Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet - Part 5

This Saturday, we continue to explore life on a "not far-distant planet" in our local system of inhabited worlds. Last week, in Part 4 of our study, we marveled at this amazing and unprecedented presentation in the Urantia Revelation. Scrutinizing the similarities and differences between our world and theirs. So far we've covered the following fascinating features concerning life on this other world: 1.The Continental Nation, 2.Political Organization, 3.The Home Life, 4.The Educational System, 5.Industrial Organization, 6.Old-Age Insurance and 7.Taxation. This week we hope to cover, at least sections 8.The Special Colleges, 9.The Plan of Universal Suffrage and 10.Dealing with Crime.  Then perhaps one more week for 11.Military Preparedness and finally 12.The Other Nations. This is one of the longest of the Urantia Papers. It contains 12 sections that are deeply relevant and timely for us during this election cycle! For instance, consider these tidbits to come: On universal suffrage: Every man and woman of twenty years and over has one vote. Upon attaining this age, all citizens must accept membership in two voting groups: They will join the first in accordance with their economic function—industrial, professional, agricultural, or trade; they will enter the second group according to their political, philosophic, and social inclinations. All workers thus belong to some economic franchise group, and these guilds, like the noneconomic associations, are regulated much as is the national government with its threefold division of powers. On dealing with crime: The methods of this people in dealing with crime, insanity, and degeneracy, while in some ways pleasing, will, no doubt, in others prove shocking to most Urantians. Please join again this week for Government on a Neighboring Planet.