FROM CAROL HERREN:
"Only when one religion assumes that it is in some way superior to
all
others, and that it possesses exclusive authority over other
religions,
will such a religion presume to be intolerant of other religions or dare
to
persecute other religious believers.
Religious peace--brotherhood--can never exist unless all religions
are
willing to completely divest themselves of all ecclesiastical authority
and
fully surrender all concept of spiritual sovereignty. God alone is
spirit
sovereign." P.1486-87
From "Setting the Record Straight", by the Urantia Foundation
(I am editing the text to keep my post
short):
1)."We can safely conjecture that, given the information shared by
Dr.
Sadler and Christy, the objectives of Urantia Foundation and the duties
of
the Trustees stated in the Declaration of Trust were the way to
ensure that
the guidance (or instructions) given by the Revelators was made official
via
the trust
document".
2)."Papers came as a response to questions submitted by the members of
the
Forum. Without their questions, there would be no Urantia Papers.
That
claim is based on a statement made by Dr. Sadler, who said in a
history
that he wrote: ......."No questions -- no Papers".
Dr Sadler is not God. He does not represent God and is given no credit
by
the Revelators for having participated in the writings of the Urantia
Papers. He seems to have credited himself quite a bit. I have noticed
that
the Urantia Foundation will pull random quotes from Dr Sadler out of a
hat
to suit whatever argument of the moment they may have. When the
Urantia
Foundation issues statements that they are working under God's
direction
they are no longer just a publisher. They have taken a stand as a
religious
organization, one begun at the direction of Dr Sadler, not from the
teachings of the Urantia Papers. There is no authority in the
teachings
given to any organization to represent them.
This is the root of the problem facing the Urantia community today. Will
we
honor and represent the teachings of the Urantia Papers as individuals
or
will we be represented by an organization that claims to be under the
direction of God. I encourage and approve of having an organization that
is
willing to publish a text that is as given to us by the Contact
Commission.
I do not encourage or approve of any one person or group claiming to
be
acting under the God's orders when they interfere with the personal life
of
another individual. That would include any kind of persecution, by
lawsuits, smear campaigns or other inventions of the human mind. We
must
recognize God alone is sovereign.
Carol
"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.P.1487