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On my former observations and Robert's video above, do you have any comments? He does make a good case for there needing to be a religious movement including 'ritual' and 'symbolism' to carry the Jesusonian gospel forward. As I shared I don't know if this can be done within existing liberal...

Not all passages in the Bible are a 'Thus saith the Lord' specifically indicating that the LORD or 'God' is SPEAKING. In that case, you can dismiss the whole NT, and a good portion of the OT since they are NOT "quotes from God". Do any 'Thus saith the Lord' passages exist in the NT?

Oh dear. Well,....something metaphysically could be said about man's sin and his corruption affecting the Earth in some negative way, since we are all living within a universal global network of living energy systems. So in some sense, the travail of creation is connected with the destructive...

Urantia symbolism and ritual within a religious movement........ Urantia symbolism and ritual within a religious movement........ Here is an interesting video showing where passages in the UB both criticize religious institutionalism and its socializing forms (in their negative or retarding...

Served..... Served..... For your information I wasn't spewing tripe, but appropriately responding to a question made to me. Just because a certain moderator called my commentary 'garbage' due to her own personal disdain towards any kind of liberal spirituality outside of her own narrow...

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have no fear.....plunge ahead...... have no fear.....plunge ahead...... It might behoove you to actually read the entire Paper 4 on 'God's relation to the Universe', and that particular section from which you quote which is 4:5 (ERRONEOUS IDEAS OF GOD). Here are some passages just after your...

Expanding consciousness....... Expanding consciousness....... God is an infinite Spirit Presence, who is prior to space and time, fills all space and time, as well as transcends all space and time. Consider the true definition of infinite :) - no finite mind or religious concept or cult-ure...

The Spirit may inspire any vessel or channel that is open to its guidance, influence or direction. God the Spirit does no writing,...all must come thru human hands, hence via inspiration and revelation.

hypostatic union hypostatic union This is a wonderful portion from the first section of Paper 2 on the Nature of God here. Hilighted in the very first paper is the more important feature of knowing God's nature over any moniker or 'name' that one may call the infinite Deity. 'God' is 'God'...

reach for the stars...... reach for the stars...... Well, the truth is you can only bear witness to one reality, that of your own existence. Nothing else (anything 'else' is but a concept, appearance or after-thought). What is real at heart, essentially...is Existence Itself. I am that (but...

Logos and Spirit............ Logos and Spirit............ Granted, even some modern day evangelicals admit this much. As I shared before,....there is no warrant or necessity to assume 'infallibility of scripture' to give such writings their meaning or value. Has one's insecurity to have a...

The Universal Father is above both, but each share a dispensation of truth in them :)

Thought modification............... Thought modification............... Well,...the orginals no longer exist - you just have copies, and the earliest extant whole bibles existing are a within a few centuries out from Jesus day. While the Dead Sea Scroll show an amazing accuracy of texts...

Holy spirit or any other quality of spirit can influence the pen of writers,....you have to take into account many different conditional factors that may modify or affect such transmissions. Hence we have not only the quality of the writing itself, but the means by which it is...

No burning bosoms....just intellectual and spiritual expansion............... No burning bosoms....just intellectual and spiritual expansion............... Sorry to disappoint you Lon,...no "burning in the bosoms" required :) - Mormonism has no relationship to the UB. You've read a few...

Examine all treasures in the treasure house, sort thru them wisely....... Examine all treasures in the treasure house, sort thru them wisely....... Any imperfection, errors or contradictions found in the Bible are a matter of apparent and scholarly observation, not just because a group of...

Love is the Law....... Love is the Law....... I think your creating a false enemy or presumption. As I've clarified quite amply already, you cannot put 'God' in a box. What is infinite, is infinite, unbounded, without limits, outside of space and time, yet includes all space and time. You're...

I'd look at common universal truths....... I'd look at common universal truths....... They agree wholly that 'God' alone is the source of all truth, wisdom, light, knowledge, etc. There is only one True God who is over all, and who is all. I don't see this, since there is only one God and...

See again: Jesus illuminates the scriptures Celestial beings would agree with truths shared of past generations and illuminate or reveal more truth and better perspectives in the current time of their transmission. Hence the UB fully respects and acknowledges the rich heritage and scriptural...