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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: When should you be merciful |
| john p |
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:21 pm +0000
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Replies: 8
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| An interesting question. I find myself wondering in what context you are asking it. Thinking back I find few instances when I've been in a position to even offer mercy. I encouter though, situations daily where being just and fair is appropriate. Thank you for the quote. It's easy to get focused som... |
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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: prayer and Satans dirty little trick |
| john p |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:16 pm +0000
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Replies: 9
Views: 4868
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| Notwithstanding the origions of the word "amen", if in the mind of the petitioner it is simply the way he ends his prayers, how can you believe God would take issue with a simple word. The intent within your heart is what registers with deity, not the hairsplitting of the meaning of a sing... |
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Forum: Questions & Answers Topic: blue and orange people. |
| john p |
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:54 pm +0000
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Replies: 14
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| Hi John here, concerning your question. It is difficult to speculate how mithologies and superstitions of humanity relate to the racial papers in the Ubook. The six colored races sprang forth from the basic aborigional stock decended from the first pair and was designed for genetic diversity in the ... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: The square peg and the round hole |
| john p |
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:36 pm +0000
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Replies: 47
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| If I understand the square peg and round hole reference, you mean that we steadily surrender our will and our uniqueness as individuals as develop morontia conciousness. As we progress and do our individual parts in the evolution of the supreme, and adventure of settling the superuniverses in light ... |
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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: Unsolicited advice or hung by the tongue |
| john p |
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:20 pm +0000
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Replies: 6
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| Hi Michelle-Marie, John here. Thanks for your 2 coppers, they were good ones. Always good to hear from you. I value your input. Don't worry about being safe with me. I value free exchange of Ideas. You can say anything to me. I'm hard to offend. As you experience your 2nd reading, feel free to expre... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: Reincarnation and other beliefs |
| john p |
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:52 pm +0000
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Replies: 162
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| Hi, jwatkins00, John p here. I would love to respond with my understanding of the reincarnation concept. As I understand, reincarnation is the successive incarnations of physical being until one reaches a certain enlightenment, yet there seems to be no concious memory of past experiences, but an imp... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: Science Stuff and The Urantia Book (TUB) |
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:40 pm +0000
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Replies: 182
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| The split between science and religeon was born of the idea that followers needed to be protected from knowledge. It is only the adhearence to so called holy writings that stands in the way of the realization that science is one more method in the discovery of God's truth. How God works in nature an... |
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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: Feeling religeous experience |
| john p |
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:51 pm +0000
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Replies: 21
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| I'm wondering if there are others out there like me. I see that many readers speak of feeling God's love, being bathed in the spirit, and being moved by the spirit of truth. I don't have these feelings. There seems to little, if any, altruism or empathy in me. Yet, I see the truth of the 5th epochal... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: Confusion About Michael and Jesus |
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:52 pm +0000
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Replies: 57
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| I think one thing to consider is that so reguarded "holy books" that religeons are founded upon are not revelations but rather the result of the concepts that came after the actual revelation. Abraham was the revelator, others wrote the book. Jesus was the revelator, others wrote the book.... |
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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: Unsolicited advice or hung by the tongue |
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:40 pm +0000
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Replies: 6
Views: 9100
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| Hi Michelle-Marie, John here. I know what you mean. I have a friend so consumed by her anger at life's injustices she is spiritually crippled by it, but everytime I've tried to get her to examine herself she gets angrily dismissive and irrational. I've found that relating my experiences and difficul... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: fruits of the Spirit |
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:21 pm +0000
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Replies: 59
Views: 48762
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| Hi, Anvilsteele, John Here. Very well thought out questions. I'm a 30year reader and can only express my take on the Ubook. I hear much about "belief in the book", is it all true? I see the book as a revelation, not a religeon. A revelation is always conditioned by the prior experiences, e... |
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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: Michael's return |
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:57 pm +0000
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Replies: 15
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| Just a little speculation here. Might Michael's return co-inside with the 2000 year aniversary of his death, or birth? John the babtist prepared the way for Jesus, might the Ubook be preparing the way for Michael's return? I don't expect that this is the case. I do find the possibility interesting t... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: The Credibility of the Authors |
| john p |
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:00 pm +0000
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Replies: 35
Views: 21547
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| Greetings, John here. A valid question if you are a truth seeker. Questioning promotes wisdom while blind acceptance fosters ignorance. The Ubook presents itself as revelation not the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but. Imagine trying to expline the internal combustion engine to someone a thous... |
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Forum: The Skeptics Corner Topic: How I first encountered Urantia Book |
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:15 pm +0000
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Replies: 8
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| Hi guy, I'm John . Are there really those frustrated with you because you raise questions having not finished the book? How can it not raise questions from the table of contents on? When I first encountered the Ubook, I bounced all around it looking up topics in the contents I found interesting. Eve... |
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Forum: General Urantia Book Discussion Topic: Which pages should I read? |
| john p |
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:44 pm +0000
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Replies: 53
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| Greetings, I am John from Vegas, at the end of the day, the cosmology, philosophy, history, and the account of Jesus' life seeks to qualify in the mind of the truth seeker, the basic teachings attempted 2000 years ago. That God is your father and all others are your brothers and sisters so "Be ... |
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