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The Urantia Book

by Urantia Foundation

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This publication speaks to the people of our planet, Urantia, and offers an organized record of mankind's origin, history and destiny. It tells about Deity; the organization and administration of universes and the relation of the planet on which we live to the universe; the genesis and destiny of man and his relation to God and the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is an attem...more

Paperback, 2097 pages

Published June 1st 2008 by Urantia Foundation (first published 1942)

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Aug 18, 2007

W. rated it

Frightening. So you've got this book mostly written in the 30s by a bunch of freaky weirdies. And it says some awesome stuff like "And God spoke and said the proton is one thousand times the mass of an electron" and other totally out-of-nowhere-ness. Most people focus on the overwhelming cosmology at the beginning of the book, or the biography of Christ at the end; both those sections just drag after a while and don't have much to add. I got into the middle sections, the philosophi...more

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This is my favorite book. I have been reading it, on and off, since 1972. It is the most complete, informative, reassuring, stimulating, mind-blowing, and inspiring book I have ever read. This book becomes a best friend that you always want near at hand. I have read it cover to cover a couple of times, and I have read sections over and over. I always interpret it in new ways, gaining new insights with every read. The U...moreAbout the Urantia Book
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This is my favorite book. I have been reading it, on and off, since 1972. It is the most complete, informative, reassuring, stimulating, mind-blowing, and inspiring book I have ever read. This book becomes a best friend that you always want near at hand. I have read it cover to cover a couple of times, and I have read sections over and over. I always interpret it in new ways, gaining new insights with every read. The Urantia Book has been a shaping force in my life and my identity. The truths contained in this book have guided me through the hardest times and helped me appreciate and value the best times. The authors paint the bigger picture for you, then show you how to find your place in that grand picture. It is not purely religious or philosophical as it provides concrete ways to see, believe, live, and act, in order to become a better person and find happiness, meaning, and fulfillment. Like great art, it only gets better with time.

To new readers, I recommend looking through the contents and reading sections that interest you, rather than reading all 2000+ pages from beginning to end the first time around. For many years, I read it section by section--choosing subjects that interested me---before reading it through. If you start reading it, and it doesn’t grab you, then I suggest reading the last section--Part IV--The Life and Times of Jesus (Christ Michael), which is 700+ pages. That final section reads more like a narrative; it is particularly inspiring and easy to get into.

There are many crazy rumors about this book, spread by people who know nothing about it. Ignore all that, and judge for yourself. This book has nothing in common with fundamentalism, evangelism, Mormonism, Dianetics, or any cults, “schemes to get rich and be successful,” or beliefs based on dogma or existing belief systems. It is very much about God, Jesus, angels, the order of the universe, and truth. It is not, in itself, a religion and it espouses no rituals other than personal prayer conducted in your own way, in private. It is not an exclusive belief system and is compatible with other open-minded religious beliefs or faiths. It warns against hocus pocus and hoodoo-voodoo fanaticism (my words not the Book’s ;-). It was written mostly in the 1930s and 40s and was published in 1955-- it is not a new age book. Some people who like this book are drawn to new age type books and many others are not. This book appeals to no particular culture, class, or creed. Although some kooky people are drawn to it, in general, the readers I have met have been very “normal” people, from all walks of life. I have met women and men in equal numbers, young and old, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Interfaith people, scientists, bankers, teachers, actors, doctors, computer engineers, people of different colors, straight and gay, liberal and conservative, northern, southern, urban and country dwellers . . . this is a book for all open-minded people who like to think and who are searching for the truth. After reading the book for 20 years, I wanted to discuss it with other readers (who are hard to find, by the way! ;-), so I decided to go to a study group in NYC, where I was living. I was afraid that there would be weird hippies in purple tie-dye forcing herb tea on me, but to my surprise, there were real normal people drinking strong coffee in a beautiful loft. After a few meetings, I realized I was the weirdest person in the group. ;-) Although some of the concepts are hard to understand, most of it is accessible to anyone---I started reading it when I was 16 and was completely absorbed and fascinated from the moment I saw it. As a professional writer and editor, I can assure you that the writing and editing is of the highest possible quality. At the very least, you will see that it is completely unique---unlike any book ever written. It is also a beautifully researched, highly consistent book that covers fascinating subjects with great depth. It introduces many new concepts, but there is a pervading logic and reason throughout that makes perfect sense to people like me, who have never been completely satisfied with answers found elsewhere, or who just could not find answers to certain questions anywhere else. This book has not answered all my questions, but amazingly enough, it has answered most of them, and I am someone with a helluva lot of questions! Happy travels through the infinitely satisfying terrains of the Urantia Book!
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Mar 09, 2009

