Is the Urantia book basically Christian?
Over the next few chapters we will take a look at the basic teachings of the Urantia book and the claims of its proponent that is basically Christian in belief. first lets look at one of the teachings of the UB and see if it supports this statement.
In the UB Jesus is shown to be one of the creator sons. At first this sounds good, however he is one of which there are 700,000 of the Michael sons who presides over a different local universe. Our local universe is according to the UB is Nebadon – thus Jesus is Michael of Nebadon. Now understanding that the UB has another Son called the Eternal son or Original son, helps us understand the nature of Jesus in the UB – here are a couple of passages from the UB
[33:1.2] Our Creator Son is not the Eternal Son, the existential Paradise associate of the Universal Father and the Infinite Spirit. Michael of Nebadon is not a member of the Paradise Trinity.
The Urantia Book (Kindle Locations 8332-8333). Uversa Press.
[20:1.4] The Paradise Sons of God are of threefold origin: The primary or Creator Sons are brought into being by the Universal Father and the Eternal Son; the secondary or Magisterial Sons are children of the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit; the Trinity Teacher Sons are the offspring of the Father, Son, and Spirit.
The Urantia Book (Kindle Locations 5138-5140). Uversa Press.
One of the basic tenets of Christianity is the Doctrine of Christ’s divinity. The UB view is heretical in this aspect as it denies His Deity making Jesus a creature who came into existence at a certain time.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life,1 and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:1-5
It also makes Him only 1 of 700,000 creator sons and the Ancient Scriptures point out that Yashua in Hebrew or Jesus in Greek was God’s only begotten Son – Begotten is used in the sense of preeminence not brought forth in time.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. Col 1: 16-18
So we have a contradiction here. Both of these statements cannot be true per the Law of Non-Contradiction. Here is an explanation from Wikipedia….
In classical logic, the law of non-contradiction (LNC) (or the law of contradiction(PM) or the principle of non-contradiction (PNC), or the principle of contradiction) is the second of the three classic laws of thought. It states that contradictory statements cannot both be true in the same sense at the same time, e.g. the two propositions “A is B” and “A is not B” are mutually exclusive.
So it comes down to which one do we believe? – Do we believe a person who was in the presence of the God man Jesus as in John the Apostle or a document that was given by higher intelligence’s ( angelic personage speaking thru a human contact in Chicago in the mid 1900’s)