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How do we know for sure that these attributed historical events (of the life of Jesus) actually happened the way the UB says they did?
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Thank you for your note to Truthbook.com. You ask the same question
Pilate asked Jesus, "What is Truth?" Fortunately, we have a lot of help
in discerning truth through spirit agencies, primarily the Spirit of
Truth, an unerring guide to direct the hungry truth-seeker toward the
truth most valuable, useful, meaningful specifically for them. The
truth I am led to may differ from the truth you’re led to.
Although there is absolute Truth, truth for an ascending mortal is
relative and we have to learn to listen and to be guided when we're
unsure.
Back to your question. How do you know that anything is true? What
measure would you use to know whether what the UB says is true or not?
Many people get around such decisions by relying on the judgment of
someone else, friends, relatives, priests, ministers, anyone who
professes to know something. Yet, your spiritual development is yours
alone. No one else’s judgment can be a substitute for your
own judgment. You’re required to use your own mind, to taste
the logic and spiritual fragrance of a new idea and to decide for
yourself. My choices can’t be of any spiritual benefit to you.
About Jesus, you can decide for yourself if the scant information
contained in
the Bible
is adequate for your needs or if you prefer the
rendition provided by The Urantia Book. Is it true? Does it make sense
logically and spiritually as far as you can discern? If you believe it
does but you choose to reject it because no one in a position of
authority whom you admire backs you up then you’ve turned
your back on your own ability to discern truth. If you believe it
doesn’t make logical sense or isn't spiritually fragrant and
you intend to continue your search for something more meaningful then
you’ve chosen wisely. Your faith hasn’t been blind,
it’s been used to guide your search. You don't have to
believe The Urantia Book to be on a track of spiritual discernment.
You’ve misunderstood who the true authors of the life and
teachings of Jesus portion of The Urantia Book are. The page that
immediately precedes Paper 120, the first Paper of Part IV, says:
"PART IV
THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS
This group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve Urantia
Midwayers acting under the supervision of a
Melchizedek Revelatory
Director. The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary
Midwayer who was onetime assigned to the superhuman watchcare of the
Apostle Andrew."
The authors of Part IV are not human beings and they actually were eye
witnesses — a much better source for truth than is the
fallible human mind.
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