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Feb 02, 2012

J.Z. Murdock rated it

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I had this book for decades before I learned much about where it came from. It is an amazing book to read just to wonder about it's validity or origins. Then I found out its origins.

From a functional point of view, there is not much in this book to elevate you spiritually. I doesn't have the answer. But that being said, to each their own and you have to make up your own mind.

However, to read it from the beginning, can do things to your mind. People tend to browse this book a...more

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Apr 25, 2010

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100:4.4 "In physical life the senses tell of the existence of things; mind discovers the reality of meanings; but the spiritual experience reveals to the individual the true values of life. These high levels of human living are attained in the supreme love of God and in the unselfish love of man. If you love your fellow men, you must have discovered their values. Jesus loved men so much because he placed such a high value upon them. You can best discover values in your associates by discove...more100:4.4 "In physical life the senses tell of the existence of things; mind discovers the reality of meanings; but the spiritual experience reveals to the individual the true values of life. These high levels of human living are attained in the supreme love of God and in the unselfish love of man. If you love your fellow men, you must have discovered their values. Jesus loved men so much because he placed such a high value upon them. You can best discover values in your associates by discovering their motivation. If someone irritates you, causes feelings of resentment, you should sympathetically seek to discern his viewpoint, his reasons for such objectionable conduct. If once you understand your neighbor, you will become tolerant, and this tolerance will grow into friendship and ripen into love.

100:4.5 In the mind's eye conjure up a picture of one of your primitive ancestors of cave-dwelling times—a short, misshapen, filthy, snarling hulk of a man standing, legs spread, club upraised, breathing hate and animosity as he looks fiercely just ahead. Such a picture hardly depicts the divine dignity of man. But allow us to enlarge the picture. In front of this animated human crouches a saber-toothed tiger. Behind him, a woman and two children. Immediately you recognize that such a picture stands for the beginnings of much that is fine and noble in the human race, but the man is the same in both pictures. Only, in the second sketch you are favored with a widened horizon. You therein discern the motivation of this evolving mortal. His attitude becomes praiseworthy because you understand him. If you could only fathom the motives of your associates, how much better you would understand them. If you could only know your fellows, you would eventually fall in love with them.

100:4.6 You cannot truly love your fellows by a mere act of the will. Love is only born of thoroughgoing understanding of your neighbor's motives and sentiments. It is not so important to love all men today as it is that each day you learn to love one more human being. If each day or each week you achieve an understanding of one more of your fellows, and if this is the limit of your ability, then you are certainly socializing and truly spiritualizing your personality. Love is infectious, and when human devotion is intelligent and wise, love is more catching than hate. But only genuine and unselfish love is truly contagious. If each mortal could only become a focus of dynamic affection, this benign virus of love would soon pervade the sentimental emotion-stream of humanity to such an extent that all civilization would be encompassed by love, and that would be the realization of the brotherhood of man."

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Jun 22, 2009

Sekhemetshathor rated it

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For the week starting Sunday, June 21st:

June 21

The intellectual earmark of religion is certainty; the philosophical characteristic is consistency; the social fruits are love and service. [The Urantia Book, p. 1126, par. 5:]

June 22

Many who are inwardly sure about God fear to assert such feelings of certainty because of the multiplicity and cleverness of those who assemble objections and magnify difficulties about believing in God. [The Urantia Book, p....more

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Sep 24, 2011

Lisa Withrow rated it

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My mom was in a Urantia study group, at her church, in the '70s. I read some of it then, at 14 I asked her, "You do realize this book says we evolve from aliens don't you?"

