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==98:1. THE SALEM RELIGION AMONG THE GREEKS==

==98:1. THE SALEM RELIGION AMONG THE GREEKS==

98:1.1 The [[Salem]] missionaries might have built up a great [[religious]] [[structure]] among the [[Greeks]] had it not been for their strict [[interpretation]] of their [[oath]] of [[ordination]], a [[pledge]] imposed by [[Machiventa]] which forbade the [[organization]] of exclusive [[congregations]] for [[worship]], and which exacted the [[promise]] of each [[teacher]] never to [[function]] as a [[priest]], never to receive fees for religious [[service]], only [[food]], [[clothing]], and [[shelter]]. When the [[Melchizedek]] [[teachers]] penetrated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_greece#Ancient_Greece pre-Hellenic Greece], they found a people who still fostered the [[traditions]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:5._ADAMSON_AND_RATTA Adamson] and the days of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:7._ANDITES_OF_THE_MEDITERRANEAN_ISLES Andites], but these teachings had become greatly [[adulterated]] with the notions and [[beliefs]] of the hordes of inferior [[slaves]] that had been brought to the [[Greek]] shores in increasing numbers. This adulteration produced a [[reversion]] to a crude [[animism]] with bloody [[rites]], the lower classes even making [[ceremonial]] out of the [[execution]] of condemned [[criminals]].

98:1.1 The [[Salem]] missionaries might have built up a great [[religious]] [[structure]] among the [[Greeks]] had it not been for their strict [[interpretation]] of their [[oath]] of [[ordination]], a [[pledge]] imposed by [[Machiventa]] which forbade the [[organization]] of exclusive [[congregations]] for [[worship]], and which exacted the [[promise]] of each [[teacher]] never to [[function]] as a [[priest]], never to receive fees for religious [[service]], only [[food]], [[clothing]], and [[shelter]]. When the [[Melchizedek]] [[teachers]] penetrated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_greece#Ancient_Greece pre-Hellenic Greece], they found a people who still fostered the [[traditions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:5._ADAMSON_AND_RATTA Adamson] and the days of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:7._ANDITES_OF_THE_MEDITERRANEAN_ISLES Andites], but these teachings had become greatly [[adulterated]] with the notions and [[beliefs]] of the hordes of inferior [[slaves]] that had been brought to the [[Greek]] shores in increasing numbers. This adulteration produced a [[reversion]] to a crude [[animism]] with bloody [[rites]], the lower classes even making [[ceremonial]] out of the [[execution]] of condemned [[criminals]].

98:1.2 The early [[influence]] of the [[Salem]] [[teachers]] was nearly destroyed by the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race#Indo-Aryan_migration Aryan invasion] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages southern Europe and the East]. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic invaders] brought along with them [[anthropomorphic]] [[God]] [[concepts]] similar to those which their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages Aryan fellows] had carried to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India]. This importation [[inaugurated]] the [[evolution]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek family of gods and goddesses]. This new [[religion]] was partly based on the [[cults]] of the incoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic barbarians], but it also [[shared]] in the [[myths]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology#Age_of_gods_and_mortals older inhabitants of Greece].

98:1.2 The early [[influence]] of the [[Salem]] [[teachers]] was nearly destroyed by the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race#Indo-Aryan_migration Aryan invasion] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages southern Europe and the East]. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic invaders] brought along with them [[anthropomorphic]] [[God]] [[concepts]] similar to those which their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages Aryan fellows] had carried to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India]. This importation [[inaugurated]] the [[evolution]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek family of gods and goddesses]. This new [[religion]] was partly based on the [[cults]] of the incoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic barbarians], but it also [[shared]] in the [[myths]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology#Age_of_gods_and_mortals older inhabitants of Greece].

98:2.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ancient_Greek_poets Greek poets] of the fifth and sixth centuries, notably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindar Pindar], attempted the reformation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greek_religion Greek religion]. They elevated its [[ideals]], but they were more artists than religionists. They failed to [[develop]] a [[technique]] for fostering and [[conserving]] [[supreme]] [[values]].

