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The Urantia Book has helped me understand the Bible. Did one person write The Urantia Book?
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Q: I was
wondering who wrote the Urantia Book. It appears to me that this person
had a tremendous insight into
the Bible.
The Urantia Book has help me to
understand the Bible and vice versa. Therefore, I am very interested
about the writer of The Urantia Book.
A: Who wrote The Urantia
Book? Elsewhere on this "FAQ" page, please look over question
in the section titled "About The Urantia Book" which go into
much
more detail than what I'll be writing here. In one sense The Urantia
Book is a compilation of many of the most significant writings produced
over the past several hundred years or earlier and from several hundred
authors who mastered in their fields. However, these authors just
provided the foundation source material for the book's inspired
teachings in science, religion, philosophy, social engineering,
history, anthropology, theology, biology, archeology, physics, and the
other topics the book addresses. The real authors of the 197 chapters
of the book are both celestial beings (22 authors) and a commission of
unseen planetary stewards residing here.
For this material to
be printed in book form required human beings, but they had no
involvement in producing the text other than to at times to ask for
clarification or to submit questions during its period of reception.
Although this is a very unorthodox way for a book to be produced, the
teachings of The Urantia Book stand on their own merits -- students of
the book read and study in spite of its unconventional origin -- there
is no human authority, no person to look up to or revere, no official
religion, no clergy that interprets or speaks for the authority and
validity of the book's teaching. That's up to each reader to come to
grips with themselves. There are organizations of readers to promote
the teachings and fellowship and to assure that books are printed and
distributed, of which we are one, but the book stands on its own
without a human heritage.
So, yes, the authors of the Urantia
Papers had tremendous insight into the Bible as well as into every
other aspect of human activity. There is nothing else like The Urantia
Book in print -- it is unique. We're glad you found the book and that
it has helped you understand the Bible -- for most readers The Urantia
Book makes the Bible even more precious and meaningful.
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