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New Obelisk ‘Lifeform’ Is Hiding Inside Humans
/in Trending Now!Stanford University researchers have discovered virus-like ‘lifeforms’ that exist inside human mouths and guts.Smaller than a virus and not considered standard life, the genetic material can still transfer information that can be read by a cell. “We had no idea these things existed, and we certainly aren’t certain yet what they do.” Read More
The Urantia Book says, “The bacteria, simple vegetable organisms of a very primitive nature, are very little changed from the early dawn of life; they even exhibit a degree of retrogression in their parasitic behavior. Many of the fungi also represent a retrograde movement in evolution, being plants which have lost their chlorophyll-making ability and have become more or less parasitic. The majority of disease-causing bacteria and their auxiliary virus bodies really belong to this group of renegade parasitic fungi. During the intervening ages all of the vast kingdom of plant life has evolved from ancestors from which the bacteria have also descended.” Read More
Youth Keep Hope Alive in Sudan
/in Trending Now!In Sudan. Volunteers belonged to a local youth group made up mostly of university students that had been involved in various community activities before the war, including tree planting and feeding the homeless. But they had never had to deal with an emergency of this scale. “Services here are provided as much as we can,” said Abdelraheem. “We are all young – the youngest is 14 years old – but with a big mindset. We try to never fall short.” Read More
The Urantia Book says, “There is positive strength in the knowledge that you live for the welfare of others, and that these others likewise live for your welfare and advancement … Only a glimpse of the circle of eternity can inspire man to do his best and can challenge the best in him to do its utmost. And when man is thus at his best, he lives most unselfishly for the good of others, his fellow sojourners in time and eternity.” Read More
3 Reasons Why Motherhood is a Spiritual Journey
/in Trending Now!According to an article on Patheos.com, most people do not consider motherhood to be a spiritual journey. This may be due to physical changes the body goes through, such as weight gain or morning sickness. However, a spiritual journey is defined as the process of pushing past the boundaries that make you comfortable and moving toward growth. Read More
Truthbook.com draws inspiration for this belief from a Urantia Paper: “The mother and child relation is natural, strong, and instinctive, and one which, therefore, constrained primitive women to submit to many strange conditions and to endure untold hardships. This compelling mother love is the handicapping emotion which has always placed woman at such a tremendous disadvantage in all her struggles with man. Even at that, maternal instinct in the human species is not overpowering; it may be thwarted by ambition, selfishness, and religious conviction.” Read More
Happy Mother’s Day!