Is Uncompromising Rude Reality Too Much?
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Is Uncompromising Rude Reality Too Much?
Post #1Could the comfort of living in a subjective reality be the pull factor for any faith?
Post #51
Sorry Harvey, Rob is quoting from the Urantia Book:
Wikipedia wrote: The Urantia Book (TUB or UB), is a spiritual or religious tome that covers an in-depth portrayal of God, the universe, the planet, evolution, history, philosophy, religion, and destiny. Sometimes it is referred to as "The Urantia Papers" (TUP), or "The Fifth Epochal Revelation" (FER).
The Urantia Book seeks to clear up numerous misconceptions regarding God, divinity and deity. It addresses Jesus, the origin of life, the meaning of life, and humankind's place in creation. A total of 2,097 pages, the book consists of a "Foreword" and 196 papers, divided into four parts.
The word "Urantia" originates in The Urantia Book, and is defined as the name of the planet Earth. Someone who is a "Urantian" is simply "a person from earth". Sometimes the word "Urantian" is used to refer to a reader of the book, a purported religion or a few obscure sects that were inspired by the book. See "Adherents" subsection.
Numerous personalities, whose designations appear at the end of each paper, are said to have collaborated to write The Urantia Book. While authorship is attributed to celestial beings in the book itself, the table of contents is not attributed to a celestial author. The authorship of The Urantia Book is an ongoing mystery. See "Mystery of Origin" section.
The Urantia Foundation first published The Urantia Book in 1955 in English.
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Post #52
Oh... Oops...QED wrote:Sorry Harvey, Rob is quoting from the Urantia Book:
Well, I guess my question to Rob is what does the Urantia book have to do with philosophy. I think it is helpful that if people quote from their religious texts in the philosophy subforum, that they do so for the following reasons:
1) They think an opinion cited in the religious text is fitting, but they provide an argument for the opinion.
2) Keep the quoted text as short as possible since what is expected in the philosophy subforum is a philosophical argument in one's own words. The exception to any quoted text, I would think, is if it is the evidence of one's argument.
Perhaps others will disagree. At philosophyforums.com we are not even allowed to quote religious scriptures in the philosophy discussion subforums (which I think is an extreme position), but I do think it is important to argue philosophy in this subforum versus going off on a tangent with either arguments over scientific theories (versus the philosophy implied by certain scientific theories) or inspired (or uninspired) texts from religious, literature, etc. sources.
Obviously I'm not a moderator, but I was certainly confused by the UB quote. That sounds like a post that belongs somewhere else. Just my thoughts on the subject...