I found it after she died, while cleaning out her house, and read it cover to cover. I loved the margin notes and highlghts she had left. It is an amazing read. My favorite sections are the history of Earth (Urantia) and the intricate story behind the 20+ years of Jesus' life not covered in t...more

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Feb 29, 2008

Nyoman Kiavano rated it

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You want to be enlightened? Read this wonderful yet very difficult to comprehend book. But beware, because all the information that contained in this book will blow your mind into a state that you will never imagined!

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Jun 16, 2009

Mark Branham rated it

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I know how fortunate I am to have been relatively free of so-called religious "stuff" when I came upon this book back in 1980. I count this freedom from dogma as the main reason I was able to read this book and judge it on its own. It has certainly changed my life, and will do the same for anyone who assimilates this book into their own life. While you must do your own work and make your own progress, the rewards are infinite. Too many people will come to this with preconceived not...more

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Jul 28, 2011

Comelibros added it · review of another edition

Un libro que carece de realidad; no tiene autor y además habla del universo de super-universos sin tener ninguna base científica. Habra que preguntarse que opinan los cientificos, austronomos, etc. Otra cosas como la formación de la tierra y sus siete razas. Dudoso planteamiento; pero mi mayor decepción es que después de haber leído “La rebelión de lucifer” y “Los caballos de Troya” de Juan José Benítez; me diera cuenta que la mayor parte de estos libros son casi una copia del libro de “Libro d...more

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Apr 24, 2010

Mikey rated it

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Most places I go and the people I talk to don't know anything about the urantia book. One exception and the only place I've ran into people that "follow it" so to speak is at the rainbow gatherings. I never really sat down with them and talked to them about it even though I was somewhat familiar with it. I got it from my Dad in 1998 apparently he heard about it from my uncle maybe and had it on his shelf for years (since the seventies maybe). At one point they used to like to discu...moreMost places I go and the people I talk to don't know anything about the urantia book. One exception and the only place I've ran into people that "follow it" so to speak is at the rainbow gatherings. I never really sat down with them and talked to them about it even though I was somewhat familiar with it. I got it from my Dad in 1998 apparently he heard about it from my uncle maybe and had it on his shelf for years (since the seventies maybe). At one point they used to like to discuss it perhaps over drinks. (I don't know the details) but the point is it was more of a curiosity then a devotion to the thing from what I gathered.
For me too I just was interested in reading the big crazy book and I started to back when I "borrowed" it from my Dad in 1998. However, I never got very far with it, and I continued to push finishing it to the back burner. Well at the end of last year (2009) I found out that it was in the public domain and I decided to download the audio and listen to it at work. (so in effect I cheated) but at least I've "heard" it all now.
Now that I have "read" it I am somewhat interested in reading some of the other books that are out that give details into the history of how it came about. I don't really accept it as it is presented. I don't know if or when I will get around to reading further about it.

Depending on ones point of view it either:
1)imaginatively expands on the broader aspects of possible reality throughout the Universes of Universes and the history of earth from a religious/scientific worldview
2)Corrects many of the false beliefs regarding G_d, history, religion and politics, science etc. and especially focuses on correcting the beliefs about Jesus, his life, his mission, the purpose of it all with regard to salvation and the true religion that Jesus intended his followers to hold on to.
3)It greatly distorts Christianity, in a cunning way it twists things here and there with malice and intent under the guise of a more sophisticated and thorough understanding of reality.

...or some combination thereof(less)

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Dec 31, 2010

Aaron Schiffer rated it

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I've had the distinct pleasure of having one branch of my group of friends, actually believe this and form book study groups around it. So fun. But so reminiscent of Christianity and its Bible studies, it makes one shudder. The third part is where it really gets going, elaborating on the history of the universe and of man, and the fourth part about Jesus is pretty in depth. Just don't drink the Kool-Aid and it's fine. The fact that it IS Kool-Aid for some people is scary though.

