Star Power is intended to provide visitors with an appreciation of the famous people who have become associated with The Urantia Book over the years. There is no suggestion by the inclusion of this information that The Urantia Book is any more credible on an objective level because of these associations. Nor is it suggested that all the people listed are or were “believers” in The Urantia Book. If people have had at some point or currently do have some degree of appreciation for The Urantia Book, then they qualify for being on this list.
Objective credibility is, of course, an impersonal, hard facts issue. Objective credibility is what the reports are all about. Star Power is included simply because we are people. Personal credibility matters to whatever degree we make it matter. Notwithstanding that Star Power is not substantive, is highly subjective and is, well, personal, it is nonetheless an issue that we humans tend to appreciate for whatever personal reasons we have for doing so. If you know of anyone that you think should be added to Star Power, please get in touch.
Here are pdf’s of the original UBtheNEWS Star Power pages:
Adventures
Entries include: Sir Hubert Wilkins.
Authors:
Entries include: Deepak Chopra, Stephen Covey, and Marianne Williamson.
Also: J.J. Benitez: Spanish fiction author. In some of his work, he borrowed directly and extensively from Urantia Book cosmology.
Movies
Entries include: Lew Ayres and Elvis Presley.
Note: A link in the PDF made from the original UBtheNEWS.com page no longer works. It relates to Lew Ayers being mentioned in a 1957 Urantia Brotherhood report. This is the new link for that information.
Musicians
Entries include: Pato Banton, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Kerry Livgren, Jaco Pastorius, Elvis Presley, Carlos Santana, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sun Ra, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Additional note re: Carlos Santana: guitarist. On November 15, 2011 at 7:52 pm, he posted the following to his Facebook page:
“Greetings, children of light & love! (A Flow of Consciousness by Carlos 11/15/11)/Greetings, children of light & love!/I find myself reading The Urantia Book,/Specifically: paper 134 section 6 -/LAW, LIBERTY, AND SOVEREIGNTY/And truly it resonates with my spirit/to attain tangible lasting world peace…/Is what we all desire wish and need./I invite you to join in creating a new/World government that is NOT about/One nations self interest above all others/Or one religion (can we agree that GOD is too big for one religion?),/Yet for the highest good of life, people and the planet./I see 27 beings of light (woman and man)/That calibrate high with integrity and divinity./For Example:/Reverend Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou,/His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Oprah Winfrey,/Mr. Harry Belafonte, Miss Marianne Williamson,/Mr. President Carter & Dolores Huerta./You see my point?/Weapons of mass compassion people/You are welcome and free to create your own list/I find it fascinating that words from this chapter,/Haile Selassie and Bob Marley used the foundation/for their principles, beliefs and songs/Feedback?/The goal is to attain a new perception in human global behavior/That our children’s children enjoy/Only peace and peace alone/For everyone for ever more/Peace/Carlos”
Visual Artists
Entries include: Gustav Liken and Robert Venosa.
Additional research:
Scientists:
Kary Mullis: Nobel prize-winning American biochemist. His website has some references to how science offers support for Urantia Book history.