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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:03:27 CST
From:         Michael Million <MM24681@UAFSYSB.BITNET>
Subject:      Reply to Scott and Janie

 Hello Scott and Janie:  I would prefer you to obtain a copy of the UB
 and *tell me what you think it is*; I have studied it for 15 years and
 am convinced that it is a divine revelation as it claims.  It is
 available in bookstores or through a free library placement program.
 If the current debates among our 'scriptured' brothers are not enough
 to urge you to find other sources of spiritual wisdom, then perhaps
 the definitive proclamations of judgment of Jesse Carnes will speak
 to your heart in a loud voice that our earthly religious traditions
 are in need of an infusion of enlarged truths and the true teachings
 of Jesus -- for many are confused and worse, spreading confusion to
 the spiritually hungry.  If you or anyone else is satisfied with the
 current state of religious organizations and their 'teachings' then
 I doubt very much that the Urantia material will be able to assist
 you.  Those who demand a more intellectually and spiritually satis-
 fying form of truth will very possibly gain much from the UB.  The
 choice, as always, is yours.
 The following two short excerpts are only tangentially related, but
 I find this type of revelation extremely satisfying.
                                       your brother,  Michael Million
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	Page-1430
      One of the young men who worked with Jesus one day on the steering
 paddle became much interested in the words which he dropped from hour
 to hour as they toiled in the shipyard. When Jesus intimated that the
 Father in heaven was interested in the welfare of his children on earth,
 this young Greek, Anaxand, said: "If the Gods are interested in me,
 then why do they not remove the cruel and unjust foreman of this work-
 shop?" He was startled when Jesus replied, "Since you know the ways of
 kindness and value justice, perhaps the Gods have brought this erring
 man near that you may lead him into this better way. Maybe you are the
 salt which is to make this brother more agreeable to all other men;
 that is, if you have not lost your savor. As it is, this man is your
 master in that his evil ways unfavorably influence you. Why not assert
 your mastery of evil by virtue of the power of goodness and thus become
 the master of all relations between the two of you? I predict that the
 good in you could overcome the evil in him if you gave it a fair and
 living chance. There is no adventure in the course of mortal existence
 more enthralling than to enjoy the exhilaration of becoming the
 material life partner with spiritual energy and divine truth in one of
 their triumphant struggles with error and evil. It is a marvelous and
 transforming experience to become the living channel of spiritual light
 to the mortal who sits in spiritual darkness. If you are more blessed
 with truth than is this man, his need should challenge you. Surely you
 are not the coward who could stand by on the seashore and watch a
 fellow man who could not swim perish! How much more of value is this
 man's soul floundering in darkness compared to his body drowning in
 water!"
	Page-1732
      You must cease to seek for the word of God only on the pages of
 the olden records of theologic authority. Those who are born of the
 spirit of God shall henceforth discern the word of God regardless of
 whence it appears to take origin. Divine truth must not be discounted
 because the channel of its bestowal is apparently human. Many of your
 brethren have minds which accept the theory of God while they spirit-
 ually fail to realize the presence of God.  And that is just the reason
 why I have so often taught you that the kingdom of heaven can best be
 realized by acquiring the spiritual attitude of a sincere child. It is
 not the mental immaturity of the child that I commend to you but rather
 the spiritual simplicity of such an easy-believing and fully-trusting
 little one. It is not so important that you should know about the fact
 of God as that you should increasingly grow in the ability to feel the
 presence of God.
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 [Excerpted from _The Urantia Book_, copyrighted by the Urantia
 Foundation, Chicago, Illinois USA]
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