98:2.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ancient_Greek_poets Greek poets] of the fifth and sixth centuries, notably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindar Pindar], attempted the reformation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greek_religion Greek religion]. They elevated its [[ideals]], but they were more artists than religionists. They failed to [[develop]] a [[technique]] for fostering and [[conserving]] [[supreme]] [[values]].

98:2.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes Xenophanes] taught one [[God]], but his [[deity]] [[concept]] was too [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheistic] to be a [[personal]] [[Father]] to [[mortal]] man. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxagoras Anaxagoras] was a [[mechanist]] except that he did [[recognize]] a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4#4:4._THE_REALIZATION_OF_GOD First Cause], an Initial [[Mind]]. [[Socrates]] and his successors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle], taught that [[virtue]] is [[knowledge]]; [[goodness]], [[health]] of the [[soul]]; that it is better to suffer injustice than to be [[guilty]] of it, that it is wrong to return [[evil]] for evil, and that the gods are [[wise]] and [[good]]. Their cardinal [[virtues]] were: [[wisdom]], [[courage]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance temperance], and [[justice]].

98:2.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes Xenophanes] taught one [[God]], but his [[deity]] [[concept]] was too [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheistic] to be a [[personal]] [[Father]] to [[mortal]] man. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxagoras Anaxagoras] was a [[mechanist]] except that he did [[recognize]] a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4#4:4._THE_REALIZATION_OF_GOD First Cause], an Initial [[Mind]]. [[Socrates]] and his successors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle], taught that [[virtue]] is [[knowledge]]; [[goodness]], [[health]] of the [[soul]]; that it is better to suffer injustice than to be [[guilty]] of it, that it is wrong to return [[evil]] for evil, and that the gods are [[wise]] and [[good]]. Their cardinal [[virtues]] were: [[wisdom]], [[courage]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance temperance], and [[justice]].

98:2.7 The [[evolution]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Hellenic] and [[Hebrew]] peoples affords a contrastive [[illustration]] of the [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church church] as an [[institution]] in the shaping of [[cultural]] [[progress]]. In [[Palestine]], [[human]] [[thought]] was so [[priest]]-controlled and [[scripture]]-directed that [[philosophy]] and [[aesthetics]] were entirely submerged in [[religion]] and [[morality]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], the almost complete [[absence]] of [[priests]] and "[[sacred]] [[scriptures]]" left the human [[mind]] free and unfettered, resulting in a startling [[development]] in depth of [[thought]]. But [[religion]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]] failed to keep [[pace]] with the [[intellectual]] probings into the [[nature]] and [[reality]] of the [[cosmos]].

98:2.7 The [[evolution]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Hellenic] and [[Hebrew]] peoples affords a contrastive [[illustration]] of the [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church church] as an [[institution]] in the shaping of [[cultural]] [[progress]]. In [[Palestine]], [[human]] [[thought]] was so [[priest]]-controlled and [[scripture]]-directed that [[philosophy]] and [[aesthetics]] were entirely submerged in [[religion]] and [[morality]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], the almost complete [[absence]] of [[priests]] and "[[sacred]] [[scriptures]]" left the human [[mind]] free and unfettered, resulting in a startling [[development]] in depth of [[thought]]. But [[religion]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]] failed to keep [[pace]] with the [[intellectual]] probings into the [[nature]] and [[reality]] of the [[cosmos]].

98:2.11 All [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] became involved in these new [[methods]] of [[attaining]] [[salvation]], these [[emotional]] and fiery [[ceremonials]]. No [[nation]] ever attained such heights of artistic [[philosophy]] in so short a time; none ever created such an advanced [[system]] of [[ethics]] [[practically]] without [[Deity]] and entirely devoid of the [[promise]] of human [[salvation]]; no nation ever plunged so quickly, deeply, and [[violently]] into such depths of [[intellectual]] stagnation, [[moral]] depravity, and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] as these same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Greek peoples] when they flung themselves into the mad whirl of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults].

