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The Birth of a Divine Revelation: The Origin of the Urantia Papers

The Birth of a Divine Revelation: The Origin of the Urantia Papers

Report on the origins of the Urantia Papers. Describes the evolution of events which led to the Papers. Includes biography of William Sadler, the human agent, an account of an associated group, (the Forum), and discussion of threats to the Revelation before it was published.. Offers a wealth of detail heretofore unpublished. Original scholarly research.

About the Author

Through a series of unusual events the author came to recognize that our planet is experiencing celestial visitations today, and that this world is under the supervision of agencies which report directly to our Creator. As a result of these discoveries he had a striking spiritual experience late in 1967. Since that time he has devoted his energies to the study and purpose of revelation.

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From Chapter 1: A man wanted to know the difference between Edgar Cayce, the so-called Sleeping Prophet, and the Sleeping Subject described by William Sadler in the Appendix to his book, The Mind At Mischief. The latter was suspected of being involved in the creation of The Urantia Papers. I shall describe the sequence of events which led Sadler to investigate the behavior of the Sleeping Subject, how that relationship developed into The Urantia Papers, and why Edgar Cayce could not have been the Sleeping Subject.

Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: Moyer Pub (February 16, 2000)

The Birth Of A Divine Revelation

The Mechanical Origin
of
The Urantia Papers

Ernest P. Moyer

PO Box 1206
Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331
Early, 1997

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CHAPTER 40

CATALOGUE OF KNOWN ERRORS AND CONTRADICTIONS
IN THE URANTIA PAPERS
ASSIGNABLE TO CALIGASTIA

(WITH NOTES)

(Does not include scientific errors which may have been
accommodation to understanding current in the 1930's.)

My purpose in the following tabulation is to summarize the types of known errors or contradictions which exist. Do they display a method in corruption of the Revelation? Can we get a handle on the limitations imposed upon Caligastia by the Revelators and the mass of the Revelation?

How were the changes implemented, without Sadler becoming aware of them? How was the text modified if the changes came through the mind of Christy when she channeled?

I have ranked them by page number rather than by subject, since the subjects vary. Of the seventeen cases, six are scientific. Eight other cases are associated with the revelation about Jesus, in the Bestowal Paper or the Jesus Papers. Although the data are too slim for hard deductions, the evidence suggests concentration in the scientific Papers and the Jesus Papers as areas of corruption.

Since we are a materialistic, scientific-minded social order, the scientific corruptions would be the most susceptible to early discovery, as the record has shown. The Jesus Papers would be an area of attack because of Caligastia's hatred for his Creator.

Virtually all of the corruptions are simple-minded, with alteration of single words or small phrases. This suggests a fear of discovery by Sadler if changes were too massive. It also suggests the possibility of human corruption, which I used as explanation in my paper on Text Changes in the Urantia Papers.

On the other hand, the simple forms would have been amenable to alteration through Christy's channeling. A few simple word alterations here and there could have been channeled by her, without her mind intervening in the process. Even if she did not convey the "messages" purely, reiteration could have been employed to correct her pollution.

Two categories of corruption are evident.

One: to cause rejection of the Revelation.

Two: to pervert human thinking.

The first would be designed to retard acceptance, and thus dampen dissemination of the Revelation.

The second would alter human philosophical reasoning for generations to come. The purpose would be to defile attitudes about God, creation, and destiny.

I categorize the corruptions two ways:

First, I classify them according to the type. Then I classify them according to impact.

I number them in sequence in the Table below for easy reference.

Classified according to type:

A: Single world changes -- 1, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15.
B: Insertion of phrases -- 6, 10, 12.
C: Insertion of sentences -- 7.
D: Simple rework of paragraphs -- 2, 5.
E: Insertion of paragraphs -- 3, 4, 16.
F: Rework of presentation -- 13, 17.

Classified according to impact:

A: Transparent contradictions -- 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, 15.
B: Hidden contradictions -- 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17.
C: Conceptual Perversions -- 7, 9.
D: Scientific Errors -- 1, 4, 5.

I shall go on in the next chapter to examine scientific elements of the Revelation from human materials published after 1935.

