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1 | 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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2 | 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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3 | 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! | ||||||