154:4.2 There was much talk about [[Jesus]]' [[preaching]] [[doctrines]] which were upsetting for the common people; his [[enemies]] maintained that his [[teachings]] were impractical, that everything would go to pieces if everybody made an [[honest]] [[effort]] to live in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]]. And the men of many subsequent [[generations]] have said the same [[things]]. Many [[intelligent]] and well-meaning men, even in the more [[enlightened]] age of [[Urantia Papers|these revelations]], maintain that [[modern]] [[civilization]] could not have been built upon the teachings of [[Jesus]]—and they are partially right. But all such doubters [[forget]] that a much better [[civilization]] could have been built upon his teachings, and sometime will be. This world has never seriously tried to carry out the teachings of [[Jesus]] on a large scale, notwithstanding that halfhearted attempts have often been made to follow the [[doctrines]] of so-called [[Christianity]]. | 154:4.2 There was much talk about [[Jesus]]' [[preaching]] [[doctrines]] which were upsetting for the common people; his [[enemies]] maintained that his [[teachings]] were impractical, that everything would go to pieces if everybody made an [[honest]] [[effort]] to live in [[accordance]] with his [[ideas]]. And the men of many subsequent [[generations]] have said the same [[things]]. Many [[intelligent]] and well-meaning men, even in the more [[enlightened]] age of [[Urantia Papers|these revelations]], maintain that [[modern]] [[civilization]] could not have been built upon the teachings of [[Jesus]]—and they are partially right. But all such doubters [[forget]] that a much better [[civilization]] could have been built upon his teachings, and sometime will be. This world has never seriously tried to carry out the teachings of [[Jesus]] on a large scale, notwithstanding that halfhearted attempts have often been made to follow the [[doctrines]] of so-called [[Christianity]]. |