An amazing feat of human achievement was displayed in the Beijing Opening Ceremonies.... as will be the athleticism that it announces. I suspect God in all forms and under all names was smiling on Urantia.
Viewing an invitiation to the world to unite in honorable competition for the next several days evicted a feeling of human unity. An invitiation to lay down our differences and unite as evolving humans on a tiny planet in the grand universe. Perhaps the planting of a seed in the minds of humanity to focus on our similarities. A letting go of our desire to have uniformity in belief and a celebration of our awareness of our fragility and commonality.
Patience, Tolerance, Forgiveness.... makes the world go 'round.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Urantia Book Page 1437 - or stop bombing me!
...You cannot have equality among religions (religious liberty) without having religious wars unless all religions consent to the transfer of all religious sovereignty to some superhuman level, to God himself.
The kingdom of heaven in the hearts of men will create religious unity (not necessarily uniformity) because any and all religious groups composed of such religious believers will be free from all notions of ecclesiastical authority--religious sovereignty.
God is spirit, and God gives a fragment of his spirit self to dwell in the heart of man. Spiritually, all men are equal. The kingdom of heaven is free from castes, classes, social levels, and economic groups. You are all brethren.
But the moment you lose sight of the spirit sovereignty of God the Father, some one religion will begin to assert its superiority over other religions; and then, instead of peace on earth and good will among men, there will start dissensions, recriminations, even religious wars, at least wars among religionists.
The kingdom of heaven in the hearts of men will create religious unity (not necessarily uniformity) because any and all religious groups composed of such religious believers will be free from all notions of ecclesiastical authority--religious sovereignty.
God is spirit, and God gives a fragment of his spirit self to dwell in the heart of man. Spiritually, all men are equal. The kingdom of heaven is free from castes, classes, social levels, and economic groups. You are all brethren.
But the moment you lose sight of the spirit sovereignty of God the Father, some one religion will begin to assert its superiority over other religions; and then, instead of peace on earth and good will among men, there will start dissensions, recriminations, even religious wars, at least wars among religionists.
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