No.	Page & Paragraph	Fault	Counter Evidence	History	Notes
1	460, p1 Paper 41	The density of a nearby sun sixty thousand times that of our sun.	Reasons for change unknown. Sadler may have received advice from some technical person.	Changed by WS in second printing.	Simple change of one word from sixty to forty.
2	463 - p2 Paper 41	"The surface temperature is almost 6,000 degrees, about 35,000,000 degrees in the central regions. (All of these temperatures refer to your Fahrenheit scale.)	The sun's interior temperature is reported in scientific literature on the Fahrenheit scale, but its surface temperature of 6,000 is reported on the Kelvin absolute scale.	Uncorrected by Sadler	Required simple reference to Fahrenheit scale, or alteration in one number.
3	477, p1 Paper 42	"Each atom is a trifle over 1/100,000,000th of an inch in diameter, while an electron weighs a little less than 1/2,000th of the smallest atom, hydrogen. The positive proton, characteristic of the atomic nucleus, while it may be no larger than a negative electron, weighs from two to three thousand times more."	Internal contra-diction in the numbers assigned to the sizes and masses of atoms, electrons, and protons. Also contradicted by scientific evidence.	Changed in second printing by WS. To make statements consistent with following paragraph and scientific evidence.	Required rephrasing of sentences in the paragraph: "more" changed to "less" and phrase altered from "almost two thousand times more" to "two to three thousand times more."
4	478, p1 Paper 42	At the top of the page appears a statement about nuclear stability as more than 100 electrons are introduced artificially into one atomic system. The result is the instantaneous disruption of the central "proton," with wild dispersion of the electrons.	The statement contradicts known science. Elements above 100, with measurable radioactive life-times and appreciable mass, have been created.	The hyphenated term "well-nigh" was added by WS in the second printing, under the assumption that nothing in the physical world can be instantaneous.	Required insertion of a new paragraph, or rearrangement of one given by the Revelators.
5	657, p5 Paper 57	". . . tidal friction acting as a brake on the rate of planetary-axial revolution until axial revolution ceases, leaving one hemisphere of the planet always turned toward the sun or larger body, as is illustrated by the planet Mercury and by the moon, which always turns the same face toward Urantia."	Bad science. Mercury rotates with a cycle of 3/2. Moon rotates with a cycle of 1/1. Neither Mercury nor Moon have stopped axial revolution.	Uncorrected by Sadler.	Required reconstruction of entire sentence to provide false statements.
6	674: p4 Paper 59	"The marine life was much alike the world over and consisted of the seaweeds, one-celled organisms, simple sponges, trilobites, and other crustaceans -- shrimps, crabs, and lobsters."	The appearance of crustaceans -- such as shrimps, crabs, and lobsters -- could not have been contemporaneous with the trilobites. The crustaceans appeared much later.	Unknown to Sadler.	Required simple insertion of the three words.
7	799, p1 Paper 70	"While there is a divine and ideal form of government, such cannot be revealed but must be slowly and laboriously dis-covered by the men and women of each planet throughout the universes of time and space."	Contradicted by 517 - p5: "The entire universe is organized and administered on the representative plan. Representative government is the divine ideal of self-government among nonperfect beings." Contradicted by other statements in other sections.	Unnoticed by anyone until my discovery.	Required placement of a single sentence at the end of Paper 70.
8	883, p7 Paper 79	Migration of the red man over the Bering land straight from east to west.	Denied by history.	Changed by WS in second printing.	Simple change of one word: "east" to "west."
9	1024, p2 Paper 93 and 490, p4 Paper 43	The word "Michael" missing in the title "Christ Michael."	Sadler would not have known this was incorrect.	Never corrected.	Simple removal of one word in each case.
10	1317, p2 Paper 119	Three wise men visited Jesus "in the manger" after the family had moved to another location.	Subtle use of common mis-conception. The manger is a small feed box attached to the stable framing, not the stable. The three wise men could not have visited him "in the manger" under any circumstance. Cute trick.	Phrase removed by WS in second printing.	Simple insertion of 3-word phrase.
11	1319, p2 Paper 119	Concerning Part III: "We indited these narratives . . . in the year A.D. 1935 of Urantia time."	Contradicted by internal dates on pages 707 - p7, 710 - p6, 716 - p7 and 828 - p1. Contradicted by Sadler in the History document.	Never corrected. Should have been clearly evident to everyone.	Simple change of one number: 1934 to 1935.
12	1363, p5 Paper 123	"Far to the east they could discern the Jordan valley and, far beyond, the rocky hills of Moab."	The rocky hills of Moab were not east of Nazareth but east of the Dead Sea. Not visible from Nazareth.	Corrected by Sadler in second printing. He modified sentence to make rocky hills of Moab a statement rather than a visual possibility from the hill at Nazareth.	Required insertion of a simple phrase.
13	1648, p3 Paper 147	"Early on the morning of Tuesday, March 30, Jesus and the apostolic party started on their journey to Jerusalem for the Passover."	Evaluation of dates from several sources shows that the latest possible date for the Passover in A.D. 28 was Tuesday, March 30 (beginning with the sunset the previous day, Mon., March 29). Jesus and his apostles set out for Jerusalem on the same day that the Passover began. They arrived at Bethany on April 2, too late for the ceremonies of the Passover Feast.	Never corrected by Sadler. He probably was not reassured by comments from Adams. He may have felt that it would require major rewrite of associated paragraphs.	Required simple alteration of date. Date several days earlier would not conflict with discussion context. The only objection would have been sabbath travel.
14	1849, p5 Paper 168	Lazarus remained at the Bethany home until the day of the crucifixion of Jesus	Lazarus took hasty flight Wednesday from Bethany to Philadelphia, pages: 1927, p4	Changed by WS in second printing.	Simple change of one word. "week" to "day."
15	1943, p2 Paper 179	Twelve apostles addressed by Jesus after Judas left the group.	Context clearly evident.	Changed by WS in second printing.	Simple change of one word: "apostles" to "twelve."
16	2041, p2 Paper 191	Jesus returned to Jerusem citizenship on Sunday, the 7th; and entered the embrace of the Most Highs of Edentia on Sunday, the 14th.	2057 states that he began the ascent to the right hand of his Father on May 18.	Error unknown until my discovery.	Required insertion of paragraph on page 2041, or alteration of dates in that paragraph.
17	2057-60. (Major error) Papers 193 to 194	As stated by Benjamin Adams in letter to WS dated March 5, 1959: "The bestowing of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is represented as occurring on the same day as the ascension and 40 days after the crucifixion.	An obvious error: the word "Pentecost" means 50 and always occurs seven weeks after the Passover.	Sadler was aware of this missing period prior to publication of the Revelation but could not explain it.	Required major modification of text to smooth the continuity between Papers 193 and 194.