98:2.11 All [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] became involved in these new [[methods]] of [[attaining]] [[salvation]], these [[emotional]] and fiery [[ceremonials]]. No [[nation]] ever attained such heights of artistic [[philosophy]] in so short a time; none ever created such an advanced [[system]] of [[ethics]] [[practically]] without [[Deity]] and entirely devoid of the [[promise]] of human [[salvation]]; no nation ever plunged so quickly, deeply, and [[violently]] into such depths of [[intellectual]] stagnation, [[moral]] depravity, and [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] as these same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Greek peoples] when they flung themselves into the mad whirl of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults].

98:2.12 [[Religions]] have long [[endured]] without [[philosophical]] support, but few philosophies, as such, have long [[persisted]] without some identification with [[religion]]. [[Philosophy]] is to [[religion]] as [[conception]] is to [[action]]. But the [[ideal]] [[human]] estate is that in which [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2#2:7._DIVINE_TRUTH_AND_BEAUTY philosophy, religion, and science] are welded into a [[meaningful]] [[unity]] by the conjoined [[action]] of [[wisdom]], [[faith]], and [[experience]].

98:2.12 [[Religions]] have long [[endured]] without [[philosophical]] support, but few philosophies, as such, have long [[persisted]] without some identification with [[religion]]. [[Philosophy]] is to [[religion]] as [[conception]] is to [[action]]. But the [[ideal]] [[human]] estate is that in which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2#2:7._DIVINE_TRUTH_AND_BEAUTY philosophy, religion, and science] are welded into a [[meaningful]] [[unity]] by the conjoined [[action]] of [[wisdom]], [[faith]], and [[experience]].

==98:3. THE MELCHIZEDEK TEACHINGS IN ROME==

==98:3. THE MELCHIZEDEK TEACHINGS IN ROME==

==98:7. THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION==

==98:7. THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION==

98:7.1 A [[Creator Son]] did not [[incarnate]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] and [[bestow]] himself upon the [[humanity]] of [[Urantia]] to [[reconcile]] an angry [[God]] but rather to win all [[mankind]] to the [[recognition]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] and to the [[realization]] of their sonship with God. After all, even the great [[advocate]] of the [[atonement]] [[doctrine]] realized something of this [[truth]], for he [[declared]] that "God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_V]

98:7.1 A [[Creator Son]] did not [[incarnate]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] and [[bestow]] himself upon the [[humanity]] of [[Urantia]] to [[reconcile]] an angry [[God]] but rather to win all [[mankind]] to the [[recognition]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] and to the [[realization]] of their sonship with God. After all, even the great [[advocate]] of the [[atonement]] [[doctrine]] realized something of this [[truth]], for he [[declared]] that "God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_V]

98:7.2 It is not the province of this paper to deal with the [[origin]] and [[dissemination]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity Christian religion]. Suffice it to say that it is built around the [[person]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], the [[humanly]] [[incarnate]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Son] of [[Nebadon]], known to [[Urantia]] as the [[Christ]], the anointed one. [[Christianity]] was spread throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] by the followers of this Galilean, and their missionary zeal equaled that of their [[illustrious]] predecessors, the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethites] and [[Salem]]ites, as well as that of their earnest Asiatic contemporaries, the [[Buddhist]] [[teachers]].

98:7.2 It is not the province of this paper to deal with the [[origin]] and [[dissemination]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity Christian religion]. Suffice it to say that it is built around the [[person]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], the [[humanly]] [[incarnate]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Son] of [[Nebadon]], known to [[Urantia]] as the [[Christ]], the anointed one. [[Christianity]] was spread throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant Levant] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] by the followers of this Galilean, and their missionary zeal equaled that of their [[illustrious]] predecessors, the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethites] and [[Salem]]ites, as well as that of their earnest Asiatic contemporaries, the [[Buddhist]] [[teachers]].

