Thank you for challenging me to look the urantia book up. It was very informative. It kind of reminded me of L.Ron Hubbard's Dianetics mixed with the teachings of the church latter-day saints (mormons). I can't say that I agree with your assesment of it value, however. 2 Cor 11:14 No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (NAS;lockman foundation) The most effective lie, is that which contains some truth in it. I believe that the Urantia Book is clever scheme of our adversary, the devil, to distract us from truly finding the truth. John 8:31-32 ( So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." NAS;lockman foundation) Joseph Smith had a vision. He was visited by the angel moroni, this angel gave him instructions to write what became known as the book of mormon. I believe Joseph. I think he did see an angel. However, I believe he saw a fallen angel, a demon. 1 Tim 4:1 "But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons" (NAS;lockman foundation) We need to be carefull what we accept as truth and test everything. 1 John 4:1 "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world."(NAS;lockman foundation) I am willing to listen to any biblical evidence that you have that might support your theories on the book of urantia being part of "Holy Scripture". |
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2 | Blue marbles roll faster than red ones | Rev 19:4 | bobmoy | 759 | ||
The Urantia Book in my opinion is a two-edged sword. The information in the first three sections devoted to what takes place in our universe and how we were created is information that we do not need to know. If a reader of the book in not grounded on the knowledge that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord, the reader will be led astray and follow the path of darkness and his brain circuits will follow the path of the Evil One. If the reader is grounded in the faith of Jesus Christ, the fourth section devoted to the life and teachings of our Master, Friend and King will enhance the reading of the Gospels. The scenes of the life of Jesus unfold before our eyes. I use the fourth section as a Bible commentary to enahance my study of the Scriptures. I have found that the fourth section lines up completely with the words of Jesus in the four Gospels. However you are right. Satan is a master counterfeiter. So unless you go to only the fourth section in the book, you should not go there. Unless you are not grounded in unconditional love, you should not go there. If you are grounded, go to one chapter in section four, read it, and see if it lines up with the Word of God. Have a wonderful Wednesday. | ||||||
3 | Blue marbles roll faster than red ones | Rev 19:4 | dlnash | 768 | ||
This is very annoying. I want to include some URLs in my response but the software which runs this forum won't let me include forward-slashes or angle brackets. So I'm having to improvise. I've enclosed the URLs in square brackets rather than angle brackets and I've used back-slashes instead of forward-slashes within the URLs. Please unmangle the URLs before you use them. Bobmoy, your words about the Urantia Book being only for people "grounded on the knowledge that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord" and that all other readers will be "led astry and follow the path of darkness" sound like a variation of ancient gnosticism, the 1st and 2nd century heresy that proclaimed the need to obtain special, hidden knowledge in order to achieve salvation (the name "gnosticism" is derived from the Greek word for knowledge, "gnosis"). Gnosticism taught that only people who were "good enough" could obtain this special knowledge. Your words seem to echo this gnostic exclusivism. The word of God is suppose to be for everyone, not just a select few who are able to understand it. That said, let's talk about the Urantia Book itself. There are two organizations affiliated with the Urantia Book. The Urantia Foundation [http:\www.urantia.com] owns the copyright to the book and oversees its publication. The Urantia Book Fellowship [http:\www.urantiabook.com] is a group of Urantia "believers" unaffiliated with the Foundation. You can find a description of the Urantia Book and its full text online at [http:\www.urantia.orgdetail.html]. The UB Fellowship also offers its own description of the book at [http:\urantiabook.orgweb_intro1.htm]. I won't quote any of this material here, but I encourage anyone who is interested to read those web pages. For some outside, independent opinions on the Urantia Book, see [http:\www.religioustolerance.orgurantia.htm] and [http:\logosresourcepages.orgurantia1.html]. The former, as the the URL "religioustolerance.org" implies, is a nonpartisan description of the Urantia Book. The latter is a description (from about 10 years ago) written from a decidedly Christian perspective. The bottom line is that the Urantia Book is New Age. It contradicts the Bible in many, very fundamental ways. It is just another heresy. But don't take my word for it, go research it for yourself. |
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4 | Blue marbles roll faster than red ones | Rev 19:4 | dlnash | 771 | ||
Grrr, the stupid forum software ate almost all of the backslashes in my previous post and this didn't show up in the preview. I think I know what's going on and how to correct it so let's try it again. Here are the URLs I tried to mention in my previous note, in the order I mentioned them: [http:\\www.urantia.com\] [http:\\www.urantiabook.com\] [http:\\www.urantia.org\detail.html] [http:\\urantiabook.org\web_intro1.htm] [http:\\www.religioustolerance.org\urantia.htm] [http:\\logosresourcepages.org\urantia1.html] |
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5 | Blue marbles roll faster than red ones | Rev 19:4 | charis | 804 | ||
Not stupid! Dear dlnash, The software is not stupid, just ignorant. I am sure that the saints at StudyBibleForum will improve things. Meanwhile, thank you for your great comments on Urantia. Let's talk about Jesus! | ||||||