Paper 89 - Square Circles Publishing

SOURCE OR PARALLEL URANTIA PAPER 89XXXII: SIN, EXORCISM, COERCION(Sumner & Keller 1133)§274.* Sin. (Sumner & Keller 1133)89:2.2 As the savage mind evolved tothat point where it envisaged both goodand bad spirits, and when the tabooreceived the solemn sanction of evolvingreligion, the stage was all set for theappearance of the new conception of sin.The idea of sin was universallyestablished in the world before revealedreligion ever made its entry.[See 86:3.3.]The man who has broken a taboo hassinned, and the wages of sin must beapportioned to him. One tree in Eden wasput under taboo; man must renounce itsfruit, for on the day on which he ate of ithe would surely die (S&K 1133).It should be noted at the outset that sin isritual, not rational; and that it is a matterof act, not of thought, intent, or state ofmind (S&K 1134).It was only by the concept of sin thatnatural death became logical to theprimitive mind.Sin was the transgression of taboo, anddeath was the penalty of sin.89:2.3 Sin was ritual, not rational; anact, not a thought.And this entire concept of sin wasfostered by the lingering traditions ofDilmun and the days of a little paradiseon earth.The tradition of Adam and the Garden ofEden also lent substance toThe belief is always present, byimplication at least, that there was once asinless time, when all were happy; thiswas the Golden Age.the dream of a onetime “golden age” ofthe dawn of the races.10