98:7.3 The [[Christian]] [[religion]], as a Urantian [[system]] of [[belief]], arose through the compounding of the following teachings, [[influences]], [[beliefs]], [[cults]], and [[personal]] [[individual]] [[attitudes]]:

98:7.3 The [[Christian]] [[religion]], as a Urantian [[system]] of [[belief]], arose through the compounding of the following teachings, [[influences]], [[beliefs]], [[cults]], and [[personal]] [[individual]] [[attitudes]]:

*3. 98:7.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian] conception of the [[struggle]] between [[cosmic]] [[good]] and [[evil]], which had already left its imprint on both [[Judaism]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism]. Through prolonged contact attendant upon the [[struggles]] between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] and [[Christianity]], the [[doctrines]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Iranian prophet] became a potent [[factor]] in determining the [[theologic]] and [[philosophic]] cast and [[structure]] of the [[dogmas]], tenets, and [[cosmology]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenized] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latins_(Italic_tribe) Latinized] versions of the teachings of [[Jesus]].

*3. 98:7.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian] conception of the [[struggle]] between [[cosmic]] [[good]] and [[evil]], which had already left its imprint on both [[Judaism]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism]. Through prolonged contact attendant upon the [[struggles]] between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] and [[Christianity]], the [[doctrines]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Iranian prophet] became a potent [[factor]] in determining the [[theologic]] and [[philosophic]] cast and [[structure]] of the [[dogmas]], tenets, and [[cosmology]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization Hellenized] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latins_(Italic_tribe) Latinized] versions of the teachings of [[Jesus]].

*4. 98:7.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults], especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] but also the [[worship]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele Great Mother] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygia Phrygian] [[cult]]. Even the [[legends]] of the [[birth]] of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]] became tainted with the [[Roman]] version of the [[miraculous]] [[birth]] of the Iranian savior-[[hero]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras Mithras], whose [[advent]] on [[earth]] was supposed to have been [[witnessed]] by only a handful of gift-bearing shepherds who had been informed of this impending [[event]] by [[angels]].

*4. 98:7.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults], especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] but also the [[worship]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele Great Mother] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygia Phrygian] [[cult]]. Even the [[legends]] of the [[birth]] of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]] became tainted with the [[Roman]] version of the [[miraculous]] [[birth]] of the Iranian savior-[[hero]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras Mithras], whose [[advent]] on [[earth]] was supposed to have been [[witnessed]] by only a handful of gift-bearing shepherds who had been informed of this impending [[event]] by [[angels]].

*5. 98:7.8 The [[historic]] [[fact]] of the [[human]] life of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS Joshua ben Joseph], the [[reality]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] as the [[glorified]] [[Christ]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS Son of God].

*5. 98:7.8 The [[historic]] [[fact]] of the [[human]] life of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:8._THE_BIRTH_OF_JESUS Joshua ben Joseph], the [[reality]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] as the [[glorified]] [[Christ]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS Son of God].

*6. 98:7.9 The [[personal]] [[viewpoint]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus Paul of Tarsus]. And it should be recorded that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] was the [[dominant]] [[religion]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin Tarsus] during his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence]. Paul little [[dreamed]] that his well-[[intentioned]] [[letters]] to his converts would someday be regarded by still later [[Christians]] as the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God]." Such well-[[meaning]] [[teachers]] must not be held accountable for the use made of their [[writings]] by later-day successors.

*6. 98:7.9 The [[personal]] [[viewpoint]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus Paul of Tarsus]. And it should be recorded that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraism] was the [[dominant]] [[religion]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsus,_Mersin Tarsus] during his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence]. Paul little [[dreamed]] that his well-[[intentioned]] [[letters]] to his converts would someday be regarded by still later [[Christians]] as the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God]." Such well-[[meaning]] [[teachers]] must not be held accountable for the use made of their [[writings]] by later-day successors.

