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TRUTH, BEAUTY & GOODNESS CALENDAR

632 posts · 2 participants · started Jul 16, 2014, 11:31 AM

Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 20, 2015, 9:28 AM
April 20

…The strong must not look with disdain upon the weak. Those who are God-conscious without symbolism must not deny the grace-ministry of the symbol to those who find it difficult to worship Deity and to revere truth, beauty, and goodness without form and ritual…. (999:3) 91:5.7

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
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The URANTIA BOOK

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…No matter how illusory and erroneous one’s theology, one’s religion may be wholly genuine and everlastingly true…. (1140:8) 103:9.2

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 21, 2015, 8:30 AM
April 21

…God answers man’s prayer by giving him an increased revelation of truth, an enhanced appreciation of beauty, and an augmented concept of goodness. Prayer is a subjective gesture, but it contacts with mighty objective realities on the spiritual levels of human experience; it is a meaningful reach by the human for superhuman values…. (1002:3) 91:8.11

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…All true prayers are addressed to spiritual beings, and all such petitions must be answered in spiritual terms, and all such answers must consist in spiritual realities…. (1848:9) 168:4.9

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 22, 2015, 9:54 AM
April 22

…With the dawn of civilization the human race espoused the more mystic and symbolic beliefs, while now, with approaching maturity, mankind is ripening for the appreciation of real religion, even a beginning of the revelation of truth itself…. (1003:7) 92:1.2

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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“…Nathaniel, never forget, the Father does not limit the revelation of truth to any one generation or to any one people….” (1768:2) 159:4.6

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 23, 2015, 10:29 AM
April 23

…But when tempted to criticize evolutionary religion, be careful. Remember, that is what happened; it is a historical fact. And further recall that the power of any idea lies, not in its certainty or truth, but rather in the vividness of its human appeal…. (1005:5) 92:3.3

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…The truth and maturity of any religion is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the absolute unity of Deity…. (28:7) 1:5.10

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 24, 2015, 10:51 AM
April 24

…The future of Urantia will doubtless be characterized by the appearance of teachers of religious truth–the Fatherhood of God and the fraternity of all creatures…. (1010:4) 92:5.16

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

“…The truth which you have given to me I have revealed to them….” (1964:1) 182:1.4

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 25, 2015, 10:31 AM
April 25

…At one time the hope of the survival of Occidental civilization lay in the sublime Hebraic concepts of goodness and the advanced Hellenic concepts of beauty…. (1011:15) 92:6.17

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…The great mistake of the Hebrew religion was its failure to associate the goodness of God with the factual truths of science and the appealing beauty of art…. (43:2) 2:7.9

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 26, 2015, 8:44 AM
April 26

…It is always difficult to induce evolutionary minds suddenly to accept advanced revealed truth. Man is an evolutionary creature and in the main must get his religion by evolutionary techniques…. (1011:17) 92:6.19

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…But it has often been the error of the teachers of new truth to attempt too much, to attempt to supplant slow evolution by sudden revolution…. (1043:3) 95:1.8

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 27, 2015, 9:23 AM
April 27

…The many religions of Urantia are all good to the extent that they bring man to God and bring the realization of the Father to man. It is a fallacy for any group of religionists to conceive of their creed as The Truth; such attitudes bespeak more of theological arrogance than of certainty of faith…. (1012:4) 92:7.3

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…You can know the truth, and you can live the truth; you can experience the growth of truth in the soul and enjoy the liberty of its enlightenment in the mind, but you cannot imprison truth in formulas, codes, creeds, or intellectual patterns of human conduct…. (1949:4) 180:5.2

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 28, 2015, 11:20 AM
April 28

…There is not a Urantia religion that could not profitably study and assimilate the best of the truths contained in every other faith, for all contain truth. Religionists would do better to borrow the best in their neighbors’ living spiritual faith rather than to denounce the worst in their lingering superstitions and outworn rituals…. (1012:4) 92:7.3

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…The teachers of the religion of Jesus should approach other religions with the recognition of the truths which are held in common (many of which come directly or indirectly from Jesus’ message) while they refrain from placing so much emphasis on the differences…. (1670:6) 149:2.5

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 29, 2015, 10:27 AM

April 29

…Lao-tse also made one of the earliest presentations of the doctrine of returning good for evil: “Goodness begets goodness, but to the one who is truly good, evil also begets goodness….” (1033:7) 94:6.4

