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Chester: I have been good and it's a great [[pleasure]] to be here and to hear you.

Chester: I have been good and it's a great [[pleasure]] to be here and to hear you.

TOMAS: I can tell you have been [[good]], my good sir, for what you have [[shared]]. You have some [[noble]] philosophies that you live up to, and your [[acceptance]] of the many, many flowers in the Lord's [[garden]] tells me that you are a natural born [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulturist]. Well done, my friend and associate. Do join us more often. We hanker for more [[male]] [[attentions]] in this group. You provide a good [[balance]] by your [[presence]], and it is [[appreciated]] that you are not intimidated by these noble [[evangelists]].

TOMAS: I can tell you have been [[good]], my good sir, for what you have [[shared]]. You have some [[noble]] philosophies that you live up to, and your [[acceptance]] of the many, many flowers in the Lord's [[garden]] tells me that you are a natural born [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulturist]. Well done, my friend and associate. Do join us more often. We hanker for more [[male]] [[attentions]] in this group. You provide a good [[balance]] by your [[presence]], and it is [[appreciated]] that you are not intimidated by these noble [[evangelists]].

Chester: Thank you.

Chester: Thank you.

This integrity and this respect are woven into your [[pattern]] of your [[personality]] and people will feel it when they are in your [[presence]]. "This man will allow me to be myself and let me carry my [[belief]] system and it's all right" and because of that, without [[thinking]] these things, they want to hear what he has to say.

This integrity and this respect are woven into your [[pattern]] of your [[personality]] and people will feel it when they are in your [[presence]]. "This man will allow me to be myself and let me carry my [[belief]] system and it's all right" and because of that, without [[thinking]] these things, they want to hear what he has to say.

If you have a [[reputation]] for being an odd ball of sorts -- (Hunnah has a funny thing that happened to her: she found this out only years later when she was new in the [[community]]. A woman from the church said to her, "Oh, I remember the first time when someone spoke of you, they said 'Oh! She has a purple front door!'") We do have overtones of [[strangeness]] that, after a while, people get used to the [[fact]] that we do [http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/henrydavid141463.html march to a different drummer].

If you have a [[reputation]] for being an odd ball of sorts -- (Hunnah has a funny thing that happened to her: she found this out only years later when she was new in the [[community]]. A woman from the church said to her, "Oh, I remember the first time when someone spoke of you, they said 'Oh! She has a purple front door!'") We do have overtones of [[strangeness]] that, after a while, people get used to the [[fact]] that we do [https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/henrydavid141463.html march to a different drummer].

It is very hard to put aside your sales pitch, but I know that my friend in this chair has had many, many times when she has [[wondered]] if she can possibly make any other [[sound]], because she is so intent on making everyone [[happy]]; if it is impossible, she is into their affairs, and in the [[process]] of allowing this concern to take on a new form, and as that form of [[respect]] takes hold, you will not be [[conscious]] of it. It will just have woven itself into your particular [[personality]].

It is very hard to put aside your sales pitch, but I know that my friend in this chair has had many, many times when she has [[wondered]] if she can possibly make any other [[sound]], because she is so intent on making everyone [[happy]]; if it is impossible, she is into their affairs, and in the [[process]] of allowing this concern to take on a new form, and as that form of [[respect]] takes hold, you will not be [[conscious]] of it. It will just have woven itself into your particular [[personality]].

Elyssia: I'm interested in following through on that suggestion.

Elyssia: I'm interested in following through on that suggestion.

MERIUM: Neither would I seek to [[influence]] your [[thought]] processes nor the outworking of your [[future]] here in that [[context]], but it is interesting to note how the art of [[compromise]] has affected [[Urantia]] in terms of the [[church]]. That whereas there were many [[sacrifices]] in order to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity establish Christianity], there were also many great gains made. And a thorough [[study]] of that period of time following the [[Part 4|Fourth Epochal Revelation]] as compared to this period of time following the [[Fifth Epochal Revelation]], gives one an opportunity to see perhaps how [[history]] repeats itself, and how now might be an opportune time to [[atone]] for some of the more debilitating [[compromises]] made previously.

MERIUM: Neither would I seek to [[influence]] your [[thought]] processes nor the outworking of your [[future]] here in that [[context]], but it is interesting to note how the art of [[compromise]] has affected [[Urantia]] in terms of the [[church]]. That whereas there were many [[sacrifices]] in order to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity establish Christianity], there were also many great gains made. And a thorough [[study]] of that period of time following the [[Part 4|Fourth Epochal Revelation]] as compared to this period of time following the [[Fifth Epochal Revelation]], gives one an opportunity to see perhaps how [[history]] repeats itself, and how now might be an opportune time to [[atone]] for some of the more debilitating [[compromises]] made previously.

It indeed would make a good [[community]] project, since you are in this community [that is] steeped in [[Christianity]] as a result of this geographic location. And your various interests and [[opinions]] regarding [[meetings]] and [[ceremonies]] and any number of other points could lend this to you as a [[fascinating]] group undertaking. I am not suggesting you open a [[church]], but that you make a study of what might happen if a church were begun and what elements of the [[UB|Urantia philosophy]] would be incorporated and which would be compromised and lost in order to gain the approval and the attendance then of your Christian brethren.

It indeed would make a good [[community]] project, since you are in this community [that is] steeped in [[Christianity]] as a result of this geographic location. And your various interests and [[opinions]] regarding [[meetings]] and [[ceremonies]] and any number of other points could lend this to you as a [[fascinating]] group undertaking. I am not suggesting you open a [[church]], but that you make a study of what might happen if a church were begun and what elements of the [[UB|Urantia philosophy]] would be incorporated and which would be compromised and lost in order to gain the approval and the attendance then of your Christian brethren.