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4:5.1 [[Religious]] [[tradition]] is the imperfectly preserved [[record]] of the [[experiences]] of the [[God]]-knowing men of [[History|past ages]], but such records are untrustworthy as [[guides]] for religious living or as the [[source]] of true [[information]] about the [[Universal Father]]. Such ancient [[beliefs]] have been invariably altered by the [[fact]] that primitive man was a [[myth]]maker.

4:5.1 [[Religious]] [[tradition]] is the imperfectly preserved [[record]] of the [[experiences]] of the [[God]]-knowing men of [[History|past ages]], but such records are untrustworthy as [[guides]] for religious living or as the [[source]] of true [[information]] about the [[Universal Father]]. Such ancient [[beliefs]] have been invariably altered by the [[fact]] that primitive man was a [[myth]]maker.

4:5.2 One of the greatest sources of [[confusion]] on [[Urantia]] concerning the [[nature]] of [[God]] grows out of the [[failure]] of your [http://institute.daynal.org/books/extended_reference/humanities/religion/sacred/sacred_texts.html sacred books] clearly to distinguish between the [[personalities]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and between [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] and the [[local universe]] [[Creator Sons|creators]] and [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|administrators]]. During the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION past dispensations of partial understanding], your [[priests]] and [[prophets]] failed clearly to differentiate between [[Planetary Princes]], [[System Sovereigns]], [[Constellation Fathers]], [[Creator Sons]], [[Ancients of Days|Superuniverse Rulers]], the [[Supreme Being]], and the [[Universal Father]]. Many of the messages of subordinate personalities, such as [[Life Carriers]] and [[Paper 114 - The Seraphic Planetary Government|various orders of angels]], have been, in your [[records]], presented as coming from [[God]] himself. [[Urantia]]n [[religious]] [[thought]] still confuses the [[associate]] [[personalities]] of [[Deity]] with the [[Universal Father]] himself, so that all are included under one appellation.

4:5.2 One of the greatest sources of [[confusion]] on [[Urantia]] concerning the [[nature]] of [[God]] grows out of the [[failure]] of your [http://institute.daynal.org/books/extended_reference/humanities/religion/sacred/sacred_texts.html sacred books] clearly to distinguish between the [[personalities]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and between [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] and the [[local universe]] [[Creator Sons|creators]] and [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|administrators]]. During the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION past dispensations of partial understanding], your [[priests]] and [[prophets]] failed clearly to differentiate between [[Planetary Princes]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:2._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES System Sovereigns], [[Constellation Fathers]], [[Creator Sons]], [[Ancients of Days|Superuniverse Rulers]], the [[Supreme Being]], and the [[Universal Father]]. Many of the messages of subordinate personalities, such as [[Life Carriers]] and [[Paper 114 - The Seraphic Planetary Government|various orders of angels]], have been, in your [[records]], presented as coming from [[God]] himself. [[Urantia]]n [[religious]] [[thought]] still confuses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associativity associate] [[personalities]] of [[Deity]] with the [[Universal Father]] himself, so that all are included under one appellation.

4:5.3 The people of [[Urantia]] continue to suffer from the [[influence]] of [[primitive]] [[concepts]] of God. The gods who go on a rampage in the storm; who shake the [[earth]] in their wrath and strike down men in their [[anger]]; who inflict their [[judgments]] of displeasure in times of [[Catastrophism|famine and flood]]—these are the gods of primitive religion; they are not the Gods who live and [[Administration|rule]] the [[Grand Universe|universes]]. Such concepts are a [[relic]] of the times when men supposed that the [[universe]] was under the [[guidance]] and [[Power|domination]] of the whims of such [[imaginary]] gods. But mortal man is beginning to [[realize]] that he lives in a realm of [[Relative|comparative]] [[law]] and [[Cosmos|order]] as far as concerns the [[administrative]] [[policies]] and conduct of the [[Supreme Creators]] and the Supreme Controllers.

4:5.3 The people of [[Urantia]] continue to suffer from the [[influence]] of [[primitive]] [[concepts]] of God. The gods who go on a rampage in the storm; who shake the [[earth]] in their wrath and strike down men in their [[anger]]; who inflict their [[judgments]] of displeasure in times of [[Catastrophism|famine and flood]]—these are the gods of primitive religion; they are not the Gods who live and [[Administration|rule]] the [[Grand Universe|universes]]. Such concepts are a [[relic]] of the times when men supposed that the [[universe]] was under the [[guidance]] and [[Power|domination]] of the whims of such [[imaginary]] gods. But mortal man is beginning to [[realize]] that he lives in a realm of [[Relative|comparative]] [[law]] and [[Cosmos|order]] as far as concerns the [[administrative]] [[policies]] and conduct of the [[Supreme Creators]] and the Supreme Controllers.

4:5.6 The [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal of a Paradise Son]] on your world was inherent in the situation of [[New Age|closing a planetary age]]; it was inescapable, and it was not made [[necessary]] for the [[purpose]] of winning the favor of God. This bestowal also happened to be the final [[personal]] [[act]] of a [[Creator Son]] in the long [[adventure]] of [[Paper 119 - The Bestowals of Christ Michael|earning the experiential sovereignty]] of his [[Nebadon|universe]]. What a travesty upon the infinite [[character]] of [[God]]! this teaching that his [[fatherly]] [[heart]] in all its austere coldness and hardness was so untouched by the misfortunes and [[Grief|sorrows]] of his [[creatures]] that his tender [[mercies]] were not forthcoming until he saw his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD blameless Son] bleeding and dying upon the [[Crucifixion|cross of Calvary]]!

4:5.6 The [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal of a Paradise Son]] on your world was inherent in the situation of [[New Age|closing a planetary age]]; it was inescapable, and it was not made [[necessary]] for the [[purpose]] of winning the favor of God. This bestowal also happened to be the final [[personal]] [[act]] of a [[Creator Son]] in the long [[adventure]] of [[Paper 119 - The Bestowals of Christ Michael|earning the experiential sovereignty]] of his [[Nebadon|universe]]. What a travesty upon the infinite [[character]] of [[God]]! this teaching that his [[fatherly]] [[heart]] in all its austere coldness and hardness was so untouched by the misfortunes and [[Grief|sorrows]] of his [[creatures]] that his tender [[mercies]] were not forthcoming until he saw his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD blameless Son] bleeding and dying upon the [[Crucifixion|cross of Calvary]]!

4:5.7 But the inhabitants of [[Urantia]] are to find [[Liberty|deliverance]] from these [http://en.wikipedia.org/Ancient ancient] [[errors]] and [[pagan]] [[superstitions]] respecting the [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]. The [[revelation]] of the [[truth]] about God is appearing, and the [[human]] [[race]] is [[Destiny|destined]] to know the Universal Father in all that [[beauty]] of [[character]] and loveliness of [[attributes]] so magnificently portrayed by the [[Creator Son]] who sojourned on [[Urantia]] as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man and the Son of God].

4:5.7 But the inhabitants of [[Urantia]] are to find [[Liberty|deliverance]] from these [http://en.wikipedia.org/Ancient ancient] [[errors]] and [[pagan]] [Superstition.|superstitions]] respecting the [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]. The [[revelation]] of the [[truth]] about God is appearing, and the [[human]] [[race]] is [[Destiny|destined]] to know the Universal Father in all that [[beauty]] of [[character]] and loveliness of [[attributes]] so magnificently portrayed by the [[Creator Son]] who sojourned on [[Urantia]] as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Son of Man and the Son of God].

4:5.8 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] of [[Uversa]].]

4:5.8 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] of [[Uversa]].]