i had a friend who was one of the smartest people i had ever met,a chess master,master metalsmith and had not one,but TWO phd's.
and he introduced me to this book "urantia",which was bigger than the bible,and good lord was it boring,yet he could recite any passage from any part of the book.
i found the book to be silly,and overly complex,but the main take away i got from the book was that the universe was teaming with life,intelligent life and that instead of all the religious and mystical implications we have all become aware of.the universe was actually a directed creation and was controlled by a massive bureaucracy,in which we were all a small part of.
this was when i realized my brilliant,and scary smart friend..was also kinda crazy.
if you have never heard of this book,give this a watch.
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vilI would definitely recommend The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Discworld (Small Gods in this case) as sources of religious awe and insight over this kind of crazy humourless awkwardness.
Form usually is a good indication of content, and this video is obviously trying to sell a stupid book.
enoch@vil
i was going to reference hitchhikers guide to the galaxy,because the parallels are there,except without the humor.
i have read many a sacred text,and even though the book of urantia is written in a similar format,it read more like a government procedural book than anything.i simply could not get far into the book at all.
still,as a text that lays out the workings of the universe,i felt i should add this book to the pile.
no fantastical stories of resurrection,or miracles,or interventions by a supreme being.just a break down of your basic universe's bureaucracy.
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