The core of the Easter story, as depicted in the New Testament, revolves around the crucifixion, death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus, a pivotal event in Christianity that marks the holiday of Easter.
“As science delves deeper into the interplay between chance and necessity, one thing becomes clear: luck isn’t an anomaly in evolution. It’s a core feature. Replaying life’s tape — even under identical conditions — would likely yield a world profoundly different from the one we know.” Read More
The Urantia Book corroborates this theory in these very explicit scenarios from our distant past: “You can hardly realize by what narrow margins your prehuman ancestors missed extinction from time to time. Had the ancestral frog of all humanity jumped two inches less on a certain occasion, the whole course of evolution would have been markedly changed.” Read More
NBC News reported that the Parker Solar Probe recently made a fiery dive close to the sun’s surface. Still 3.86 million miles away from the sun, the spacecraft, the size of a small car flies at about 430,000 MPH. Read More
The Urantia Book includes information about the nucleus of the physical system to which our sun and its associated planets belong as the center of the onetime Andronover nebula. Our sun is 6 billion years old, and we can be assured that our sun is stable and reliable – for the next twenty-five billion years!
“Your own sun has long since attained relative equilibrium between its expansion and contraction cycles, those disturbances which produce the gigantic pulsations of many of the younger stars. Your sun is now passing out of its six billionth year. At the present time it is functioning through the period of greatest economy. It will shine on as of present efficiency for more than twenty-five billion years. It will probably experience a partially efficient period of decline as long as the combined periods of its youth and stabilized function.” Read More
No one knows for sure when humans first figured out that mouth-to-mouth contact could be used for romance and erotic pleasure, but scientists reported recently that people were locking lips at least 4,500 years ago. The findings, published in the journal Science, pushed back the history of the practice by about 1,000 years. Read More
The Urantia Book says: “ The ceremony of adoption consisted in drinking each other’s blood. In some groups saliva was exchanged in the place of blood drinking, this being the ancient origin of the practice of social kissing. And all ceremonies of association, whether marriage or adoption, were always terminated by feasting.” Read More
Archaeologists have identified the precursors of writing in the designs of ancient seals dating back about 6,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Read the Details
The Urantia Book says the first alphabet was formulated in Dalamatia about 500,000 years ago, in the days of the first planetary prince. Fad, one of the Caligastia one hundred, created the alphabet of twenty-five characters and also a writing system. Sadly, all of this was lost due to the Lucifer rebellion, ending any hope of a universal language for untold ages. Read More
By the days of Adam and Eve, 37,000 years ago, another alphabet was developed by Van and Amadon, reflecting the Andonic dialect. Adam and Eve learned and used this alphabet in the Garden of Eden. Read More
Parade Magazine offers 50 New Year wishes to share. The greatest part of celebrating a new year is appreciating the people near and dear to you. Coworkers you see daily, the family who’s been by your side since birth, the friends who are just a quick FaceTime away, or the significant other in your life—there are special Happy New Year wishes for them all. See New Year Wishes Here
The Urantia Book offers prayer as an important aid to a healthy life, and sure way to minister to people. “Even a whole city or an entire nation can be helped by such prayer devotions. Confession, repentance, and prayer have led individuals, cities, nations, and whole races to mighty efforts of reform and courageous deeds of valorous achievement.” Read about the social implication of prayer here:
Discover the birth of Jesus and the untold story of his complete childhood this Holiday season. Click here to read about The Untold Story of Jesus, now in both hardback and paperback. A wonderful and inspirational Christmas gift. Read Reviews and Buy
Human life expectancy is increasing at a slower rate than it did in the 20th century, a new study of 10 wealthy countries hints. During the 20th century, improvements in public health and medicine resulted in “radical life extension” Have we reached our human limit? Read More
According The Urantia Book, human beings can look forward to a time when the limit of life expectancy will reach 500 years. It will be awhile, but it’s good to know that we are really only beginning to experience true longevity of life.
The Urantia Book says, “Mortals all have the same general struggles with microscopic foes in their early days, such as you now experience on Urantia, though perhaps not so extensive. The length of life varies on the different planets from twenty-five years on the primitive worlds to near five hundred on the more advanced and older spheres.” Read More
The Today Show offers these quotes to help you celebrate friends, family and life’s many blessings. See Quotes Here
The Urantia Book on The Spirit Of Thanksgiving: “Be not constantly overanxious about your common needs. Be not apprehensive concerning the problems of your earthly existence, but in all these things by prayer and supplication, with the spirit of sincere thanksgiving, let your needs be spread out before your Father who is in heaven.” Read More
As this 2024 U.S. national election cycle comes to completion, The Urantia Book offers insights into what a fully developed human government should look like. Read More
The Urantia Book can teach us about politics, because the teachings transcend material concerns and give us spiritual insight. Read More
