The english text of the urantia book is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission. Are ultimatons and neutrinos one and the same reality. It was refreshing to observe how johns depth of understanding of current science informs his intellectual honesty about the merits and drawbacks of the ubs teachings on cosmology. The june 2018 issue of scientific american included a special report entitled the biggest questions in science, which was also published concurrently in nature. The urantia book presents to struggling humanity a new and inspiring picture of a personal, knowable fathergod, a comprehensive revelation of the structure of gods creation, a detailed history of our planets origins and destiny, and finally, a new and updated revelation of the life and teachings of jesus. Urantiauniversity institutes mission is focused on illuminating, bridging, and expanding the connections between the content of the urantia book and the many related university disciplines of science, cosmology, philosophy, religion, education, business, the arts, and history and the social sciences. Urantia cosmology and current astrophysics evolving souls. Today, urantia is in the twilight zone of this intellectual evolution.
Man, this really is the modern religion they claim it is. Every day research scientists are adding to the vast repository of knowledge about. Urantia book so the universe was created in a maelstrom of paperwork 900 million years ago. Civilizations are unstable because they are not cosmic. Since urantia book believers generally have less credibility in the eyes of the public compared with a nonreader science writer and skeptic like gardner, glasziou felt vindicated when someone with more credibility on the matter than gardner, a professor of geology and thus expert on the topic from outside the urantia book readership. The urantia book presents an enormous amount of information that falls in the category of science. The urantia book is the first 110th of the fifth epochal revelation and provides the fulcrum by which. The urantia book is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in chicago some time between 1924 and 1955. The urantia book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new meaning and hope into your life. Interestingly, though these stated authors are radically different from one another in. One student, whod championed urantia book science for 20 years, recently hit this credibility wall. Email or talk to a member of the national or local urantia association in your country or region to find a study group near you or to find others interested in starting a study group international study group directory a note about directory listings. The urantia book, truth in science truth is the basis of science and philosophy, presenting the intellectual foundation of religion.
The expectations of readers about the content of the urantia book are manifold. But logic can never succeed in harmonizing the findings of science and the insights of religion unless both the scientific and the religious aspects of a personality are truth dominated, sincerely desirous of following the truth wherever it may lead regardless of the conclusions which it may reach. Of these concepts there have been 64 identified as unique to the urantia book and presented for the first time on our planet. The urantia book was written in 19341935 and published in 1955. In the urantia book the cosmology, the mythology, as well as the philosophy, science, and theology work together to give birth to spiritual insightnot. The urantia book and continuing fifth epochal revelation the. The urantia book presents approximately concepts covering theology, science, history, philosophy, cosmology and others. One half the world is grasping eagerly for the light of truth and the facts of scientific discovery. But the ideal human estate is that in which philosophy, religion, and science are welded into a meaningful unity by the conjoined action of wisdom, faith, and experience. Edwin lewis s 1931 book, god and ourselves, is unique in that it was used in three parts of the urantia book, in papers whose stated authors are a divine counselor, a melchizedek and a midwayer. Millions of other inhabited planets scores of different celestial personalities.
The urantia association fosters study of the urantia book and disseminates its teachings. Urantia book calls gravita, standard model stuff like atoms and photons. Examples of new or previously considered minorityopinion, scientific facts discovered since 1955 and yet explicitly predicted in the urantia book, first published in 1955. Science in the urantia book part iii physics and chemistrysec. The urantia book provides a cosmic view of our world urantia as written by celestial beings. Urantia book in fact, its so modern it even contains explanations for hubble space telescope images. Two urantia book references deal with the combination of time and space. The urantia book states that the source of the biblical account of the star of bethlehem of three wise men fame, was conjunctions of the planets saturn and jupiter in the constellation of pisces on may 29, september 29, and december 5 of the year 7 b.
These new 6 x 9 paperback books, printed on topquality paper, feature fullcolor covers and are thematically organized with discussions on part i of the urantia book, comparisons between the new testament and the urantia book, discussions of the science of the urantia book. From paper 106, universe levels of reality, it states. A black woman shares her personal reactions and comments on the urantia books racial anthropology. Cosmic secrets and the bizarre tale of the book of urantia. Mathematics, material science, is indispensable to the intelligent discussion of the material aspects of the universe, but such knowledge is not necessarily a part of the higher realization of truth or of the personal appreciation of spiritual realities. The urantia book is more or less essentially a very long, often rambling hodgepodge of spiritualism, philosophy, and pseudoscience, covering such heady topics as the nature of the universe, the origins of mankind, the meaning of life, the nature of god and the universe itself.