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Feb 16, 2009

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Recommended to Jesse by: Blayde Hollister Carroll

Truly, there are more deep spiritual one line quotes in this book than any other that I own. I would recommend this to anyone who is seeking some higher truths.

I will say that many of the greatest gems of this book are very well hidden, deep into the text. So that means, you have to either read 2000 some pages cover to cover, or look in the table of contents and find something that sounds engaging.

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Apr 10, 2008

Grayson rated it

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First of all, this book is not for everyone. It deals with the creation of our universe, the history of man, energy, time, space, and the reason for the fabric of our existence. I feel this book is way ahead of it's time. Now many of the ideas presented in this book contradict Christianity and virtually all dogma in some form or another. This book is very long and I will be reading it for many years to come.

The contents of this book came to be through "channeling." For...more

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Mar 12, 2011

Vin Myers added it · review of another edition

I was in charge of the 10th printing of this 2097 page 196 chapter (Papers)book. It is now in 18 languages. I also personally placed the physical book in over 1200 libraries. (What helped a bit by Celestial Seasonings Tea Company, that was owned by Moe Siegel at that time (1986).

Try UBtheNews.com if you like Science, Philosophy, and Religion combined.

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Nov 22, 2009

Joe rated it

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This is a huge book and i haven't read the whole thing but it is an important one for truth seekers to check out and many are enamored with it.

When i first started reading it I concluded that it was probably written by someone involved with the Seventh Day Adventist Church and I later found out I was right.

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Dec 20, 2008

Rachaelbg Bertos Haviland added it · review of another edition

Read this cover to cover about 10 years ago. Hmmmm. Found it very interesting, had some strange dreams while reading it, don't really know how to rate it, or review it. All I can say is I would love to be in a room with the group of people who wrote this book, have a drink, and a long conversation.....

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May 19, 2011

Speedy rated it

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Una verdadera biblia canalizada, pero se nota cierta corrupción (si no la alteración o invención directa de sus autores), pues presenta una visión de un universo altamente jerarquizado, burocrático y racista. Me cuesta creer que sea "verdad", pues huele mas a desinformación.

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Oct 11, 2009

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May 07, 2008

Thumper rated it

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This book came out in 1955 and is "sponsered" by a Uversa Corps of Superuniverse Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington!!! It is some 2100 pages describing the life of Christ (including his "missing years", the evolution of religion, religion in human experience, and various other related topics. The foundation still exists and is predicting the second coming of Christ this Spring or Summer on their radio broadcasts. A very interesting and deeply intrigi...more

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Mar 11, 2009

Elizabeth Engstrom rated it

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The basis of my spiritual life. I've been studying this wonderful book for thirty years.

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Dec 15, 2009

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Shelves: i-do-not-want-spoil-the-party, across-the-universe

ya ampun... sejarah alam semesta, yesus, tuhan, agama, sains, cosmologi, bla-bla-bla :P

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Jun 04, 2010

Madison rated it

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From Central Universe to Supra-Universes, the history and schematic of existence, explained by an outerspacer.

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Nov 17, 2011

Kathy Peveler rated it

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For everyone who would like to know how the cosmos works.

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May 16, 2011

Nicieen is currently reading it · review of another edition

A good book for those who want to know more than the Bible.

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Dec 04, 2008

Christine rated it

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Rereading this amazing metaphysical book.

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Apr 16, 2010

Frieda Friendentia rated it

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My favorite read. Have been reading the UB since 1974.

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Nov 17, 2009

Nmele$$ptr!ot Therd!cl added it · review of another edition

More New World Order propaganda...

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Mar 26, 2009

Mark rated it

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Wow. Mind Blower Deluxe. Wow.

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Sep 13, 2011

Xcarl Macki added it · review of another edition

I am still spinning.

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