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==PAPER 48: THE MORONTIA LIFE==     

==PAPER 48: THE MORONTIA LIFE==     

48:0.1 The Gods cannot—at least they do not—transform a creature of gross animal nature into a perfected spirit by some mysterious act of creative magic. When the Creators desire to produce perfect beings, they do so by direct and original creation, but they never undertake to convert animal-origin and material creatures into beings of perfection in a single step.

48:0.1 [[The Gods]] cannot—at least they do not—[[transform]] a [[creature]] of gross [[animal]] [[nature]] into a [[perfected]] [[spirit]] by some [[mysterious]] [[act]] of [[creative]] [[magic]]. When [[the Creators]] [[desire]] to produce [[perfect]] [[beings]], they do so by direct and [[original]] [[creation]], but they never undertake to [[convert]] [[animal]]-[[origin]] and [[material]] [[creatures]] into [[beings]] of [[perfection]] in a single step.

48:0.2 The morontia life, extending as it does over the various stages of the local universe career, is the only possible approach whereby material mortals could attain the threshold of the spirit world. What magic could death, the natural dissolution of the material body, hold that such a simple step should instantly transform the mortal and material mind into an immortal and perfected spirit? Such beliefs are but ignorant superstitions and pleasing fables.

48:0.2 The [[morontia]] life, extending as it does over the various [[stages]] of the [[local universe]] [[career]], is the only [[possible]] approach whereby [[material]] [[mortals]] could [[attain]] the [[threshold]] of the [[spirit]] world. What [[magic]] could [[death]], the [[natural]] dissolution of the [[material]] [[body]], hold that such a [[simple]] step should instantly [[transform]] the [[mortal]] and [[material]] [[mind]] into an [[immortal]] and [[perfected]] [[spirit]]? Such [[beliefs]] are but [[ignorant]] [[superstition]]s and pleasing [[fables]].

48:0.3 Always this morontia transition intervenes between the mortal estate and the subsequent spirit status of surviving human beings. This intermediate state of universe progress differs markedly in the various local creations, but in intent and purpose they are all quite similar. The arrangement of the mansion and higher morontia worlds in Nebadon is fairly typical of the morontia transition regimes in this part of Orvonton.

48:0.3 Always this [[morontia]] [[transition]] [[intervenes]] between the [[mortal]] e[[state]] and the subsequent [[spirit]] [[status]] of [[surviving]] [[human]] [[beings]]. This [[intermediate]] [[state]] of [[universe]] [[progress]] [[differs]] markedly in the various [[local creations]], but in [[intent]] and [[purpose]] they are all quite similar. The [[arrangement]] of the [[Mansion Worlds|mansion]] and higher [[morontia]] worlds in [[Nebadon]] is fairly [[typical]] of the [[morontia]] [[transition]] [[regimes]] in this part of [[Orvonton]].

==48:1. MORONTIA MATERIALS==     

==48:1. MORONTIA MATERIALS==