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Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 196 -- The Faith of Jesus
1. What is the value of theology in contrast to personal living faith?
2. What does Jesus’ use of prayer suggest to us?
3. How does one determine when an act is truly loving?
4. Why is it important to know that Jesus’ life was devoid of leadings, voices, visions, or channeling?
5. Why, in the main, have most of the advanced spiritual paradigms been presented by lay people rather than priests or religious professionals?
6. Why is the progressive comprehension of reality the equivalent of approaching God?
7. What does it mean that morality is superanimal but subspiritual?
8. How does believing with Jesus rather than in Jesus further unity in religion?
9. How does the living religion of Jesus differ from “the theologic traditions and religious dogmas of nineteen centuries?”
10. How do we evaluate the significance of the statement: “Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus and how he lived it?”
11. Would Jesus have been more influential if he had been an “ordained priest” of his day rather than a layman?
12. How long will it take for a reformation of Christianity to discover “the unadulterated religious teachings of Jesus?”
13. How much does Christianity today reflect the religion of the Old Testament and the theology of Paul as opposed to the religion of Jesus?
14. Is true religion the essence of all effective psychotherapy as Carl Jung intimated?
15. Is there evidence that the religion of Jesus (the Fatherhood of God and the brother/sisterhood of all people) is progressing in influence in the world?
16. How can we achieve self-forgetfulness?
17. What does it man that some people’s lives are too great and noble to descend to the level of being merely successful?
18. What is the best way for a balanced and sane effort to achieve God-consciousness?
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