*7. 98:7.10 The [[philosophic]] [[thought]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Hellenistic peoples], from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily Syracuse] and [[Rome]]. The [[philosophy]] of the [[Greeks]] was more in [[harmony]] with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s version of [[Christianity]] than with any other current [[religious]] [[system]] and became an important [[factor]] in the success of [[Christianity]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy], coupled with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Theology Paul's theology], still forms the basis of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident European] [[ethics]].

*7. 98:7.10 The [[philosophic]] [[thought]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellene Hellenistic peoples], from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily Syracuse] and [[Rome]]. The [[philosophy]] of the [[Greeks]] was more in [[harmony]] with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s version of [[Christianity]] than with any other current [[religious]] [[system]] and became an important [[factor]] in the success of [[Christianity]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy], coupled with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Theology Paul's theology], still forms the basis of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident European] [[ethics]].

98:7.11 As the [[original]] teachings of [[Jesus]] penetrated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident], they became Occidentalized, and as they became Occidentalized, they began to lose their [[potentially]] [[universal]] [[appeal]] to all [[races]] and kinds of men. [[Christianity]], today, has become a [[religion]] well adapted to the [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] [[mores]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:9._THE_THREE_WHITE_RACES white races]. It has long since ceased to be the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]], although it still [[valiantly]] portrays a [[beautiful]] religion ''about'' Jesus to such [[individuals]] as sincerely seek to follow in the way of its teaching. It has [[glorified]] [[Jesus]] as the [[Christ]], the [[Messiah|Messianic]] anointed one from [[God]], but has largely forgotten [[the Master]]'s [[personal]] [[gospel]]: the [[Fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the [[universal]] [[brotherhood]] of all men.

98:7.11 As the [[original]] teachings of [[Jesus]] penetrated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident], they became Occidentalized, and as they became Occidentalized, they began to lose their [[potentially]] [[universal]] [[appeal]] to all [[races]] and kinds of men. [[Christianity]], today, has become a [[religion]] well adapted to the [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]] [[mores]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:9._THE_THREE_WHITE_RACES white races]. It has long since ceased to be the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]], although it still [[valiantly]] portrays a [[beautiful]] religion ''about'' Jesus to such [[individuals]] as sincerely seek to follow in the way of its teaching. It has [[glorified]] [[Jesus]] as the [[Christ]], the [[Messiah|Messianic]] anointed one from [[God]], but has largely forgotten [[the Master]]'s [[personal]] [[gospel]]: the [[Fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the [[universal]] [[brotherhood]] of all men.

98:7.12 And this is the long [[story]] of the teachings of [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] on [[Urantia]]. It is nearly four thousand years since this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency Son] of [[Nebadon]] [[bestowed]] himself on [[Urantia]], and in that time the teachings of the "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.14 priest of El Elyon], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_VII Most High God]," have penetrated to all races and peoples. And [[Machiventa]] was successful in achieving the [[purpose]] of his unusual bestowal; when [[Michael]] made ready to appear on [[Urantia]], the [[God]] concept was existent in the [[hearts]] of men and women, the same God concept that still flames anew in the living [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the manifold [[children]] of the [[Universal Father]] as they live their [[intriguing]] [[temporal]] lives on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 whirling planets of space].

98:7.12 And this is the long [[story]] of the teachings of [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] on [[Urantia]]. It is nearly four thousand years since this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:4._SPECIAL_WORK_OF_THE_MELCHIZEDEKS emergency Son] of [[Nebadon]] [[bestowed]] himself on [[Urantia]], and in that time the teachings of the "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.14 priest of El Elyon], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_VII Most High God]," have penetrated to all races and peoples. And [[Machiventa]] was successful in achieving the [[purpose]] of his unusual bestowal; when [[Michael]] made ready to appear on [[Urantia]], the [[God]] concept was existent in the [[hearts]] of men and women, the same God concept that still flames anew in the living [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the manifold [[children]] of the [[Universal Father]] as they live their [[intriguing]] [[temporal]] lives on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 whirling planets of space].

98:7.13 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

98:7.13 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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