Bio
Chris Halvorson has a Ph.D. in physics and worked as a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder from 1987 through 2013. He discovered The Urantia Book in 1990, started leading a weekly study group in 1995, which eventually turned into the Perfecting Horizons Institute (PHI) in 2013. PHI is the educational outreach arm of Perfecting Horizons, Inc., a nonprofit corporation. His efforts are made available at Perfecting Horizons Institute and include writings, videos, and audio recordings.
The following contributions are incorporated into this annotation and study aid effort:
Audio recordings
Logical Consistency vs. Personal Creativity: Highly recommended. For the 2010 UBtheNEWS Education for Outreach conference, I chose this topic for Chris, knowing he would do a great job of it. Urantia Book readers tend to love this presentation a lot and rightly so. The slide presentation is also included for you to watch as you listen.
UFO’s and nonbreathers: A perennial topic, as intriguing today as ever. Chris speculates about whether the nonbreathers are from a planet at the edge of the Kuiper Cliff, beyond Pluto and whether the nordic looking aliens might be secondary midwayers.
Writings
UBtheNEWS report collaborations
Chromosome Count Report
Eugenics, Race, and The Urantia Book: Chris helped with Appendix 1: Urantia Book-based Taxonomy. This effort has been updated into something much more accessible. See Genetic Introductions, Mutations, and Evolution: a Urantia Book perspective.
Inner Ionosphere Report
Mercury’s Rotation Report
Sierra Mountains Report
Tycho’s Nova Report
Other writings
History of Life: Highly recommended. A perspective on why Urantia Book dates increasingly diverge from “what science says,” the further back in time we go.
Sangiks and Adjutant Mind Spirits: Highly recommended. This is a response to a question on the topic.
Unborn Children
When was Jesus’ Birthday: This study, focused on determining the day of the week on which Jesus was born, necessarily gets into insightful analysis about the relationship between the Gregorian and Julian Calendars.