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52:2.2 The [[average]] length of this [[dispensation]] is around five hundred thousand years, some longer, some shorter. During this [[era]] the [[planet]] is [[established]] in the [[circuits]] of [[the system]], and a full quota of [[seraphic]] and other [[celestial]] helpers is assigned to its [[administration]]. The [[Thought Adjusters]] come in increasing [[numbers]], and the [[seraphic guardians]] amplify their [[regime]] of [[mortal]] supervision.

52:2.2 The [[average]] length of this [[dispensation]] is around five hundred thousand years, some longer, some shorter. During this [[era]] the [[planet]] is [[established]] in the [[circuits]] of [[the system]], and a full quota of [[seraphic]] and other [[celestial]] helpers is assigned to its [[administration]]. The [[Thought Adjusters]] come in increasing [[numbers]], and the [[seraphic guardians]] amplify their [[regime]] of [[mortal]] supervision.

52:2.3 When the [[Planetary Prince]] arrives on a [[primitive]] world, the [[evolved]] [[religion]] of [[fear]] and [[ignorance]] prevails. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF The prince] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF his staff] make the first [[revelations]] of higher [[truth]] and [[universe]] [[organization]]. These initial presentations of [[revealed]] [[religion]] are very [[simple]], and they usually pertain to the affairs of the [[local system]]. [[Religion]] is wholly an [[evolutionary]] [[process]] prior to the arrival of the [[Planetary Prince]]. Subsequently, [[religion]] [[progresses]] by graduated [[revelation]] as well as by [[evolutionary]] [[growth]]. Each [[dispensation]], each [[mortal]] [[epoch]], receives an enlarged presentation of [[spiritual]] [[truth]] and [[religious]] [[ethics]]. The [[evolution]] of the [[religious]] [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] in the [[inhabitants]] of a world largely [[determines]] their rate of [[spiritual]] [[advancement]] and the extent of religious [[revelation]].

52:2.3 When the [[Planetary Prince]] arrives on a [[primitive]] world, the [[evolved]] [[religion]] of [[fear]] and [[ignorance]] prevails. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF The prince] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF his staff] make the first [[revelations]] of higher [[truth]] and [[universe]] [[organization]]. These initial presentations of [[revealed]] [[religion]] are very [[simple]], and they usually pertain to the affairs of the [[local system]]. [[Religion]] is wholly an [[evolutionary]] [[process]] prior to the arrival of the [[Planetary Prince]]. Subsequently, [[religion]] [[progresses]] by graduated [[revelation]] as well as by [[evolutionary]] [[growth]]. Each [[dispensation]], each [[mortal]] [[epoch]], receives an enlarged presentation of [[spiritual]] [[truth]] and [[religious]] [[ethics]]. The [[evolution]] of the [[religious]] [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] in the [[inhabitants]] of a world largely [[determines]] their rate of [[spiritual]] [[advancement]] and the extent of religious [[revelation]].

52:2.4 This [[dispensation]] [[witnesses]] a [[spiritual]] [[Wake|dawn]], and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 different races] and their various [[tribes]] tend to [[develop]] specialized [[systems]] of [[religious]] and [[philosophic]] [[thought]]. There [[uniformly]] run through all of these [[racial]] [[religions]] two strains: the early fears of [[primitive]] men and the later [[revelations]] of the [[Planetary Prince]]. In some respects [[Urantian]]s do not seem to have wholly [[emerged]] from this [[stage]] of [[planetary]] [[evolution]]. As you pursue this [[study]], you will the more clearly [[discern]] how far your world departs from the [[average]] [[course]] of [[evolutionary]] [[progress]] and [[development]].

52:2.4 This [[dispensation]] [[witnesses]] a [[spiritual]] [[Wake|dawn]], and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 different races] and their various [[tribes]] tend to [[develop]] specialized [[systems]] of [[religious]] and [[philosophic]] [[thought]]. There [[uniformly]] run through all of these [[racial]] [[religions]] two strains: the early fears of [[primitive]] men and the later [[revelations]] of the [[Planetary Prince]]. In some respects [[Urantian]]s do not seem to have wholly [[emerged]] from this [[stage]] of [[planetary]] [[evolution]]. As you pursue this [[study]], you will the more clearly [[discern]] how far your world departs from the [[average]] [[course]] of [[evolutionary]] [[progress]] and [[development]].

