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The Urantia Book.
And should she be prepared to revamp her beliefs to be more in accordance with The Urantia Book she will cause extreme distress to those friends of her prior beliefs
For those who have dabbled in the psychic, The Urantia Book (but not necessarily its contents) will be automatically embraced. After all, it is not written by humans! People with such beliefs often need excitement and mystery, as well as the feeling of being special and different. They regard their human life as too dull and monotonous. Therefore the contents of the book will be processed through their perceptual filter so as to attribute every happening in their day to a midwayer, finaliter or teacher son.
For those seeking truth, they have only to open the pages. Some will start at the fourth section to see if the portrayed image of Jesus is offensive to their Christian beliefs, others will start at Part 1 and be enthralled at the beauty and TRUTH of the description of God.
Others who feel estranged from their loved ones, due to their feeling different (a correct and natural emotion for, indeed, everyone is different from everyone else), might simply look up a concordex, read about fusion candidates, and immediately increase their fire insurance on house and contents in love and consideration for their shortly-to-be-parted- from loved ones.
What will decide the pathway for the new reader?
1.The environment is one factor.
Not too many people are as strong as Jesus and prepared to forsake family, home and friends as he was and did.
Assuming the reader dedicatedly tries to read and understand some of the contents of The Urantia Book, then they are going to feel estranged from their old religious buddies. Having The Urantia Book makes people lonely. They have a new language and new concepts of life. The Urantia Book is seen as the panacea for all ills. They start to talk to those close to them, trying to share the 'good news' or win converts. It is all well-intentioned but can reek havoc in their social world. Tactlessly they go to their church and attempt education of those who do not want education. They become estranged. Everyone starts to comment on how different/peculiar they are. The pull of the statistical mean occurs--evolution-- where revelation is forced to accommodate to the level of the current environment.
The Urantia Book teaches us wisdom and understanding of others who might not want us to be wise and understanding--simply obliging and conforming.
Some will resolve the environmental pressure to conform by quietly hiding The Urantia Book, treating it like stolen fruit, pulling it out when their loved ones are not around.
Others might be forced to have a ceremonial burning at the stake.
Other readers, perhaps with a higher level of self esteem, may have a little more courage and determination and be able to effect acceptance by their peers. Maybe it will look more like a truce: "You read the book if you wish but stop hitting me over the head with it".
And others will go quietly about their educational pursuits within a loving and accepting environment.
And then there will be those few who are blessed with having enquiring friends and relatives who might also decide that they would like to read its contents.
2. Other factors are the existing beliefs and values on which a person functions.
A goodly number of these will be introjected (absorbed without any thought) in childhood. Consequently when it comes to religious beliefs-- revelation that it be--The Urantia Book will not purge these values from a person's being by the pure process of its possession. As in the example given above, if a person was reared in an environment where the Bible was God's last word to mankind, then this belief will insidiously cause a lot of stress for the reader. Deep down they will question, "what if"? Could this be the work of the devil, or did God change His mind and decide to write another 2097 pages?
Friends ask how it came to be and we try to explain it was not automatic or inspired writing like all the nasty things that are talked about in relation to the occult. It was, well...?!!
The Urantia Book supplies no rules or regulations.
All other religions, including the one to which the individual currently belongs, are neat and tidy. There is an in-group and an out-group. There are rules and rituals. Really it is not too much of a hassle being a Christian, just do what everybody else does or what you think they do.
Where are the rules in The Urantia Book? What is one supposed to be or do?
It is all so nebulous--doing God's will, loving others as God loves us as exemplified by
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