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Wisconsin Urantia Book Conference - Aug 22 2009 - The Urantia Comedy

What:  The First Society of Wisconsin Urantia Book Readers - Annual Fall Conference 2009!

When:   Aug 22 - Saturday - from 9:30 am to about 4-5pm

Where:  Sheboygan Falls, WI

Registration Fee:  $10 per person - includes sub sandwich lunch

The program for the day is called "The Urantia Comedy"
(times are approximate)

9:30am Registration, coffee, morning social

10-11am Subject:  Overview of the Lucifer Rebellion and the Caligastia Betrayal

11:15am-12:15pm Subject:  Overview of the Adamic Default and Aftermath

12:15-2pm  Lunch Break:  Sub sandwiches to be brought in by hosts (fee $10 per person)

2-3pm Subject:  The Long Rehabilitation Process:  Revelation numbers three to five and beyond

3:15-4pm Business:  A report on the elections and resolutions of the Triennial Delegate Assembly will be heard

Other Show and Tell items can be presented at this time.  Please keep any presentations brief and to the point.  Please no solicitations.  This is a study conference.  Other types of business can be conducted at separate venues. 

Who should attend?  This conference is for those who are interested in studying the Urantia Book as well as long time readers.  It is not necessary to have read the entire book, just have an open mind and a good sense of curiosity.  

Do I need to live in Wisconsin or be a member?  No - absolutely not - if you can get there you can come!

To RSVP:  Please leave a comment on this blog post with your email address and/or phone number. 

50 Reasons Why You Should Read the Urantia Book

Urantia Book
 * Religion * Spirituality * Philosophy * Science *

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This post seeks to answer the question: 
Why should I read the Urantia Book? 

Ah, let us count the ways...

The Urantia Book...

1. is one of those rare books that can actually transform your thinking and your life
2. provides new information about God
3. provides new information about the life of Jesus (the Bible provides details for only 28 days)
4. answers the question 'Who was Jesus?'
5. gives us an unprecedented account of Jesus' resurrection
6. will be a blessing in your life
7. is believed to be a new revelation for our time - it's like an update for every religion
8. helps you understand the world better
9. provides spiritual truth and inspiration that resonates with the soul
10. defines personality, soul and spirit
11. defines love, abundance and joy
12. defines ministry and loving service to others
13. teaches respect, honor and integrity
14. may cause creationists to believe in intelligently designed evolution
15. may cause happiness
16. deepens and strengthens your faith
17. defines the supreme purpose of life:  the development of a majestic and well-balanced personality
    
18. increases desire to be loving, generous and kind
19. provides an even greater peace that passeth all understanding
20. answers philosophical questions about life
21. shows us 'there are more things in heaven and earth' (said Hamlet to Horatio)
22. increases tolerance and understanding
23. answers questions about the formation of the universe
24. answers questions about the formation of our galaxy
25. answers questions about the formation of our planet
26. answers questions about the formation of everything on the planet
27. answers the question "Is there life out there?"
28. fills in missing links from history, theology, philosophy and science
29. teaches that there is no hell and that eternal life is yours to accept or reject
30. promotes living in truth, beauty and goodness
31. makes the Good News even better than previously imagined
32. establishes the possibility for us a closer connection with God and Humankind
33. will expand your consciousness
34. increase our awareness of cosmic consciousness
35. increases our ability to understand the cosmic context of our actions
36. through continuous study deepens and enriches our understanding of our role in the universe
37. through continuous study enriches our experiences, our lives, our loving, and our service
38. optimizes our opportunities
39. strengthens the desire to search for  truth in every experience
40. does not replace your current religion
41. enhances even the best religions
42. allows the skeptic, the agnostic, and even the scientific atheist to join believers
43. may have been introduced to you for a reason
44. found you at the right place and the right time in your life
45. provides eternal assurance, peace, and joy
46. provides knowledge and insight about God and his vast and magnificent creation
47. tells you what to do with your money
48. answers more questions than you ever thought to ask
49. will give you brain pain, but it's worth it
50. affirms the truth that God still speaks

These 50 reasons are a compilation of my own answers and the answers of other Urantia Book Readers to the question "Why Should I Read the Urantia Book?"

Note:  In case anyone was wondering how I would have answered the question - see answers 1, 9, 12, 14 & 17 (biggies), 18, 20, 29 (another biggie), 49, and 50.

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From UrantiaBook.org: Why You Need to Know About The Urantia Book:

Making good life decisions—the exercise of true wisdom—requires insight into the context in which the decision or choice is being made. 

The Urantia Book provides a comprehensive overview of the context in which we live our daily lives -- historical, social, personal, intellectual, spiritual, and material. It provides important background information that will deepen, enrich, and strengthen your relationship with God, empower you to prevail in your struggles with the difficulties of daily life, and enable you to participate creatively in the much-needed spiritual transformation of our world. 

By integrating science, philosophy, and religion into a coherent world view, the Urantia Book enhances the meanings we derive from our life experience, equipping us to live our lives relative to positive, creative spiritual values in the midst of difficulty, chaos, and uncertainty.

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Resources & Links for the Urantia Book: 

Urantia Book - read online text

Urantia Book - listen to online audio

UrantiaBook.org
Urantia.org
Truthbook.com
PlanetUrantia.com

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Planet Urantia

This is our Blog - visit Planet Urantia.com for all sorts of interesting tidbits of information.  Planet Urantia = Earth. The Urantia Book might be called the Universal Bible because it contains revelatory universal truths. True religion, philosophy, and science are united and integrated into a fascinating historical account of our Universe along with an elaborate presentation of our destiny.

TruthBook.com

The TruthBook mission is to encourage and assist individuals in developing a personal faith relationship with our Heavenly Father by sharing the supernal teachings of Jesus in The Urantia Book with them and nurturing them as believers.  A magnificent site loaded with beautiful images and lots of answers.  One of our favorites.

Urantia Book Fellowship

The purposes of The Fellowship are the study and dissemination of the teachings of The Urantia Book; the promotion, improvement, and expansion among the peoples of the world of the comprehension and understanding of Cosmology and the relation of the planet on which we live to the Universe, of the genesis and destiny of Man and his relation to God, of the life and teachings of Jesus, and the inculcation and encouragement of the realization and appreciation of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man -- in order to increase and enhance the comfort, happiness, and well-being of Man, as an individual and as a member of society, by fostering a religion, a philosophy, and a cosmology which are commensurate with Man's intellectual and cultural development, through the medium of fraternal association, ever obedient and subservient to the laws of this country and of all countries wherein The Fellowship may extend.