52:2.5 But the [[Planetary Prince]] is not "the Prince of Peace."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9] [[Racial]] [[struggles]] and [[tribal]] [[wars]] continue over into this [[dispensation]] but with diminishing [[frequency]] and severity. This is the great [[age]] of [[racial]] [[dispersion]], and it culminates in a period of [[intense]] [http://books.google.com/books?id=KEulhck_l8kC&dq=nations+and+nationalism,+hobsbawm&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=HPMWTOuGF8P98AbTl-CeCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false nationalism]. [[Color]] is the basis of [[tribal]] and [[national]] [[groupings]], and the [[different]] [[races]] often [[develop]] separate [[languages]]. Each expanding [[group]] of [[mortals]] tends to seek [[isolation]]. This [[segregation]] is [[favored]] by the [[existence]] of many [[languages]]. Before the [[unification]] of the several [[races]] their relentless [[warfare]] sometimes results in the [[Genocide|obliteration]] of whole peoples; the orange and green men are particularly subject to such [[extinction]].

52:2.5 But the [[Planetary Prince]] is not "the Prince of Peace."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9] [[Racial]] [[struggles]] and [[tribal]] [[wars]] continue over into this [[dispensation]] but with diminishing [[frequency]] and severity. This is the great [[age]] of [[racial]] [[dispersion]], and it culminates in a period of [[intense]] [http://books.google.com/books?id=KEulhck_l8kC&dq=nations+and+nationalism,+hobsbawm&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=HPMWTOuGF8P98AbTl-CeCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false nationalism]. [[Color]] is the basis of [[tribal]] and [[national]] [[groupings]], and the [[different]] [[races]] often [[develop]] separate [[languages]]. Each expanding [[group]] of [[mortals]] tends to seek [[isolation]]. This [[segregation]] is [[favored]] by the [[existence]] of many [[languages]]. Before the [[unification]] of the several [[races]] their relentless [[warfare]] sometimes results in the [[Genocide|obliteration]] of whole peoples; the orange and green men are particularly subject to such [[extinction]].

52:2.6 On [[average]] worlds, during the latter part of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:6._THE_PRINCE.27S_REIGN prince's rule], [[national]] life begins to replace [[tribal]] [[organization]] or rather to be [[superimposed]] upon the existing [[tribal]] [[groupings]]. But the great [[social]] [[achievement]] of the prince's [[epoch]] is the [[emergence]] of [[family]] life. Heretofore, [[human]] [[relationships]] have been chiefly [[tribal]]; now, the [[home]] begins to [[materialize]].

52:2.6 On [[average]] worlds, during the latter part of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:6._THE_PRINCE.27S_REIGN prince's rule], [[national]] life begins to replace [[tribal]] [[organization]] or rather to be [[superimposed]] upon the existing [[tribal]] [[groupings]]. But the great [[social]] [[achievement]] of the prince's [[epoch]] is the [[emergence]] of [[family]] life. Heretofore, [[human]] [[relationships]] have been chiefly [[tribal]]; now, the [[home]] begins to [[materialize]].

52:2.7 This is the [[dispensation]] of the [[realization]] of [[sex]] [[equality]]. On some [[planets]] the [[male]] may rule the [[female]]; on others the reverse prevails. During this age [[normal]] worlds [[establish]] full [[equality]] of the [[Gender|sexes]], this being preliminary to the fuller [[realization]] of the [[ideals]] of [[home]] life. This is the dawn of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age golden age] of the [[home]]. The [[idea]] of [[tribal]] rule [[gradually]] gives way to the [[dual]] concept of [[nation]]al life and [[family]] life.

52:2.7 This is the [[dispensation]] of the [[realization]] of [[sex]] [[equality]]. On some [[planets]] the [[male]] may rule the [[female]]; on others the reverse prevails. During this age [[normal]] worlds [[establish]] full [[equality]] of the [[Gender|sexes]], this being preliminary to the fuller [[realization]] of the [[ideals]] of [[home]] life. This is the dawn of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age golden age] of the [[home]]. The [[idea]] of [[tribal]] rule [[gradually]] gives way to the [[dual]] concept of [[nation]]al life and [[family]] life.

