The Cosmic Citizen

Nov 23 2024 1056 ep. 108 mins 125

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Are you ready to courageously follow your own sense of mercy, justice, and truth? Are you searching for religious teachings that make sense? Are you having a hard time accepting teachings which seem spiritually unholy and untruthful? Then, have we got a show for you! The Cosmic Citizen is a show for progressive religionists and spiritual people who are ready to find a spirituality worthy of an age of science and enlightenment. Our hosts, Paula Thompson, Andre Radatus , Chuck Thurston, Pamela Chaddock, and Marvin Gawryn are ministers, students and scholars of The Urantia Book, all with at least four decades of experience with it. We sometimes interview guests on topics related to modern and progressive spirituality, but most often we explore The Urantia Book together on air. We embrace diversity, civil and intelligent dialogue, and a willingness to serve a purpose that is true, beautiful and good. Please join us!

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Urantia Paper 12—The Universe of Universes—§3&4 Universal Gravity & Space/Motion

Nov 23 2024 121 mins

We continue with Paper 12 of The Urantia Papers, The Universe of Universes, this week with a study of §3. Universal Gravity and §4. Space and Motion. How do the various forms of universal gravity function to cohere the universe into a unified cosmos? "Is motion inherent [in the Unqualified Absolute]?" Fun question but a simpler one is How and why did the timeless/eternal, spacele

Special Episode - Interview with Special Guests Chris Lepine and Theresa Marks

Nov 16 2024 121 mins

This week, return guest Chris Lepine share’s his new book with us, Jesus Without Christianity: The Original Pre-Christian Master and His Lost Teachings. He explains what the title means and how the book helps to answer the key questions about Jesus. Biblical Christianity has done a great service presentinh Jesus to the world. But, has it made some mistakes concerning Jesus? Does

Urantia Paper 12—The Universe of Universes—§2 Domains of theUnqualified Absolute

Nov 09 2024 121 mins

We continue with Paper 12 of The Urantia Papers, The Universe of Universes, this week with a study of §2. The Domains of The Unqualified Absolute and §3. Universal Gravity. How does the Absolute of non-deified reality actualize the universe of universes and materialize reality? How do the various forms of universal gravity function to cohere the universe into a unified cosmos? I

Urantia Paper 12—The Universe of Universes—§0&1 Space Levels of Master Universe

Nov 02 2024 121 mins

We commence Paper 12 of The Urantia Papers, The Universe of Universes, this week with a study of the universe of universes. This is a remarkable way to introduce infinity and the cosmos as an organized, even if incomplete, creation. THE immensity of the far-flung creation of the Universal Father is utterly beyond the grasp of finite imagination; the enormousness of the master univ

Urantia Paper 11—The Eternal Isle of Paradise—§8/9 Paradise Gravity & Uniqueness

Oct 26 2024 122 mins

This week we will FINALLY continue our reading of Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, with a study of Section 8. Paradise Gravity, and we hope to conclude with Section 9. The Uniqueness of Paradise. The numerous forms of cosmic force, physical energy, universe power, and various materializations disclose three general, though not perfectly clear-cut, stages of respon

Urantia Paper 11—The Eternal Isle of Paradise—§7. Space Functions of Paradise

Oct 05 2024 120 mins

This week we continue our reading of Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, with a study of section 7. Space Functions of Paradise. Section 7 of Paper 11 in The Urantia Book discusses the relationship between Paradise and space. Here are the key points: Paradise and Space: Paradise does not interact directly with space. Instead, it is surrounded by quiescent midspace zone

BlogTalkRadio TECHNICAL FAILURE§7. The Eternal Isle of Paradise—ATTEMPT 1

Sep 21 2024 9 mins

This week we continue our reading of Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, with a study of section 7. Space Functions of Paradise. Section 7 of Paper 11 in The Urantia Book discusses the relationship between Paradise and space. Here are the key points: Paradise and Space: Paradise does not interact directly with space. Instead, it is surrounded by quiescent midspace zone

Urantia Paper 11—The Eternal Isle of Paradise—§5,6, & 7 Nether Paradise & Space

Sep 14 2024 121 mins

This week we continue our reading of Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, with a study of sections 5, 6 and possibly 7, Nether Paradise, Space Respiration, and Space Functions of Paradise. Last week we discussed the nature and magnitude of upper and peripheral Paradise as far as the human mind can conceive. Paradise is our ultimate destiny in the grand universe and is e

Urantia Paper 11—The Eternal Isle of Paradise—§3-4 Upper & Peripheral Paradise

Sep 07 2024 121 mins

This week we continue our reading of Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, with a study of Sections 3 and 4, Upper Paradise and Peripheral Paradise. Last week we speculated that Paradise is our Home in the Grand Universe and is essentially a flat ellipsoid divided into three geographic domains: upper Paradise, peripheral Paradise, and nether Paradise. Paradise is the ori

Urantia Paper 11—The Eternal Isle of Paradise—§2&3. Nature of the Eternal Isle

Aug 31 2024 121 mins

This week we continue with our study of Uranita Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, as we explore the absolute but material Isle of Paradise with Sections 2 & 3, The Nature of the Eternal Isle and Upper Paradise. Since you are beginning to glimpse the enormousness of the material universe discernible even from your astronomical location, your space position in the starry syste