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94:6.11 The teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi Lao] have been lost to all but a few in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient Orient], but the [[writings]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius Confucius] have ever since constituted the basis of the [[moral]] [[fabric]] of the [[culture]] of almost a third of [[Urantia]]ns. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism#Themes_in_Confucian_thought Confucian precepts], while perpetuating the best of the [[past]], were somewhat inimical to the very [[Chinese]] spirit of [[investigation]] that had produced those [[achievements]] which were so [[venerated]]. The [[influence]] of these [[doctrines]] was unsuccessfully combated both by the imperial efforts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%27in_Shih_Huang_Ti Ch'in Shih Huang Ti] and by the teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Ti Mo Ti], who proclaimed a [[brotherhood]] founded not on [[ethical]] [[duty]] but on the [[love]] of [[God]]. He sought to rekindle the [[ancient]] quest for new [[truth]], but his teachings failed before the vigorous [[opposition]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius#Disciples_and_legacy disciples of Confucius].

94:6.11 The teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi Lao] have been lost to all but a few in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient Orient], but the [[writings]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius Confucius] have ever since constituted the basis of the [[moral]] [[fabric]] of the [[culture]] of almost a third of [[Urantia]]ns. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism#Themes_in_Confucian_thought Confucian precepts], while perpetuating the best of the [[past]], were somewhat inimical to the very [[Chinese]] spirit of [[investigation]] that had produced those [[achievements]] which were so [[venerated]]. The [[influence]] of these [[doctrines]] was unsuccessfully combated both by the imperial efforts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%27in_Shih_Huang_Ti Ch'in Shih Huang Ti] and by the teachings of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Ti Mo Ti], who proclaimed a [[brotherhood]] founded not on [[ethical]] [[duty]] but on the [[love]] of [[God]]. He sought to rekindle the [[ancient]] quest for new [[truth]], but his teachings failed before the vigorous [[opposition]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius#Disciples_and_legacy disciples of Confucius].

94:6.12 Like many other [[spiritual]] and [[moral]] [[teachers]], both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius Confucius] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi Lao-tse] were [[eventually]] deified by their followers in those spiritually dark ages of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_history China] which intervened between the decline and [[perversion]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taosim Taoist faith] and the coming of the [[Buddhist]] missionaries from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism#Timeline India]. During these spiritually [[decadent]] centuries the [[religion]] of the yellow race [[degenerated]] into a pitiful [[theology]] wherein swarmed devils, dragons, and evil spirits, all betokening the returning [[fears]] of the unenlightened [[mortal]] [[mind]]. And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], once at the head of human [[society]] because of an advanced [[religion]], then fell behind because of temporary failure to [[progress]] in the true path of the [[development]] of that [[God-consciousness]] which is indispensable to the true [[progress]], not only of the [[individual]] [[mortal]], but also of the intricate and [[complex]] [[civilizations]] which characterize the advance of [[culture]] and [[society]] on an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary planet] of [[time and space]].

94:6.12 Like many other [[spiritual]] and [[moral]] [[teachers]], both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius Confucius] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi Lao-tse] were [[eventually]] deified by their followers in those spiritually dark ages of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_history China] which intervened between the decline and [[perversion]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taosim Taoist faith] and the coming of the [[Buddhist]] missionaries from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism#Timeline India]. During these spiritually [[decadent]] centuries the [[religion]] of the yellow race [[degenerated]] into a pitiful [[theology]] wherein swarmed devils, dragons, and evil spirits, all betokening the returning [[fears]] of the unenlightened [[mortal]] [[mind]]. And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], once at the head of human [[society]] because of an advanced [[religion]], then fell behind because of temporary failure to [[progress]] in the true path of the [[development]] of that [[God-consciousness]] which is indispensable to the true [[progress]], not only of the [[individual]] [[mortal]], but also of the intricate and [[complex]] [[civilizations]] which characterize the advance of [[culture]] and [[society]] on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary planet] of [[time and space]].

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[[Category:Paper 94 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient]]

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