Paper 84 Paper 86
See Etymology of Coined Terminology.
Introduction
Section 1: Worship of Stones and Hills
p2: meteor From Sky & Telescope: “On December 2, 1880, a 6-pound meteorite fell at the feet of two Brahmins near Andhra, India, who immediately proclaimed themselves as ministers of the “Miraculous God” and attracted up to 10,000 pilgrims a day.”
p5: aborigines/aboriginal are used thirteen times, including the one time it is preceded by “so-called” in reference to the secondary Sangik mixture found in southern Indian at 79:2.2. The other references, involving the original Andonic stock are at: (61:6.3), (61:7.4), (63:4.3), (63:5.4), (64:1.0), (64:7.18), (76:2.4), (78: 1.5), (79:2.2), (81:4.4,9), (85:1.5).
Section 2: Worship of Plants and Trees
p3: medicinal See Topical Study: Health and Healing.
p4: Semite etymology: 1847, “a Jew, Arab, Assyrian, or Aramaean” (an apparently isolated use from 1797 refers to the Semitic language group), back-formation from Semitic or else from French Sémite (1845), from Modern Latin Semita, from Late Latin Sem “Shem,” one of the three sons of Noah (Genesis x.21-30), regarded as the ancestor of the Semites (in old Bible-based anthropology), from Hebrew Shem. In modern sense said to have been first used by German historian August Schlözer in 1781.
Section 3: The Worship of Animals
p3: immune See Topical Study: Health and Healing.
p5: See Robert Sarmast video on “The Urantia Religion – Power of Symbolism.” List of quotes used in his presentation.
Section 4: Worship of the Elements
p1: Original printing reads, “Baptism became a religious ceremonial in Babylon, and the Greeks practiced the annual ritual bath.” Suggested change, “Baptism became a religious ceremonial in Babylon, and the Creeks practiced the annual ritual bath.” STRC rejection, “This passage parallels the first paragraph of Chapter IV in Origin and Evolution of Religion by E. Washburn Hopkins, (1923), which refers to Creeks. The typographical difference between Greeks and Creeks is only one letter–an easy error–however, the flow of references is slightly different, making Creeks seem out of context in the Urantia Book. Further, and more importantly, it is inappropriate to modify the text of the UB based on an assumed link to another text. If the revalators had stated that they were quoting Hopkins, or if there were no Greeks who practiced the annual ritual bath (which is not true–such a rite was practiced by the adherents of the Eleusinian mysteries, one of the largest cults of the Greek world in the times prior to Jesus’ bestowal), then it could be reasonably asserted that a typographical mistake had been made. In the absence of such a material error or direct assertion by the author of the paper, such a change is beyond the scope of the editor’s range of action. The authors of the UB often adapted pre-existing texts to their own purposes–modifying them as they deemed appropriate.”
Section 5: Worship of the Heavenly Bodies
Section 6: Worship of Man
p2: abnormal, idiot See SubTopical Study: “Where the Alpheus twins subnormal?”
abnormal is used six times: (52:2.11,12), (84:4.5), (85:6.2), (90:1.2), (100:5.9).
feeble-minded(ness) See cross-reference study: Where the Alpheus twins subnormal?.
Section 7: The Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom
Additional notes:
Matthew Block suggests that the following authors were influential in writing of this Paper and has prepared a parallel chart:
E. Washburn Hopkins, Ph.D., LL.D., Origin and Evolution of Religion (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923) Wikipedia page.
William Graham Sumner and Albert Galloway Keller, The Science of Society, Volume II (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1927) Wikipedia page: Sumner. Wikipedia page: Keller.
William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, and Maurice Rea Davie, The Science of Society, Volume IV (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1927)
Ernest William Barnes, Scientific Theory and Religion: The World Described by Science and Its Spiritual Interpretation (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933) Wikipedia page.