The Urantia Revelation: The Structure and Meaning of the Universe Explained, Third Edition

This condensed version of 452 pages is a very very interesting story from the Urantia book of 2,097 pages. But it brings out the story so much better than the King James version of the story ... but the stories speak so much better and "feels" a lot more Life like. I'm pretty sure its not for fundamentalist Christians ... but if you can just free up preconceived notions and just follow the story, if only for the story of Jesus it just might leave you with a ah-ha moment. It is a very good and positive story/history of events that effect us all in the end ... what is possible to happen after our Life ends. The whole story is much more than just about Jesus. All of my waking Life I've heard and read the story of events that happen in the Bible, but I was always left with more questions than I ever got answers to ... it seemed absolutely cryptic and plagued with abysmal misunderstanding issues. And to add to the problems with the King James version, it seems pretty spooky and down right negative. Enter then but by sheer dumb luck the Urantia ... which is a long story in itself with a lot of detail ... 2097 pages ! Then all of a sudden "The Urantia Revelation" fell my way. It just cuts to the chase and arrives by the end with a very believable ... some may say fiction ... history of how the earth became what it is and how the peoples of the Earth ( Urantia ) came about. It fills in a lot of gaps that are in the Bible. I find it far more reliable and by far and away more positive as a Life enhancement. As weird as Life can be and in some regards unbelievable, it should not stop one from asking questions and looking for answers to questions never answered. Life is so very short ... by the time one begins to figure it out its time to transition from this Life to what ever ... if anything ... is next. I found a ( one of many ) nugget from the Urantia to leave you with : " Evil is dependent on a deficiency of wisdom." But wisdom can often be found in the most unlikely places ... all of the books above are tools towards knowledge but one must take the time to first look.

"Incredible, Awesome, and Stupendous" come to mind in trying to describe my reaction to this great book.Without adding to, or subtracting from the Cosmology, Theology and History revealed in the Urantia Book - and (perhaps more importantly) without "dumbing it down" the author has made the dense material contained in the Urantia Book eminently accessible.I cofidentially recommend this book for all potential, new, and experienced Urantia Book readers.Kudos to the author!

I have great respect for The Urantis Book, just in terms of how it offers a way to expend the scope of one's thinking. We on earth seem buried in ignorance, so it this is helpful, even if it does not tell the whole story of our existence. It's version of human evolution does not ring true to me. Believe and you will be saved - with no mention of virtue, reincarnation, nor our real past - seems too simplistic and manipulative. It would seem that an authentic revelation could be more convincing. This particular book, which much shorter than the original, was easier to grasp in some ways.

THIS WAS A GIFT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I WISH AMAZON WOULD GIVE THAT OPTION WHEN ASKING FOR A REVIEW.

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As a Catholic, I found parts of this book revelatory. But the many pages that describe the history of Jesus seem to me quite protestant in viewpoint. For instance, there’s hardly a mention of the mother of Jesus, as if to say she was insignificant. Also, no mention of the Eucharist, and yet the apostles and early church recognized “the body and blood of Christ.” I recommend this book to anyone seeking the truth but rest assured, it is not THE BOOK, because there is no THE BOOK.

It makes the Urantia book easier to understand.

The beginning is hard to follow but when the book starts into the chapters it’s good, the narrator is a little monatone at times but it’s good as far as I’ve gotten in the book!