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Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 11: The Eternal Isle of Paradise1. What advantage does the concentric cosmology of the universe have over the three-story (hell-earth-heaven) cosmology of the prescientific society?
2. Are there analogies that might help us conceptualize material that is neither dead or alive?
3. How might a "no time" sequence of events differ from a time sequence of events?
4. From the residential and historic exhibit area reservations on Paradise it appears that we are living close to the beginning of the historical events of the master universe; what advantages and handicaps do you see associated with our historical position?
5. Are the absolute patterns of Paradise similar to Plato's concept of the eternal and immutable forms?
6. Our reality comprehension and distance from the Isle of Paradise is so great that our understanding of it is largely impressionistic; what do you find most impressive or meaningful about this gigantic body of cosmic reality?
7. Since all of us who have dedicated ourselves to doing the Father's will have already started on this long journey toward Paradise, do you think this revelation of the geographic goal of our quest acts as an additional motivating force or is it the ground cause of frustration and impatience?
8. Compare The Urantia Book description of gravity and the scientific view of gravity?
9. Do we have any scientific evidence of the antigravity effect of space?
10. What insight might we assign to the expanding and contracting phenomena of Paradise?
11. How do we understand a material creation that is located outside of time and has no location in space?
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