52:2.8 During this [[age]] [[agriculture]] makes its [[appearance]]. The [[growth]] of the [[family]] [[idea]] is incompatible with the roving and unsettled life of the [[hunter]]. [[Gradually]] the [[practices]] of settled [[habitations]] and the [[cultivation]] of the [[soil]] become [[established]]. The domestication of [[animals]] and the [[development]] of [[home]] arts proceed apace. Upon reaching the [[apex]] of [[biologic]] [[evolution]], a high [[level]] of [[civilization]] has been [[attained]], but there is little [[development]] of a [[mechanical]] order; [[invention]] is the characteristic of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN succeeding age].

52:2.8 During this [[age]] [[agriculture]] makes its [[appearance]]. The [[growth]] of the [[family]] [[idea]] is incompatible with the roving and unsettled life of the [[hunter]]. [[Gradually]] the [[practices]] of settled [[habitations]] and the [[cultivation]] of the [[soil]] become [[established]]. The domestication of [[animals]] and the [[development]] of [[home]] arts proceed apace. Upon reaching the [[apex]] of [[biologic]] [[evolution]], a high [[level]] of [[civilization]] has been [[attained]], but there is little [[development]] of a [[mechanical]] order; [[invention]] is the characteristic of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:3._POST-ADAMIC_MAN succeeding age].

52:2.9 The [[races]] are purified and brought up to a high [[state]] of [[physical]] [[perfection]] and [[intellectual]] [[strength]] before the end of this era. The early [[development]] of a [[normal]] world is greatly helped by the [[plan]] of promoting the increase of the higher types of [[mortals]] with [[proportionate]] curtailment of the lower. And it is the failure of your early peoples to thus [[discriminate]] between these [[types]] that accounts for the [[presence]] of so many [[defective]] and degenerate [[individuals]] among the present-day [[Urantia]] [[races]].

52:2.9 The [[races]] are purified and brought up to a high [[state]] of [[physical]] [[perfection]] and [[intellectual]] [[strength]] before the end of this era. The early [[development]] of a [[normal]] world is greatly helped by the [[plan]] of promoting the increase of the higher types of [[mortals]] with [[proportionate]] curtailment of the lower. And it is the failure of your early peoples to thus [[discriminate]] between these [[types]] that accounts for the [[presence]] of so many [[defective]] and degenerate [[individuals]] among the present-day [[Urantia]] [[races]].

52:2.12 It is neither tenderness nor [[altruism]] to bestow futile [[sympathy]] upon degenerated [[human beings]], unsalvable abnormal and inferior [[mortals]]. There exist on even the most [[normal]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]] sufficient [[differences]] between [[individuals]] and between numerous [[social]] [[groups]] to provide for the full [[exercise]] of all those [[noble]] traits of [[altruistic]] [[sentiment]] and unselfish [[mortal]] [[ministry]] without perpetuating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour socially unfit] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration morally degenerate] strains of [[evolving]] [[humanity]]. There is [[abundant]] [[opportunity]] for the [[exercise]] of [[tolerance]] and the [[function]] of [[altruism]] in behalf of those unfortunate and needy [[individuals]] who have not irretrievably lost their [[moral]] [[heritage]] and forever destroyed their [[spiritual]] birthright.

52:2.12 It is neither tenderness nor [[altruism]] to bestow futile [[sympathy]] upon degenerated [[human beings]], unsalvable abnormal and inferior [[mortals]]. There exist on even the most [[normal]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]] sufficient [[differences]] between [[individuals]] and between numerous [[social]] [[groups]] to provide for the full [[exercise]] of all those [[noble]] traits of [[altruistic]] [[sentiment]] and unselfish [[mortal]] [[ministry]] without perpetuating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour socially unfit] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration morally degenerate] strains of [[evolving]] [[humanity]]. There is [[abundant]] [[opportunity]] for the [[exercise]] of [[tolerance]] and the [[function]] of [[altruism]] in behalf of those unfortunate and needy [[individuals]] who have not irretrievably lost their [[moral]] [[heritage]] and forever destroyed their [[spiritual]] birthright.

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[[Category:Paper 52 - Planetary Mortal Epochs]]

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