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Disclaimer

Disclaimer:
Some material presented will contain links, quotes, ideologies, etc., the contents of which should be understood to first, in their whole, reflect the views or opinions of their editors, and second, are used in my personal research as "fair use" sources only, and not espousement one way or the other. Researching for 'truth' leads one all over the place...a piece here, a piece there. As a researcher, I hunt, gather and disassemble resources, trying to put all the pieces into a coherent and logical whole. I encourage you to do the same. And please remember, these pages are only my effort to collect all the pieces I can find and see if they properly fit into the 'reality aggregate'.

Personal Position

Personal Position:
I've come to realize that 'truth' boils down to what we 'believe' the facts we've gathered point to. We only 'know' what we've 'experienced' firsthand. Everything else - what we read, what we watch, what we hear - is what someone else's gathered facts point to and 'they' 'believe' is 'truth', so that 'truth' seems to change in direct proportion to newly gathered facts divided by applied plausibility. Though I believe there is 'truth', until someone representing the celestial realm visibly appears and presents the heavenly records of Facts And Lies In The Order They Happened, I can't know for sure exactly what "the whole truth' on any given subject is, and what applies to me applies to everyone. Until then I'll continue to ask, "what does The Urantia Book say on the subject?"
~Gail Bird Allen

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Urantia Book, 44:0.11 - The Celestial Artisans

Never in your long ascendancy will you lose the power to recognize your associates of former existences. Always, as you ascend inward in the scale of life, will you retain the ability to recognize and fraternize with the fellow beings of your previous and lower levels of experience. Each new translation or resurrection will add one more group of spirit beings to your vision range without in the least depriving you of the ability to recognize your friends and fellows of former estates.
Princess Bride 1987 Wallace Shawn (Vizzini) and Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya)

Vizzini: HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Urantia Book, 117:4.14 - The Finite God

