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Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 133: The Return from Rome
1. Why didn't Jesus say "Good-by" to his friends in Rome?
2. What do you think of the observation that mercy is an individual responsibility while judgment should always be a group decision?
3. What spiritual guidance do we have for determining the use of authority and decision-making in martial relationships and the home?
4. What do you think of Jesus' handling of the courtesans?
5. What aspects of spiritual growth are the people of mainline Christianity ready for today?
6. What definition of the soul have the authors of The Urantia Papers added to the tradition concept of the soul?
7. Observing the way Christianity built on the cultural-religious foundations of Judaism, how can the Fifth Epochal Revelation most effectively build on the cultural base of Christianity?
8. Are the Urantia Papers the first epochal revelation attempting to unify matter, mind, and spirit-fact, meaning, and value-science, philosophy, and religion?
9. Why is intellectual pride a handicap to spiritual growth?
10. Why did people who knew Jesus before his public ministry not recognize him as a public teacher?
11. What are the spiritual reasons for the principle of nonviolence?
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