What is UBtheNEWS?
The UBtheNEWS project focuses on how new discoveries and scientific advances increasingly support Urantia Book history. By asserting that “the historic facts and religious truths of this series of revelatory presentations will stand on the records of the ages to come …,” a test is established that we can use to help assess the book’s general credibility.
Even if verifications of the history do not prove the book’s claim of celestial authorship or substantiate other statements, establishing a continuing pattern of support across numerous fields of science weighs favorably on authorship credibility.
History of UBtheNEWS
In 2007, I started publishing UBtheNEWS reports. They presume the reader knows nothing about The Urantia Book and is unfamiliar with the science or discovery used to support something stated in the text. Within a few years, after posting about twenty reports, a considerable backlog of work developed. “Research Pages” were introduced to get information out more quickly. These only had a few comments, key Urantia Book passages, and links to the related research.
For the first several years of the project, I toured the United States, giving over 125 presentations and meeting with university professors and researchers. The on-the-road adventure wound down in 2010 with a UBtheNEWS sponsored “Education for Outreach” conference in Boulder, Colorado. Over 100 people attended. The Updates page goes as far back as Trail Tales from the early years of the project.
In 2017, I learned how to be my own webmaster and broadened my efforts to include all manner of Urantia Book study aids. The original UBtheNEWS.com reports were brought into UBannotated as PDF’s. The process of recreating and updating the PDF’s as UBannotated pages is largely completed but still ongoing.
UBtheNEWS Today
The UBtheNEWS project continues. I do research; people from all around the world pass along corroborating information. This information gets posted to the UBtheNEWS page and cross-referenced with annotations. Substack articles keep people updated about the progress. Please subscribe!
See also:
What does The Urantia Book say about its creation and the time period?
Revelatory Permissions and Limitations
AI series: The history of technology and study aids. This originated with a UBtheNEWS email on how defendants in AI lawsuits were using Urantia Foundation vs. Maaherra for support. Then, it evolved into a comprehensive review the Urantia movement as it relates to technology and study aids.