To answer your question: I miss nodamanav. Looking back on that conversation, he was one of the many people whom You pushed him away, Bradley. Certainly your intention to provide a unique interpretation of tUB is good, but the way that you force "its" message is too much for others.

Dear Friends,
I have been on this site for a few years. Unfortunately our site is following the Internet trends. The Internet has become a place where discourse can turn into viciousness in an instant. With the faceless freedom inherent in an anonymous post, one can easily offer viciously offensive and brutal remarks like what can be found here on our Religious forum.

My contention is this... We represent the Urantia Book to the world and when we post, we need to respect the fact that the entire planet has access to our comments.

I would expect forum participants who claim to be avid readers to show, at minimum, a responsibility to the highest Religious standard, one that is representative of the Master, Jesus.

Regardless of the fact that you are human and prone to errors, you and I can still strive for an impeccable standard of morality, even further a high and perhaps righteous standard of behavior that is representative of a superior Religious attitude.

If we are want to be Urantia Book Christians, Jesusonian in nature, then I say that the practice thereof starts here at this forum.

It is high time we cease to banter, instigate, inflame, taunt, torment and discredit another participant to whom you do not agree with. That type of behavior is the opposite of Religious attitude and we as Urantia Book readers would do well in our positive representation to refrain from such distasteful acts of immaturity.

We are the Internet representation of the Urantia Book to the entire world. This revelation lives or dies in the minds of potential seekers based on how we are viewed...on just how we act towards each other here.

Sincerely,
Paul

Sorry Paul.

Well I do not actually have an opinion about you personally. I simply ask you be more considerate, not to make your criticism of other's declarations a "knee-jerk reaction". Okay I know I have been wrong about a few things, Bradley, and I am greatful for the remonstrances that others members in this forum have shared with me. I am sorry, because you remind me of my classmate Brad Conklin who died in an auto wreck, the star basketball player from my high school. When others express their opinions here in this forum, can you please exhibit some more forebearance though? I really feel that your hasty conclusion technique has affected the quorum of his site negatively. Honestly, if you not exhibiting the patience tenderloving compassion of a real father, then you have no need to contend with others who express their view herein. I miss Yuh and Nodamanav. Even though they are gone, they have expressed enough of the honest & plain truth for me to consider, that their words and ideas live in my mind even if you win battles and champion every minute misunderstanding, a finite prize.

To be fair to all.

There is not one person who has posted on this forum that I have not gained knowledge from. I am speaking of no one in particular. And my post was not to be taken as harsh critique but more so as food for thought... spiritual thought, higher spiritual thought.

Being less personally sensitive will help us all be more professionally productive from the group standpoint.

I am in favor of disagreement and descent. We all learn from one another. My concern is when we get abrasive with one another over a contention and forget that our sometimes unkind rebuke reflects an unloving ungodly conduct for the world to see.

Argue and disagree all that you need to, just be loving when you do... love one another.

Paul