And here is mystery: The more closely man approaches God through love, the greater the reality -- actuality -- of that man. The more man withdraws from God, the more nearly he approaches nonreality -- cessation of existence. When man consecrates his will to the doing of the Father's will, when man gives God all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is.
Urantia Book, 167:7.4 - The Talk About Angels

"And do you not remember that I said to you once before that, if you had your spiritual eyes anointed, you would then see the heavens opened and behold the angels of God ascending and descending? It is by the ministry of the angels that one world may be kept in touch with other worlds, for have I not repeatedly told you that I have other sheep not of this fold?"
Urantia Book, Foreword - 0:12.12 - The Trinities

But we know that there dwells within the human mind a fragment of God, and that there sojourns with the human soul the Spirit of Truth; and we further know that these spirit forces conspire to enable material man to grasp the reality of spiritual values and to comprehend the philosophy of universe meanings. But even more certainly we know that these spirits of the Divine Presence are able to assist man in the spiritual appropriation of all truth contributory to the enhancement of the ever-progressing reality of personal religious experience—God-consciousness.
Urantia Book, 1:4.3 - The Mystery Of God

When you are through down here, when your course has been run in temporary form on earth, when your trial trip in the flesh is finished, when the dust that composes the mortal tabernacle "returns to the earth whence it came"; then, it is revealed, the indwelling "Spirit shall return to God who gave it." There sojourns within each moral being of this planet a fragment of God, a part and parcel of divinity. It is not yet yours by right of possession, but it is designedly intended to be one with you if you survive the mortal existence.
Urantia Book, 1:4.1 - The Mystery Of God

And the greatest of all the unfathomable mysteries of God is the phenomenon of the divine indwelling of mortal minds. The manner in which the Universal Father sojourns with the creatures of time is the most profound of all universe mysteries; the divine presence in the mind of man is the mystery of mysteries.
Urantia Book, 1:4.6 - The Mystery Of God

To every spirit being and to every mortal creature in every sphere and on every world of the universe of universes, the Universal Father reveals all of his gracious and divine self that can be discerned or comprehended by such spirit beings and by such mortal creatures. God is no respecter of persons, either spiritual or material. The divine presence which any child of the universe enjoys at any given moment is limited only by the capacity of such a creature to receive and to discern the spirit actualities of the supermaterial world.
Urantia Book, 11:0.1 - The Eternal Isle Of Paradise

Paradise is the eternal center of the universe of universes and the abiding place of the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, the Infinite Spirit, and their divine co-ordinates and associates. This central Isle is the most gigantic organized body of cosmic reality in all the master universe. Paradise is a material sphere as well as a spiritual abode. All of the intelligent creation of the Universal Father is domiciled on material abodes; hence must the absolute controlling center also be material, literal. And again it should be reiterated that spirit things and spiritual beings are real.
Urantia Book, 50:6.4 - Planetary Culture

Culture presupposes quality of mind; culture cannot be enhanced unless mind is elevated. Superior intellect will seek a noble culture and find some way to attain such a goal. Inferior minds will spurn the highest culture even when presented to them ready-made.
Urantia Book, 54:1.6 - True And False Liberty

True liberty is the associate of genuine self-respect; false liberty is the consort of self-admiration. True liberty is the fruit of self-control; false liberty, the assumption of self-assertion. Self-control leads to altruistic service; self-admiration tends towards the exploitation of others for the selfish aggrandizement of such a mistaken individual as is willing to sacrifice righteous attainment for the sake of possessing unjust power over his fellow beings.
Urantia Book, 54:1.9 - True And False Liberty

How dare the self-willed creature encroach upon the rights of his fellows in the name of personal liberty when the Supreme Rulers of the universe stand back in merciful respect for these prerogatives of will and potentials of personality! No being, in the exercise of his supposed personal liberty, has a right to deprive any other being of those privileges of existence conferred by the Creators and duly respected by all their loyal associates, subordinates, and subjects.
Urantia Book, 54:1.8 - True And False Liberty

There is no error greater than that species of self-deception which leads intelligent beings to crave the exercise of power over other beings for the purpose of depriving these persons of their natural liberties. The golden rule of human fairness cries out against all such fraud, unfairness, selfishness, and unrighteousness.

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