Jesus
Christ: The Eternal Son, along with the
Universal Father, created all the "only-begotten"
Creator Sons who, as part of the Order of Michael, are
responsible for the creation of humanity.12
Before incarnating on this planet as Jesus of
Nazareth, Jesus was Michael of Nebadon, the 611,121st
original concept of the Paradise Father and Son.13
Despite being the "original concept," Jesus was not
the Eternal Son, but rather he possessed "additional
power and authority, for he not only personifies the
Eternal Son but also fully represents and actually
embodies the personality presence of the Universal
Father."14
Sin and
Atonement: …According to the Jesus of The
URANTIA Book, "Evil is the immature choosing and the
thinking misstep of those who are resistant to
goodness, rejectful of beauty, and disloyal to truth.
Evil is that which is dark and untrue, and which, when
consciously embraced and willfully endorsed, becomes
sin."15 A person can overcome evil simply
by choosing to do good: "There is mighty power in the
expulsive energy of a new and sincere spiritual
affection. And again I say to you, be not overcome by
evil but rather overcome evil with good."16
Because
avoiding sin is simply a matter of choice, the
crucifixion did not accomplish the forgiveness of sin.17
Instead, humans must work to emulate the example of
love and faith in God shown by Jesus. This striving
for perfection is worked out over many lifetimes on
many planets. A URANTIA follower states that "the
entire stellar itinerary of our inconceivably long
evolutionary journey toward spirit status [includes]
graduate courses on the billion worlds of Havona...
such is the long, alluring path to Paradise."18
Many other
examples could be cited. In fact, the Urantia Book
Fellowship has published its own list of "Urantia Book
Deviations from Traditional Christian Theology".19
For those who
hold that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of
God, the information given here should be sufficient
reason to reject the Urantia Book and what it teaches.
It should be clear that whoever these celestial beings
are, they are certainly not speaking for the God of the
Bible.
Our
conclusion is that the Urantia Book is NOT "God’s New
Book"!
Notes
1 http://www.urantia.org/about.html
2 William
Sadler, The Mind at Mischief, edited by Mark
Turin, n.p.: n.p., 1929 [Online]. URL http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/history/m_at_m.htm.
3 Ibid.
4 http://www.urantia.org/detail.html
5 http://www.urantia.org/detail.html
6 http://www.urantia.org/detail.html
7 http://www.urantia.org/detail.html
8 http://www.urantia.org/detail.html
9 http://www.urantia.org/detail.html
10 Stephen F.
Cannon, "Evaluating the Urantia Book," http://www.totse.com/en/religion/the_occult/urantia.html
11 Jason
Barker, PFO Profile, http://www.watchman.org/profile/urantiapro.htm.
12 Dean
Halverson, "Urantia, the Brotherhood, the Book," SCP
Newsletter 7.3 (1981), 3.
13 The
URANTIA Book, 33:1
14 Ibid.
15 The
URANTIA Book, 130:1.
16 Ibid.,
156:5
17 Ibid.,
188:4.
18 Ruth
Burton, Basic Concepts of The URANTIA Book,
Chicago, Il: The URANTIA Brotherhood, n.d., 2.
19 http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/doc598.html