Truth, Beauty, Goodness

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The URANTIA BOOK

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…And Jesus answered: “You shall return good for evil. My messengers must not strive with men, but be gentle toward all. Measure for measure shall not be your rule….” (1577:3) 140:6.9

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 29, 2015, 10:46 AM
April 29

…Lao-tse also made one of the earliest presentations of the doctrine of returning good for evil: “Goodness begets goodness, but to the one who is truly good, evil also begets goodness….” (1033:7) 94:6.4

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…And Jesus answered: “You shall return good for evil. My messengers must not strive with men, but be gentle toward all. Measure for measure shall not be your rule….” (1577:3) 140:6.9

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 30, 2015, 9:07 AM
April 30

…At the time of this writing, much of Asia rests its hope in Buddhism. Will this noble faith, that has so valiantly carried on through the dark ages of the past, once again receive the truth of expanded cosmic realities even as the disciples of the great teacher in India once listened to his proclamation of new truth? (1041:4) 94:12.6

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…Through more than two thousand years, many of the best minds of Asia have concentrated upon the problem of ascertaining absolute truth and the truth of the Absolute…. (1039:6) 94:11.7

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 1, 2015, 10:11 AM
May 1

…No matter what upheavals may attend the social and economic growth of civilization, religion is genuine and worth while if it fosters in the individual an experience in which the sovereignty of truth, beauty, and goodness prevails, for such is the true spiritual concept of supreme reality…. (1089:12) 99:4.4

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Religion is destined to become the reality of the spiritual unification of all that is good, beautiful, and true in human experience…. (67:5) 5:4.7

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 2, 2015, 10:01 AM
May 2

…It is the purpose of group religious activities to dramatize the loyalties of religion; to magnify the lures of truth, beauty, and goodness; to foster the attractions of supreme values; to enhance the service of unselfish fellowship; to glorify the potentials of family life; to promote religious education; to provide wise counsel and spiritual guidance; and to encourage group worship…. (1092:2) 99:6.2

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…True religion is the act of an individual soul in its self-conscious relations with the Creator; organized religion is man’s attempt to socialize the worship of individual religionists…. (1616:4) 143:7.2

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 3, 2015, 9:23 AM
May 3

…Spirituality enhances the ability to discover beauty in things, recognize truth in meanings, and discover goodness in values. Spiritual development is determined by capacity therefor and is directly proportional to the elimination of the selfish qualities of love…. (1096:1) 100:2.4

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…Spiritual destiny is dependent on faith, love, and devotion to truth–hunger and thirst for righteousness–the wholehearted desire to find God and to be like him…. (1739:2) 156:5.7

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 4, 2015, 9:26 AM
May 4

…Loyalties are not exercised in behalf of the great, the good, the true, and the noble without a struggle. Effort is attendant upon clarification of spiritual vision and enhancement of cosmic insight…. (1097:6) 100:4.2

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…do not falter and question your status and standing, for in every dark hour, at every crossroad in the forward struggle, the Spirit of Truth will always speak, saying, “This is the way….” (383:2) 34:7.8

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 5, 2015, 9:36 AM
May 5

…Jesus was great because he was good, and yet he fraternized with the little children. He was gentle and unassuming in his personal life, and yet he was the perfected man of a universe. His associates called him Master unbidden…. (1103:5) 100:7.17

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…He constantly talks about God as an ever-present associate in all that he does. He goes about doing good, for God seems to be in him…. (1786:4) 161:2.9

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 6, 2015, 9:44 AM
May 6

…There really is a true and genuine inner voice, that “true light which lights every man who comes into the world.” And this spirit leading is distinct from the ethical prompting of human conscience…. (1104:3) 101:0.3

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…Conscience, rightly, admonishes you to do right; but the Adjuster, in addition, endeavors to tell you what truly is right; that is, when and as you are able to perceive the Monitor’s leading…. (1207:7) 110:5.1

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 7, 2015, 9:30 AM
May 7

…Truth is always a revelation: autorevelation when it emerges as a result of the work of the indwelling Adjuster; epochal revelation when it is presented by the function of some other celestial agency, group, or personality…. (1109:4) 101:4.3

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…And true revelation never renders science unnatural, religion unreasonable, or philosophy illogical…. (1106:1) 101:2.3

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
May 8, 2015, 9:57 AM
May 8

…Truth may be but relatively inspired, even though revelation is invariably a spiritual phenomenon…. (1109:6) 101:4.5

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…Successive planetary revelations of divine truth invariably embrace the highest existing concepts of spiritual values…. (17:1) 0:12.12

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Richard E Warren

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