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Jesus' teachings at Urmia, as adapted to twentieth-century religious and political conditions continued:

Jesus' teachings at Urmia, as adapted to twentieth-century religious and political conditions continued:

*“To use an important nineteenth- and twentieth-century illustration: The forty-eight states of the American Federal Union have long enjoyed peace. They have no more wars among themselves. They have surrendered their '''sovereignty''' to the federal government, and through the arbitrament of '''war''', they have abandoned all claims to the delusions of self-determination. While each state regulates its internal affairs, it is not concerned with foreign relations, tariffs, immigration, military affairs, or interstate commerce. Neither do the individual states concern themselves with matters of citizenship. The states suffer the ravages of '''war''' only when the federal government's '''sovereignty''' is in some way jeopardized.  

*“To use an important nineteenth- and twentieth-century illustration: The forty-eight states of the American Federal Union have long enjoyed '''peace'''. They have no more '''wars''' among themselves. They have surrendered their '''sovereignty''' to the federal government, and through the arbitrament of '''war''', they have abandoned all claims to the delusions of self-determination. While each state regulates its internal affairs, it is not concerned with foreign relations, tariffs, immigration, military affairs, or interstate commerce. Neither do the individual states concern themselves with matters of citizenship. The states suffer the ravages of '''war''' only when the federal government's '''sovereignty''' is in some way jeopardized.  

*"These states, having abandoned the twin sophistries of '''sovereignty''' and '''self-determination''', enjoy interstate '''peace and tranquility'''. So will the nations of Urantia begin to enjoy '''peace''' when they freely surrender their respective sovereignties into the hands of a '''global government''' -- the '''sovereignty''' of the brotherhood of men. In this world state the small nations will be as powerful as the great, even as the small state of Rhode Island has its two senators in the American Congress just the same as the populous state of New York or the large state of Texas.  

*"These states, having abandoned the twin sophistries of '''sovereignty''' and '''self-determination''', enjoy interstate '''peace and tranquility'''. So will the nations of Urantia begin to enjoy '''peace''' when they freely surrender their respective sovereignties into the hands of a '''global government''' -- the '''sovereignty''' of the brotherhood of men. In this world state the small nations will be as powerful as the great, even as the small state of Rhode Island has its two senators in the American Congress just the same as the populous state of New York or the large state of Texas.