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Consider the true principles, concepts and values presented...... Consider the true principles, concepts and values presented...... The text itself is clear, and any are free to honestly evaluate its content and freely discuss it. Instead of seeing the true principles, meanings, values and...

All you have are misconceptions, preconceived assumptions and a mass of various absurd correlations that don't prove anything, except you polishing your own 'golden calf', a preferred version of pop-Christianity, taken dogmatically. Its just one 'golden calf' among a host of others out there in...

Lon, you never cease to amaze me.

Jesus on the Kingdom........ Jesus on the Kingdom........ The above voice and music is by Pato Banton,....from Paper 137. Lets focus on the glad tidings of the kingdom. :thumb: New addition: I just added more commentary on the subject in my blog-post here :)

Man has been exposed to it for centuries, and what has it done for the world? An honest question. Much good and bad has come from 'religions of the book', and many crusades and travesties to boot which have brought suffering and bondage to the human race. On that note we will quote Paul, that...

The same could be said about some of the books you respect, including the Bible which is just a collection of books and letters written by different authors with different agendas and situational-contexts. Bibles of various kinds abound in the world. Nothing special really....except in the...

If you're not interested in the subject you're free to spend your time elsewhere. Sadly since you haven't even gotten past the Foreward of the UB, let alone the first 5 papers (they are not even that long a read) you've haven't a clue of what your dismissing, just a preconception misconstrued in...

If you read all of Part 4 and what is expanded and paraphrased as Jesus teaching, you may form a different opinion from the one you've already assumed. In the gospels alone, Jesus advocates an active religious life of good works and service. The Golden Rule holds, and even the law of karma...

facts and truth........... facts and truth........... 'God' speaks thru creation (all that is). You assume 'God' only speaks thru one book, and that book is inerrant, infallible, final or absolute, which is an illogical notion. Truth can be shared or revealed in any religious or...

Show me anywhere in that discourse you responded to.... that is antithetical or antagonistic to anything in the 'Bible'. We're talking about Religion being 'primarily a pursuit of values' - this is a fair and honest evaluation of what 'religion' includes, the recognition and striving towards...

I guess you'd have to read all the UB's discourses on 'religion' to understand it. In any case, I still think your bringing your own presuppositional assumptions into the equation here, since 'religion' includes and encompasses the whole of man's relationship to God and man, to the whole...

The above is only Paul's version of the 'gospel', which he describes as 'my gospel', since he knew it was different than the original apostles teaching, being a syncretism of various schools and his own personal revelations, visions, etc. Merely quoting the same passages above does nothing to...

The papers expand the idea of the kingdom of heaven, and the concept of 'divine sonship' with the Father, while placing an emphasis on our motivation to do the will of God, and to make God's will our will. - Paper 141 I don't feel threatened by your 'god', since I've come to trust in a...

According to a traditional-orthodox Christian point of view. Those who have discovered what the UB actually teaches and have come to value such, DO. You don't have a monopoly on 'God'. We are already all children of God, loved by God......whereby the good news is 'sonship with God',...by...

You really need to relax....... You really need to relax....... Too bad you failed to see the humor there. freelight wrote: "don't let the door hit your hindquarters on the way out" If you're going to judge my 'religion' by your sensitive over-reaction to my comment above, it only shows...

transcending terms........ transcending terms........ My comment was addressing your statement that that was your last post - (I assumed your 'last post' as in leaving this discussion thread for some time, or for good) - it wasn't your last post, since your responded again to Caino. My...

Again, in the interest of real 'discussion'........ Again, in the interest of real 'discussion'........ Ah, aren't you special ;) You may want to read the OP, which I wrote myself with some modifications by Caino for this particular thread. Note there is no ulterior motive in the...

More corrections: Wrong. I don't know where you're getting this idea or where Caino ever taught this, since the UB does NOT teach this at all. It in fact teaches against both pure 'pantheism' and 'materialism'. Again, it appears you're presupposing and presuming things about the UB that it...

Upholding integrity in the art of discussion..... Upholding integrity in the art of discussion..... You might want to do some better research about the beginning of how the papers came about, its an interesting study, but just assuming the above with partial info. and assumptions doesn't give...

Duped all around............... Duped all around............... That passage of the UB makes it point, believe it or not. Possibility of 'duping' sways to any religious POV or 'belief' (take your pick),...which means you could be 'duped' as well in your 'belief' that the Bible is the only...