What did the Revelation Teachers say about the Religions of the World
Question: What did the Revelation Teachers say about the Religions of the World
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Question: What did the Revelation Teachers say about the Religions of the World
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The 5th Epochal Revelation has many things to say about the Religions of the world. Listed here are some of the most important Teachings.
They forewarned us not to make this mistake.
99:5.11 What a mistake for Christians to make when, in presenting Christ as the supreme ideal of spiritual leadership, they dare to require God-conscious men and women to reject the historic leadership of the God-knowing men who have contributed to their particular national or racial illumination during past ages.
Jesus informed us that there is not a Urantia religion that could not profitably study and assimilate the best of the truths contained in every other faith, for all contain truth. Religionists would do better to borrow the best in their neighbors' living spiritual faith rather than to denounce the worst in their lingering superstitions and outworn rituals.
Jesus and Ganid while in Alexandria went to the Library and made a record of the best teachings of the Religions of the day. It would be wise for every evolving soul to know how Jesus and Ganid sorted the best from these religions. You can study these disclosures here on the Group Urantia Religions.
Jesus took his first six Apostles to the Jewish Synagogue over many months so they could study and borrow the best of the Jewish religion.
Most important is Jesus description of the Religions of the world.
155:5.1 This memorable discourse on religion, summarized and restated in modern phraseology, gave expression to the following truths:
155:5.2 While the religions of the world have a double origin -- natural and revelatory -- at any one time and among any one people there are to be found three distinct forms of religious devotion. And these three manifestations of the religious urge are:
155:5.3 1. Primitive religion. The seminatural and instinctive urge to fear mysterious energies and worship superior forces, chiefly a religion of the physical nature, the religion of fear.
155:5.4 2. The religion of civilization. The advancing religious concepts and practices of the civilizing races -- the religion of the mind -- the intellectual theology of the authority of established religious tradition.
155:5.5 3. True religion -- the religion of revelation. The revelation of supernatural values, a partial insight into eternal realities, a glimpse of the goodness and beauty of the infinite character of the Father in heaven -- the religion of the spirit as demonstrated in human experience.
