Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 130:
On the Way to Rome
1. When is it wise to correct the erroneous views
of people?
2. How do we assert the mastery of evil by the
power of good?
3. How do we avoid the division between scientific
facts and spiritual values?
4. What are some of the static concepts in science,
politics, and religion that are deficient in wisdom and devoid of truth?
5. How can we tell when the time is right for
an action or activity?
6. How does one explain the fact that many of
the contacts Jesus made in his personal ministry turn up in roles in or after
his public ministry?
7. What is meant by the statement, "circular
simultaneity (will) increasingly displace the onetime consciousness of the
linear sequence of events?"
8. Is it wise to tell children that animals have
a future existence?
9. Why do some people who were raised in the
Christian culture join other religions?
10. What is the difference between knowledge
and truth?
11. Jesus was a very knowledgeable and intellectually
sophisticated person; how will this image effect many people who have believed
he was a poor, unlettered and unsophisticated person?
12. How do we avoid turning evil into sin?
13. Our world is ready for spiritual growth;
where are we failing to bring the Fifth Epochal Revelation?
14. In aspiring to be Godlike, how do we find
our areas of creativity?
15. What are the dangers of unspiritual learning
in our universities?
16. What constitutes a mind that "has no capacity
for sonship?"
A Service of
The Urantia Book Fellowship