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You live in a world that is fraught with [[antisocial]] [[mechanisms]], that is imbued with a wide [[spectrum]] of shades of grey. The [[facts]] of life, the material facts, are not the greatest [[problem]] since for most people they are fairly well agreed upon. But the [[interpretation]] of the facts, which is in fact the "[[truth]]" of the facts is quite another matter. Therefore it is usually true that skepticism of interpretation is the more appropriate place for [[skepticism]]. For the challenge of the evaluation of others' interpretations of facts is absolutely [[necessary]] to achieve one's own interpretation of [[reality]] and to test the validity of other people's and culture's conclusions. So, skepticism as a [[technique]] of truth [[discernment]] is essential to any higher functioning search for [[truth]].

You live in a world that is fraught with [[antisocial]] [[mechanisms]], that is imbued with a wide [[spectrum]] of shades of grey. The [[facts]] of life, the material facts, are not the greatest [[problem]] since for most people they are fairly well agreed upon. But the [[interpretation]] of the facts, which is in fact the "[[truth]]" of the facts is quite another matter. Therefore it is usually true that skepticism of interpretation is the more appropriate place for [[skepticism]]. For the challenge of the evaluation of others' interpretations of facts is absolutely [[necessary]] to achieve one's own interpretation of [[reality]] and to test the validity of other people's and culture's conclusions. So, skepticism as a [[technique]] of truth [[discernment]] is essential to any higher functioning search for [[truth]].

You have a saying, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_out_the_baby_with_the_bath_water Don't throw out the baby with the bath water]". This [[reflects]] the need to make a distinction between [[truth]] and [[error]] while being careful to not so entwine truth and error together that truth is thrown out when the error is [[rejected]]. Some people, usually through [[emotional]] [[devastation]], have lost faith in [[humanity]] in general and in the possibility of arriving at a satisfying [[philosophy of life]]. They have, indeed, thrown out the proverbial baby with the bath water.

You have a saying, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_out_the_baby_with_the_bath_water Don't throw out the baby with the bath water]". This [[reflects]] the need to make a distinction between [[truth]] and [[error]] while being careful to not so entwine truth and error together that truth is thrown out when the error is [[rejected]]. Some people, usually through [[emotional]] [[devastation]], have lost faith in [[humanity]] in general and in the possibility of arriving at a satisfying [[philosophy of life]]. They have, indeed, thrown out the proverbial baby with the bath water.

Since [[Urantia]] is in recovery from [[rebellion]] it has a huge indebtedness in this [[direction]]. Many, many were the people who trusted the brilliant [[Caligastia]], your first [[Planetary Prince]]. The majority of [[angels]] were led astray and followed him, only to find out that they had made an enormous mistake. So your world has a history of being led astray, of being led down the primrose [[path]], of being [[seduced]] and [[traumatized]]. It is almost, you could say, the natural state of affairs on [[this planet]] which has inherited this quarter of a million year history of [[betrayal]] and bitter [[legacy]] of [[rebellion]]. Do not think that when a [[Creator Son]] comes as a [[Bestowal Son]] to a planet, that they usually meet with the reception that [[Jesus]] of Nazareth was party to. No. [[Normal planets]] welcome their Bestowal Son with open arms. Urantia and the other [[rebellion planets]] are vastly different. So this background explains the tendency to just "en carte blanc" regard everything as questionable. It is a [[struggle]], given this kind of history, to believe that [[the Universe]] is different than the way this planet is ordered. You have to make the decision (which you have already made) to believe the words of [[hope]], [[love]], and [[joy]] that have been coming to you from these sources, from [[us teachers]], from the words that are still recorded of [[Michael]] in your [[Gospel|ancient manuscripts]] and now especially to believe the words that are recorded in the fifth revelation to this planet in the [[Urantia Book]].

Since [[Urantia]] is in recovery from [[rebellion]] it has a huge indebtedness in this [[direction]]. Many, many were the people who trusted the brilliant [[Caligastia]], your first [[Planetary Prince]]. The majority of [[angels]] were led astray and followed him, only to find out that they had made an enormous mistake. So your world has a history of being led astray, of being led down the primrose [[path]], of being [[seduced]] and [[traumatized]]. It is almost, you could say, the natural state of affairs on [[this planet]] which has inherited this quarter of a million year history of [[betrayal]] and bitter [[legacy]] of [[rebellion]]. Do not think that when a [[Creator Son]] comes as a [[Bestowal Son]] to a planet, that they usually meet with the reception that [[Jesus]] of Nazareth was party to. No. [[Normal planets]] welcome their Bestowal Son with open arms. Urantia and the other [[rebellion planets]] are vastly different. So this background explains the tendency to just "en carte blanc" regard everything as questionable. It is a [[struggle]], given this kind of history, to believe that [[the Universe]] is different than the way this planet is ordered. You have to make the decision (which you have already made) to believe the words of [[hope]], [[love]], and [[joy]] that have been coming to you from these sources, from [[us teachers]], from the words that are still recorded of [[Michael]] in your [[Gospel|ancient manuscripts]] and now especially to believe the words that are recorded in the fifth revelation to this planet in the [[Urantia Book]].