Marriage and Family Life—A Superaphic Presentation

Marriage and Family Life, Paper 84, as well as Papers 82 & 83 on marriage are “presented by the Chief of Seraphim” on our beloved world—“a volunteer supernaphim of the primary order serving on Urantia as the successor of the onetime chief of the angelic hosts of the planet who defaulted” who “preside[s] over th[e] council of seraphic chiefs.”  [TUB ] Marriage and our families, which are undergoing such dramatic testing worldwide, are important to our planet or the authors would not have devoted three papers and more to them. We invite you to call in with quotes for discussion or discoveries in your application of these truths to your own life.  We’ll make it a study group discussion on what The Urantia Book says about marriage and family and your experiences with these vital institutions! To whet your appetite for this discussion, consider some of what a superangel of Paradise says: “[H]ome building should be the center and essence of all educational effort.” [84:0.1] “[O]nly families are continuing agencies in social evolution. The family is the channel through which the river of culture and knowledge flows from one generation to another.” [84:0.2] “A man and a woman, co-operating, even aside from family and offspring, are vastly superior in most ways to either two men or two women. This pairing of the sexes enhanced survival and was the very beginning of human society.” [84:1.9] “[A]ny attempt to shift parental responsibility to state or church will prove suicidal to the welfare and advancement of civilization.” [84:7.27] Call in with your reflections and heartfelt expression on these and other aspects of the significance of marriage and family life.