It has been freely available on the internet since 2001. It has received various degrees of interest ranging from praise to criticism for its religious and science content, its unusual length, and its lack of a known author. Truth is the basis of science and philosophy, presenting the intellectual foundation of religion. Part iii physics and chemistry urantia book urantia. Several scientific developments, unexpected in 1955, reported in 2005 in science and nature, and referenced below, were somehow, described rather precisely already in the urantia book. And so the phantasms of ignorant superstition agitated the primitive minds of men until the concepts of science could be born. Science, anthropology and archaeology in the urantia book a series by dr. Marvelous advances have also been made in many fields of natural science. Science, anthropology and archaeology in the urantia book. Many students of the urantia book start off quite impressed by its fabulous, scifi cosmology. The text introduces the word urantia as the name of the planet earth and states that its intent is to present enlarged concepts and advanced truth.
Time and space are mans greatest aids to relative reality perception and yet his most formidable obstacles to complete reality perception. The world needs new spiritual truth that provides modern men and women with an intellectual pathway into a personal relationship with god. Volume ii science alvin kulieke, urantia foundation, urantia on. Science knowledge is founded on the inherent adjutant spirit assumption that reason is valid, that the universe can be comprehended. A major theme of vital importance to personal and planetary progress in the urantia book is the necessity of developing and maintaining a balanced perspective on the universe, one that rests equally on science, philosophy and religion in order to better comprehend the true nature of matter, mind and spirit. Urantia foundation 533 west diversey parkway, chicago, il 60614, u. There is a distinct possibility that some of this urantia information may also turn out to be scientific.
But as naive assumptions and misunderstandings about science get undermined, their interest in this scientific content can cool off. Sadler purchase dr william s sadlers urantia book workbooks. Kary mullis a nobel prize winning american biochemist indicates on his personal website a striking coincidences between a story of adam and eve in the urantia book and the finding published in science. If you are searching for answers, read the urantia book. The urantia book has presented us with a set of statements on science and related matters that are so predictive as to border on the miraculous discover jesus in the urantia book espanola. The urantia book is more or less essentially a very long, often rambling hodgepodge of spiritualism, philosophy, and pseudo science, covering such heady topics as the nature of the universe, the origins of mankind, the meaning of life, the nature of god and the universe itself. A number of readers of the urantia book have given us permission to refer other readers to them. The urantia book is a mind control tool that serves the upperclass comprising bones. Science is only satisfied with first causes, religion with supreme personality, and philosophy with unity.
These changes have brought about the new agreement between science and the urantia book, and the now agreeing urantia information can be considered to have been predictions. The urantia book provides an extraordinary framework which no document such as this can reduce to a system within which we can exercise these responsibilities and actualize these opportunities. Origins and cosmic control of forces and energies sec. Some may expect that the revelatory status of the book would be verified by the accuracy of its science content. New archaeological discoveries and scientific advances in genetics, geophysics, physics, and astronomy are all helpful in lending support to the urantia book s account of planetary history. The university of ascension science and the physics of. The authors consider about thirty predictions that are in their areas of expertise or interest, but there are many others in the book. The narrative is mostly quotes from the urantia book, which is the 5th epochal revelation to the earthplanetworld.
Pdf the coming scientific validation of the urantia book. As the story goes, its within these isolated islands of segregata. The urantia book, science is only satisfied with first causes, religion with supreme personality, and philosophy with unity. As scientifically minded readers first peruse the urantia book, it soon occurs to them that many of its statements on the natural sciences conflict with currently. Examples of new or previously considered minorityopinion, scientific facts discovered since 1955 and yet explicitly predicted in the urantia book, first published. The urantia book, reason is the act of recognizing the conclusions of consciousness with regard to the experience in and with the physical world of energy and matter. The purpose of this group is to explore the science and history within the urantia book teachings. The first thing we notice in parts i and ii is cosmology. Others may believe that if only the science community embraced the book. The urantia book, science helps to combat intolerance. William ernest hockings 1912 book the meaning of god in human experience shares this distinction. Science does not now know some of the information in the book. Urantiauniversity is a global center of study and service dedicated to training teachers and farseeing leaders and fostering a spiritual community with cosmic ideals based on truths in the urantia book. It has received various degrees of interest ranging from praise to criticism for its religious and science content, its unusual.