Paper 89 - Square Circles Publishing

SOURCE OR PARALLEL URANTIA PAPER 89In fact, there lies behind the aforesaidneutrality-toll the widespread notion thatman is by his actions, wittingly orunwittingly, always in sin—even that hehas come into the world already sinfuland under peril. “Original sin” maybelong, as a dogma, to a more developedstage of civilization, but the convictionthat anyone may at any time sin, and sobe a candidate for punishment, is entirelycorrelative with the common experienceof all mankind ... (S&K 1210).the concept of sin and of original sinbecame widespread,so that sacrifice for accidental andpersonal sin evolved into the doctrine ofsacrifice for the atonement of racial sin.An “unknown god” might, at any time,resent lack of propitiation. The only safecourse, under these circumstances, was toatone regularly and punctiliously for whatsins one must have committed or must becommitting that he could not know about.It was a sort of blanket insurance-device,covering visitations of the aleatoryelement not otherwise provided against(S&K 1211-12).The atonement of the sacrifice was ablanket insurance device which coveredeven the resentment and jealousy of anunknown god.89:4.6 Surrounded by so manysensitive spirits and grasping gods,There are so many creditors amongthe deities that it seems to be more than alife’s work for a man to get out of debt(S&K IV 649).primitive man was face to face with sucha host of creditor deities that it requiredall the priests, ritual, and sacrificesthroughout an entire lifetime to get himout of spiritual debt.The doctrine of original sin, or racialguilt, started every person out in seriousdebt to the spirit powers.22