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mysticism..... mysticism..... Only in the extemes or misuse of such which reflects an imbalanced life, focusing more on isolation from human involvement or visionary experiences, which may include some delusion or imagination of the psyche. Otherwise, the UB presents many levels of 'mind' and...

fusion............ fusion............ Some religious schools hold that a soul being eternal in nature, cannot 'uncreate' itself, because it cannot die or cease to be. Annihilation would be impossible if such were the case. We'd have to delve into and define what 'death' is, and the terms...

the body of teaching as a whole...... the body of teaching as a whole...... You're welcome. Some great stuff to ponder,...and no matter one's opinion of the material, its very consistent in its theology, eschatology, cosmology. Yes, I figure this is because of your view of the divine will...

God's relation to the individual....... God's relation to the individual....... God is free as much as His divine nature and character allows for such freedom, however unlimited or limited. Why do you ask, and what is your opinion on the matter? While on the subject of a soul's freedom of...

It does champion the grant of 'freedom of choice' as something near sovereign, as far as the individual soul is concerned. If a soul can choose a final and eternal death...and it is God's will that a soul choose life, then obviously....'free will' in this case is afforded, and its consequences...

soul survival.............. soul survival.............. I speak from a revelational-context of what the Papers teach, knowing the complexity of the soul and and how survivability is sustained by the souls union with the divine adjuster (Thought Adjuster), and how that some souls may choose...

:) cool,...I'm a universalist at heart. However, as I shared...there is an interesting complexity to the composition of the soul shared in the Papers, which makes 'soul-death' almost a coherent logical conclusion....if indeed such is the case...that a soul can actually 'die'. Then we'd have to...

annihilation or eternal life...... annihilation or eternal life...... The issue of 'annihilation', or we could call it 'soul-destruction' (the soul being dis-integrated) is a subtly fascinating subject, which the Papers provide a fairly detailed explanation,...however even with this...

2 different books on a variety of levels, approach and context. ACIM has its own rationale so to speak ;) - for those looking for something more resonant with traditional/orthodox christian theology, but upgraded with a greater cosmic revelation and comprehension of the universe, the evolving...

:cool: Does what is infinite have any limits? pj

elastics...... elastics...... :) I agree with the great consistency and profundity of the UB...as much as I enjoy my excursions into Non-Duality....and more 'ethereal' texts such as ACIM (I only occasionally read and write creative commentary on the text, and have shared my criticisms of...

:thumb: We've covered the Eucharist on other threads. Old hat. While catholics magnify the import of such a ritual thru 'transubstantiation', such interpretation was later imposed thru platonic metaphysics and the attempt to spiritualize such in a way that it became the main ritual and...

moving beyond ritual to spiritual meaning..... moving beyond ritual to spiritual meaning..... Suit yourself. I find such a minor descrepancy somewhat petty, unless of course one invests so much in a 'catholic' view and metaphysical description of the Eucharist, yet such a minor point doesn't...

reflections........... reflections........... To believe the Bible is the only source of revealed scripture or 'truth' in the world is quite a stretch. Assumption. Truth is universal,...Reality is what IS. - which can be interpreted, explained or translated in various ways, slap on as many...

consider the content and meaning of the message.... consider the content and meaning of the message.... Of course it is a discourse using human terms and understanding, expanding on basic principles and values of 'religious experience'. It provides much more than what the synoptics share. So...

God is Spirit........ God is Spirit........ Any written words can be falsely idolized or heralded as absolute truth, when such is only a vehicle to relate truths, a 'medium'. Infinite reality always grants the potential for progressive revelation in time. The UB also claims to not have the...

the gift of language...... the gift of language...... Such are a paraphrase (explanatory discourse),....and their truth or authority lies in their own dictation (in more modern day venacular). Do you find anything in it that would seem unbefitting of Jesus or adversarial to true religious...

apologetics............. apologetics............. ~*~*~ Aimiel shared this link earlier - coming from a tradition/fundamentalist christian apologetic site, the general tone against anything 'Urantian' is expected, however this site takes things to an even more extreme polemic. The UB is...

being open to new discoveries...... being open to new discoveries...... Jesus used an illustration of 'gehenna' in speaking of a place of desolation, refuse, waste,.....but it was equated with later ideas of an 'eternal' lake of fire, envisioned in John's revelation, later imposed with...

We've covered Paul on many threads. A puzzle takes some time to put together,...but thats the reward of research :sherlock: The UB does touch on some of the essentials as quoted earlier. We might also add that the term 'Jesusonian' is used in the Urantia Papers to portray Jesus gospel of the...