Quote (Ed J @ June 06 2013,00:51)Quote (Colter @ June 06 2013,00:20)You are in a religion, the relgion of Bible worship.(1893.3) 173:3.3 Jesus did not despise the Pharisees and Sadducees personally. It was their systems of teaching and practice which he sought to discredit. He was hostile to no man, but here was occurring the inevitable clash…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 06 2013,00:51)Quote (Colter @ June 06 2013,00:20)You are in a religion, the relgion of Bible worship.(1893.3) 173:3.3 Jesus did not despise the Pharisees and Sadducees personally. It was their systems of teaching and practice which he sought to discredit. He was hostile to no man, but here was occurring the inevitable clash…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,15:53)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,12:30)Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,07:30)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,03:08)Fear and superstition have warped your concepts of God.ColterColter.You need to put on some covering,because you are naked.Only the Holy bible can provide you with a covering.The words that I speak to you;they…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,22:16)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,21:34)(1732.2) 155:6.9 The religions of authority can only divide men and set them in conscientious array against each other; the religion of the spirit will progressively draw men together and cause them to become understandingly sympathetic with one another. The religions of…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,22:34)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,21:38)(1732.5) 155:6.12 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…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,22:48)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,21:48)(2066.4) 194:4.4 What has happened to these men whom Jesus had ordained to go forth preaching the gospel of the kingdom, the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man? They have a new gospel; they are on fire with a new experience; they are filled with a new spiritual energy.…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,22:57)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,21:40)(1731.4) 155:6.6 Shame on those false religious teachers who would drag hungry souls back into the dim and distant past and there leave them! And so are these unfortunate persons doomed to become frightened by every new discovery, while they are discomfited by every new…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,23:22)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,21:42)(1731.2) 155:6.4 Your religion shall change from the mere intellectual belief in traditional authority to the actual experience of that living faith which is able to grasp the reality of God and all that relates to the divine spirit of the Father. The religion of the mind ties…[Read more]

(2066.4) 194:4.4 What has happened to these men whom Jesus had ordained to go forth preaching the gospel of the kingdom, the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man? They have a new gospel; they are on fire with a new experience; they are filled with a new spiritual energy. Their message has suddenly shifted to the proclamation of the risen…[Read more]

(1731.2) 155:6.4 Your religion shall change from the mere intellectual belief in traditional authority to the actual experience of that living faith which is able to grasp the reality of God and all that relates to the divine spirit of the Father. The religion of the mind ties you hopelessly to the past; the religion of the spirit consists in…[Read more]

(1731.4) 155:6.6 Shame on those false religious teachers who would drag hungry souls back into the dim and distant past and there leave them! And so are these unfortunate persons doomed to become frightened by every new discovery, while they are discomfited by every new revelation of truth. The prophet who said, “He will be kept in perfect peace w…[Read more]

(1732.5) 155:6.12 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.…[Read more]

(1732.2) 155:6.9 The religions of authority can only divide men and set them in conscientious array against each other; the religion of the spirit will progressively draw men together and cause them to become understandingly sympathetic with one another. The religions of authority require of men uniformity in belief, but this is impossible of…[Read more]

(2070.1) 195:0.5 How did this new message of Jewish origin, which had almost failed in the land of its birth, so quickly and effectively capture the very best minds of the Roman Empire? The triumph of Christianity over the philosophic religions and the mystery cults was due to:(2070.2) 195:0.6 1. Organization. Paul was a great organizer and his…[Read more]

(1107.5) 101:2.15 The realization of religion never has been, and never will be, dependent on great learning or clever logic. It is spiritual insight, and that is just the reason why some of the world’s greatest religious teachers, even the prophets, have sometimes possessed so little of the wisdom of the world. Religious faith is available a…[Read more]

(1109.6) 101:4.5 Truth may be but relatively inspired, even though revelation is invariably a spiritual phenomenon. While statements with reference to cosmology are never inspired, such revelations are of immense value in that they at least transiently clarify knowledge by:(1109.7) 101:4.6 1. The reduction of confusion by the authoritative…[Read more]

(1112.4) 101:6.8 The teachings of Jesus constituted the first Urantian religion which so fully embraced a harmonious co-ordination of knowledge, wisdom, faith, truth, and love as completely and simultaneously to provide temporal tranquillity, intellectual certainty, moral enlightenment, philosophic stability, ethical sensitivity,…[Read more]

(1114.2) 101:7.4 The great difference between a religious and a nonreligious philosophy of living consists in the nature and level of recognized values and in the object of loyalties. There are four phases in the evolution of religious philosophy: Such an experience may become merely conformative, resigned to submission to tradition and authority.…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 05 2013,07:30)Quote (Colter @ June 05 2013,03:08)Fear and superstition have warped your concepts of God.ColterColter.You need to put on some covering,because you are naked.Only the Holy bible can provide you with a covering.The words that I speak to you;they are spirit,and it is the spirit that quickens.Jesus own…[Read more]

Jesus broke the scriptures, but in the religion of Bible worship I realize you aren't allowed to be honest.Colter