The Bible and the Urantia Papers | |
Message: 70251 From: Ernest Moyer Subject: The Bible and the Urantia Papers Date: Mon, May 9, 2005, 12:19 AM Topic: General Reply to Message 70235 Edit | Read by
To Sharon Drake: These sophomoric minds on Ubron do not
understand what it means for revelation to keep in
touch with evolution. The Urantia Papers have literally hundreds of
quotations from the Bible. Duane Faw has given us
a gift by listing the many parallels between the
Bible and the Urantia Papers in his
Paramony. While Matthew Block has shown us
how many historic religious writings are
transformed in the Papers, and while there may be
some use of other documents, mostly unrecognized,
it is the Bible that receives so much attention.
And it is around passages from the Bible that the
Urantia Papers puts quotations marks. For example, Paper 2 on The Nature of
God, Section 4 has this: Page 38:
Mercy is simply justice tempered by that wisdom which grows out of perfection of knowledge and the full recognition of
the natural weaknesses and environmental handicaps of finite creatures. “Our God is full of compassion, gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in
mercy.” Therefore “whosoever calls upon the Lord shall be saved,” “for he will abundantly pardon.” “The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting”; yes, “his mercy endures forever.” “I am the Lord who executes loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the |
earth, for in these things I delight.” “I do not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men,” for I am “the Father of
mercies and the God of all comfort.” The quotations are from the following Bible passages: Ps 86:15 - But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Isa 55:7 - Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him return unto the
LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our
God, for he will abundantly pardon. Ps
103:17 - But the mercy of the LORD is from
everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear
him, and his righteousness unto children's
children; Ezra 3:11 - And they sang together by
course in praising and giving thanks unto the
LORD; because he is good, for his mercy
endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the
people shouted with a great shout, when they
praised the LORD, because the foundation of the
house of the LORD was laid. Jer 9:24 - But let
him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the
LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these
things I delight, saith the LORD. Lam 3:33 - For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
2
Cor 1:3 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and
the God of all comfort;
Would any intelligent human being not want to know where those quotations came from? Perhaps I am not too intelligent but I certainly want to know.
In the design of God's revelation he intended that two major pieces be used by his people: the Bible and the Urantia Papers. We cannot ignore the first without peril to our temporal and eternal survival.
How childish can these people be?
Ernest |