Who? What? Why?

In 2017, I started UBannotated for the creation and compilation of a wide variety of study aids for The Urantia Book, also known as the Urantia Papers. This is an expansion of the UBtheNEWS project. At over 2000 pages, efficiency naturally comes up as an issue for both new readers and those wishing to do in-depth study of the text.

Since 2007, UBtheNEWS features reports and research about new discoveries and scientific advances that support the account of planetary history provided in the Urantia Papers, which was published in 1955. The text asserts that “the historic facts and religious truths of this series of revelatory presentations will stand on the records of the ages to come.”

The last seventy years have been great for the veracity of the Urantia Papers. Both scientific and technological advances are rapidly accelerating and simplifying the process of demonstrating the book’s unique quality of credibility. Meanwhile, cultural challenges percolating since 1955 regarding God, government, race, sex, and free speech have made Urantia Paper teachings on those subjects increasingly relevant and timely.

Updates.

Getting Started

The one-page introduction to the Foreword provides an intriguing and informative perspective. But beyond this, the it is a glossary for theological terminology. The Foreword was prepared as a reference tool for the text.

“Chapters” are referred to as Papers because the Urantia Papers are a cooperative effort, said to be authored by numerous celestial authors.

Overviews

Many people enjoy perusing the Sections of the Papers. With 197 Papers and roughly ten Sections per Paper, this can take a few minutes. The main menu takes you to a list of only the Papers.

Highlights: This starts with teachings by Jesus to the apostles about the dangers of a tradition bound religion. Then, it provides some food for thought and inspiration. 2000+ pages reduced to 20 pages.

Controversial Subjects

Sovereignty–Human and Divine; Political Sovereignty; Law, Liberty, and Sovereignty.
About five pages on democratic government.

Is The Urantia Book “gay friendly?”
(84:5.12)  Each sex has its own distinctive sphere of existence, together with its own rights within that sphere. If woman aspires literally to enjoy all of man’s rights, then, sooner or later, pitiless and emotionless competition will certainly replace that chivalry and special consideration which many women now enjoy, and which they have so recently won from men.

Genetic Introductions, Mutations, and Evolution: a Urantia Book perspective. The plan and purpose behind racial differences.

Impressive UBtheNEWS Reports

The Urantia Book‘s Planetary History: A Credibility Check: In 2015, I gave an introductory presentation about the Urantia Papers and the UBtheNEWS project.

The Breadth and Depth

Animal Science
Anthropology
Archaeology
Agriculture
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biology and Genetics
English
Gender Studies
Geology
Geophysics
Physics
Political Science/Government
Psychology
Religion and Biblical Studies

Study Aids

Topical Studies are thematically organized, including a “Mysteries solved? You be the judge.” section. The Study Aids page includes links for translations, Urantia Book search engine recommendations, information about the history of The Urantia Book, and bios for Urantia Book scholars.

Etymologies

Etymologies for Coined Terminology. With Earth being the one exception, the authors coin terms for otherwise novel identifications of places and beings.

Urantia: The name of our planet.
Known in the heavens as (Uran) the “World of the Cross” (t, ia).

ur– Prefix meaning “original, earliest, primitive,” from German ur- “out of, original,” from Proto-Germanic uz- “out,” from PIE ud- “up, out.” 

Uranus: First planet discovered that was not known in ancient times, named for the god of Heaven, husband of Gaia, the Earth, from Latin Uranus, from Greek Ouranos literally “heaven, the sky;” in Greek cosmology, the god who personifies the heavens, father of the titans.

uranian (adj.): Urania “Heavenly” (Greek Ourania) being an epithet of Aphrodite as born of Uranus and also as distinguished from the vulgar Venus of commonplace lust.

Urania: name of the Muse of astronomy and celestial forces, from Latin Urania, from Greek Ourania, fem. of ouranios, literally “heavenly,” from ouranos

The letter “T” looks like a cross.
(188:4.1)  It is a fact that Urantia has become known among other neighboring inhabited planets as the “World of the Cross.”

-ia: Word-forming element in names of countries, diseases, and flowers, from Latin and Greek. -ia, noun ending, in Greek especially used in forming abstract nouns (typically of feminine gender).