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Symmetry of Soul

Symmetry of Soul

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Each Tuesday, a broadcast focused on science, religion, and philosophy, based on the unifying concepts of The Urantia Book. Broadcasts begin 9:00 PM ET(worldtimezone.com for local start time). Co-hosted by Dr. Chris Halvorson, Andrea Barnes, Brad Garner, Dave Tucker, and Justin Armstrong. Artwork compliments of www.rassouli.com.

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As the religious concepts of primitive man evolved, the spirit world was eventually regarded as being unresponsive to the ordinary mortal. Only the exceptional among humans could catch the ear of the gods; only the extraordinary man or... more

The custom of sacrifice eventually became associated with the idea of the covenant. At last, the gods were conceived of as entering into real agreements with man; and this was a major step in the stabilization of religion. Law,... more

No race has been entirely free from the practice of human sacrifice in some form and at some time. Among many peoples it was long a prevalent practice for fathers, at times of great emotional stress, to sacrifice their first-born sons.... more

Cannibalism was once well-nigh universal among the evolving races. While cannibalism is traditionally horrible to modern civilization, it was a part of the social and religious structure of primitive society. Cannibalism grew up... more

Early in the evolution of religion, there existed two conceptions of sacrifice: the idea of gift sacrifice, which connoted the attitude of thanksgiving; and the idea of debt sacrifice, which embraced the notion of redemption. But in either case,... more

The idea of confession and forgiveness early appeared in primitive religion. Then followed all the meaningless schemes of ritualistic purification. Renunciation came as the next step in religious evolution, penance being the negative form of... more

Primitive man regarded himself as being in debt to the spirits, as standing in need of redemption. As time passed, this concept developed into the doctrine of sin and salvation. The soul was looked upon as coming into the world under... more

Ancient magic was the cocoon of modern science, indispensable in its time but now no longer useful. White and black smiths were feared as practitioners of white and black magic, a belief fostered by the dual spiritism of religion. But as... more

Mankind is progressing from magic to science, not by meditation and reason, but rather through long experience. Man is gradually and painfully backing into the truth—beginning in error, progressing in error, and finally attaining the... more

The Israelites never gave up the peculiar Canaanite belief in the stone altar. They truly believed that the spirit of their God dwelt in such altars, which were in reality fetishes. The practice of opening a sacred book to let the eye chance upon a... more

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