In a previous article, I mentioned that I have 3 main articles of faith.   I did not at the time feel ready to discuss the third one, not so much because I didn’t know what to say, but rather because it’s such a vast subject.   I feel I can now deliver a concise and logical product.

First, believing in the existence of a universal Creator who has created the universe and all that’s in it.

Second, believing in the survival of the human personality beyond physical death.  Indeed an amazing destiny awaits most of us.

What is the third article of faith?
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How many stars are in the universe?  We can only estimate the numbers and these estimates are very conservative.

First the galaxies.  There are 100 billion galaxies that are visible to us.

How many stars in each galaxy?  There are 100 billion stars in our galaxy, The Milky Way.  The Milky Way is a huge galaxy; but there are larger galaxies, as well as smaller ones.  Therefore, we can accept the average number of stars per galaxy as 100 billion.

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Since the beginning of recorded history, many empires have risen and fallen.  The intention of the conquerors has always been to conquer all of the known world.  World domination as we now call it.  No empire, however, managed to do that, not even the mighty Roman Empire.

Alexander the Great illustrates the futility of such an endeavor.  He swiftly conquered most of the known world.  But he died young and his empire was divided among his generals.

Now that all of these empires are consigned to the history books, we, as modern humans, can put our past under the microscope and perchance draw some useful lessons.

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There are 193 countries in the world today.  They range from giants (both in term of population and size) like China, the U.S., and Russia to tiny countries like Liechtenstein with a population of 33,987 and a total area of 161 Sq. Km.

There are 6800 known languages spoken in the world, 2261 have writing systems (the others are only spoken).  India alone has 18 officially spoken recognized languages (Hindi and English are the official languages of the union).

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There are 22 religions in the world today with Christianity claiming the largest number of adherents (2.1 billion) followed by Islam (1.3 billion).  Other religions with a large number of followers are Hinduism (900 million) and Buddhism (376 million).  Included in the above 22 is a group referred to as Secular/ Nonreligious/ Agnostic/ Atheist (1.1 billion).

The last category is diverse and represent religious views (or lack thereof) rather than a religion.  Atheists represent only one-half of one percent of the population in many countries where much larger numbers claims no religious preferences; therefore, this category is not synonymous with atheism. 

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This event has over the centuries been called by many names.  The end of the world.  The end of time.  The end times.  The day of judgment.  The last judgment.  The day of reckoning.  Doomsday.  And no doubt many other names depending upon time and place.

On this day, the world as we know it will come to an end.  The dead will be awakened from their slumber to be judged by God.  Good actions will be weighted against sins.  If the bad outweigh the good you’re consigned to the fires of hell.  The reverse will send you to paradise.  There is an element of mercy in that all efforts will be made by our Creator to spare a sinner from eternal damnation.  There is also plenty of disagreement; for example, some Talmudists believe that hell is not forever.  There is general agreement that on Sabbath the fires are extinguished.  Other religions have their own beliefs and their own disagreements.

Such beliefs tax the modern mind.  We have mapped the human genome, and thanks to the internet we have instant communication and knowledge at our fingertips.  Many intelligent and educated men and women believe in God, but find themselves at odd with their religious doctrines.  Their faith is precious, but concepts like the end of the world are not believable to them.  People ask themselves a lot of questions.  Some examples:  Why would God want to destroy a world He has created?  A lot of love and efforts has been poured on this planet.  How do you reconcile that with its total annihilation?  Are we talking of our planet only or the whole universe?  How can a merciful God throws people in the fire, and for all eternity at that?  How can a body that has been in the grave for centuries if not millennia be reconstituted?  Of course God can do anything.  The only problem is that He does not break His own natural laws, nor does He engage in magic tricks.  It is blasphemy to even think like that.

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Our planet is a decimal planet.  It’s a sphere where the Life Carriers are allowed to conduct experiments.  The result of their work is the beautiful world we now live in, a world which has exploded with life of incredible varieties.

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I talked previously of a time when a planet is settled in Light and Life.  Needless to say this time is far, far away for us.  Light and Life means among other things a time when a planet adopt one language, one religion, and one philosophy.  To even think how far away we are from that is downright depressing.  I previously mentioned the multiplicity of nations, languages and religions we have.  So what can we do about that?

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Lucifer is not the “Devil” nor is he a fallen Angel.  Lucifer was a brilliant Lanonandek Son of Nebadon.  He has had experience in many systems and was distinguished for wisdom, sagacity, and efficiency.  When he was commissioned by the Melchizedeks, “…he was designated as one of the one hundred most able and brilliant personalities in more than seven hundred thousand of his kind.”  And yet he rebelled (the Lucifer rebellion was the third one on Nebadon) and sowed havoc in this part of the universe; and in the process caused pain to so many personalities including the inhabitants of our planet.

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Planetary Princes belong to the order of the Secondary Lanonandeks Sons.  They are specialized Personalities that are trained to eventually rule the evolving inhabited worlds.

Caligastia very early sought a commission as Planetary Prince, but again and again his request was denied.  “Caligastia seemed especially desirous of being sent as planetary ruler to a decimal or life-modification world.  His petition had several times been disapproved before he was finally assigned to Urantia.”

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At the right time, every planet receives a Material Son and Daughter – usually known on a planet as Adam and Eve.  “Together with the Planetary Prince, they remain on their planet of assignment throughout the evolutionary course of such a sphere.”  They act as biologic uplifters; being material they can reproduce and their children after they attain a certain number (over one million) can mate with the inhabitants of this world.  Thus a planet is given a chance to benefit from their superior genetic traits.  I stress again that they cannot lay with the sons and daughters of their world before a given number is attained.  And this is were things went wrong on Urantia.  But let me start at the beginning.

“On the inhabited worlds the Material Sons and Daughters construct their own garden homes, soon being assisted by their own children.”  This garden is called the Garden of Eden.

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A Dream Come True

In 1982 the Urantia Book came into my life.  I read a paper or two every weekend and by 1985 I finished it.

A friend told my wife about the Book and she in turn told me.  The very same week we went to a bookstore specializing in such books and ordered a copy.

In June 1982 I started reading it.  The Introduction (except for the first page) was almost incomprehensible.  But I was not discouraged.  The next five papers are on the Universal Father.  The next two are on the Eternal Son, and the final two are on the Infinite Spirit.  They are all authored by a Divine Counselor (a Superuniverse Personality who receives His assignments directly from the Deity).  Needless to say I was hooked long before I finished reading this first series of papers.  A sense of wonder installed itself in my mind and never again left me.  I wanted to shout the news to everybody, but quickly realized that other people were far behind and eventually gave up.  It may have been frustrating, however, in time, I realized that this was the price I had to pay for being in possession of advanced truth on a planet not ready for it.  Other Urantians no doubt travelled down the same road.

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