Paper 89 - Square Circles Publishing

SOURCE OR PARALLEL URANTIA PAPER 89[The erotic and the religious seem often to beclosely allied one to the other. Religion runs outinto sensuality and obscenity beyond description.It is not necessary to go beyond the mention of thismatter: there is unlimited license and debauch; alltaboos, even that proscribing incest, are suspended;the carnal runs out into unimagined variety andinventiveness (S&K 1192-93).] [See also S&K IV642.]89:3.7 Someday man should learn howto enjoy liberty without license,nourishment without gluttony, andpleasure without debauchery.Self-control is a better human policy ofbehavior regulation than is extremeself-denial.[See 143:2.] Nor did Jesus ever teach theseunreasonable views to his followers.XI: SACRIFICE (Hopkins 151)4. ORIGINS OF SACRIFICEThere have been various theories as to theorigin of sacrifice but none is satisfactory,because, though all are correct in theirinterpretation of certain phenomena, allare deficient in that they are intended tomake one interpretation cover allphenomena (H 151).Before man had a clear conception ofa spirit inhabiting a body, when he fearsrather the power of the jungle than anydemon in it, when he has no thought of alump of metal being the home of a spiritbut yet entreats it as a living whole, hemakes, in this attitude of mind, first of alla gesture indicating his appreciation ofthe power. If he is accustomed toprostrate himself before his chief, that isthe gesture he employs; if merely to bowthe head or stretch forth the arms, that ishis gesture here (H 151-52).89:4.1 Sacrifice as a part of religiousdevotions, like many other worshipfulrituals, did not have a simple and singleorigin.The tendency to bow down before powerand to prostrate oneself in worshipfuladoration in the presence of mystery18