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Paul Kemp Administrator — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:59:50 +0000

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The Herald: 2017
Urantia Spring -- By Joshua J. Wilson, Tempe, AZ
A Musical Metaphor -- By Dr. Bruce Jackson, Columbia, MO
The Temple Of Spiritual Brotherhood and the Greater Meaning Of Study Groups --
By Charles Laurence Olivea, Santa Fe, NM
What Will We Find in Outer Space? -- By William Sadler Jr.
What is Interfaith? -- By Michael Painter, Plainfield, IN
Who Said That? -- A Quiz
The Shroud of Turin and The Urantia Papers -- By Dennis Marshall, Fort Wayne, IN
Questions About Being Human -- By Michelle Klimesh, San Ramon, CA
What Does The Urantia Book Tell Us Needs to be Accomplished? --
By David Kantor, Boulder, CO
Twelve Ways I Hear From God -- By Richard Rosen, Sebastian, FL

The Herald: 2016
A Circle of Kindred Spirits -- Bobbie Dreier and Francis Oliver Lynn
Listen Up Grandparents and YaYAs -- Sara Blackstock
Early Persecutions of Jesus’ Followers and Dispersion of the Apostles -- Lawrence J. Bowman
Thoughts on the Bestowals of Personality and the Thought Adjuster -- Kermit Anderson
Mindedness and Spirituality, Comments on the Absolutes -- Bill Sadler Jr.
Why Should You Support a Urantia Organization Like The Urantia Book Fellowship? -- Paula Thompson
Top/Down -- Gary Deinstadt
Healing Meditation—A Poem -- K. Brendi Poppel
The Nature of Personal Reality -- Byron Belitsos
Jesus Said - A Puzzle

The Herald: 2015
Effective Study Group Leadership -- David Kulieke
Can We Have a Universal Standard of Morality -- Dave Holt
Destiny of the Master Michaels? -- Bill Sadler Jr.
The Urantia Book and Its Mission -- Charles Laurence Olivea
Is The Urantia Book a Sacred Text -- David Kantor
Sixty-Four Original Urantia Book Concepts -- Dr. William Sadler
Society Evolving: Chaos, Progress, and Order -- Lawrence Schkade
The Importance of Christian Ministry -- Preston Thomas

The Herald: 2014
The Rehabilitation of Urantia -- Carolyn Kendall
The Journey Following Mortal Death -- William S. Sadler, Jr.
Pursuing Supremacy: How Might the Master Seraphim and Human Beings Collaborate?
Urantian Language and the Preservation of Meaning -- Richard Daunt
Origin, Nature, Ministry, and Destiny of Thought Adjusters -- David Glass
Spiritual Unity -- Richard Goodman
Prayer? Why Bother? -- Linda Buselli

The Herald: 2013
Spiritual Genetics -- Steve Dreier
Religion of One -- Rev. Gary Deinstadt
A Cosmology of Race -- Charles Olivea
Exploring the Inner Life -- Dave Holt
Spiritual Faith, Uncertainty, and Cosmic Citizenship -- David Kantor
Moods, Music and Magic of The Urantia Book -- David Glass
A Statistical Test of the Hypothesis of Human Authorship of The Urantia Book -- Dr. Philip Calabrese

The Herald: 2012
Souls on Purpose: The Personal Creed Project -- John Creger
Evolutionary Spirituality -- Steve Macintosh
Urantia, 606 of Satania: Concerning the Inhabited Worlds of the Satania System -- Israel Dix
Perfecting, Neuroplasticity, and the Supreme Actualizing -- Lawrence Schkade
Race and The Urantia Book -- Earlene Green
Religion of Experience vs Religion of Authority -- Richard S. Omura
The Forgotten Urantian: Dr. Lena Sadler -- Larry Mullins
Cosmology in the Light of The Urantia Book -- Philip Calabrese

The Herald: 2011
The First Epochal Revelation in American Indian Traditions -- Dave Holt
The Power of The Name of Jesus -- Charles Laurence Olivea
Machiventa Melchizedek -- One of History's Mysteries
Getting Closer to God -- Approaching The Universal Father
One Man's Tour Through The Evolutionary Debate

The Herald: 2010
The World is Not Coming to an End -- Carolyn Kendall, Barbara Newsom
Religion of Experience vs. Religion of Authority -- Richard S. Omura
God Consciousness -- Charles Laurence Olivea
How Well Do You Know the Apostles?
The Urantia Book, Human Concepts, and Revelatory Validation -- David Elders
Understanding the Relation of Love to the Mind -- Sheila Keene-Lund
Cosmic Socialization and Planetary Citizenship -- Dave Holt
Testimonial of One Second-Generation Urantian -- Angela Thurston
Introducing The Urantia Book Historical Society
The Problem of Business -- Dan Amyx
Crouching Deity/Hidden Supreme -- Bob Debold

The Herald: 2009
In Search of the Historical Onamonalonton -- Dave Holt
The Role of Emotions and Feelings on an Evolutionary Word -- Nancy Johnson
Joy in the Worm Bin -- Sara Blackstock
Do You Remember These? -- A Quiz
Ten Lessons from the Vineyard -- Arnie Ondis
Solar System Discoveries that Corroborate The Urantia Book -- Philip Calabrese
The Book—a Poem -- M. Sanders
A Lesson from a Mouse -- Robert Seubert
The Third Cosmic Circle -- Richare Guevara
Becoming an Effective Missionary Evangel -- David Kantor
The Limitless Spectrum of Education -- David Glass
Urantia University - U2 -- David Nash
Our Creative Deities—A Supreme Relationship -- Linda Buselli

The Herald: 2008
Celestial Ministry: Seen and Unseen -- Michelle Klimesh
The Supreme and Outreach -- Arlene and Buck Weimer
Guess Who's Coming Next? -- Carolyn Kendall
A Missionary Experience in Turkey -- Bill Rocap
You Be The Book -- Michael Painter
The Start of a Worthy New Tradition
The Significance of the Sevenfold Bestowal Career -- David Glass
The Urantia Book Is Not What It Used To Be -- Halbert Katzen
Law is Life Itself -- Linda Buselli
Moral Cosmic Citizenship -- Doreen Heyne
The Roots of Morality -- Henry Begemann
Casting Pearls Before Personality -- David Elders

The Herald: 2007
Amazing Human Aspects of Epochal Revelation -- Paula Thompson
Archangels: Agents of Epochal Change -- Carolyn Kendall
Update: The Coming Scientific Validation -- Dr. Philip Calabrese
Participatory Evolution -- Jacob Dix
Personality and Man -- George Park
The Golden Rule -- Robert Burns
Science Fiction for Agondonters -- Cece Forrester
Loving Service -- Phil Taylor
The Kingdom and the Supreme -- David Kantor

The Herald: 2006
Guardian Angels -- Charles Olivea
Youth and The Urantia Book -- Gina Buselli
Prophecy and The Urantia Book -- Preston Thomas
Serving: A Cookbook for the Soul -- Bill and Share Beasley
What is Personality? -- Berkeley Elliott
The Coming Scientific Validation of The Urantia Book -- Dr. Philip Calabrese

The Herald: 2005
The Next Fifty Years: Dissemination -- Charles Olivea
The New Revelation of the Living Jesus -- Peter Holley
Untitled Poem -- David Glass
On Removing The Barrier to a Civilized Discussion Of Eugenics -- Finnie
Becoming a Universe-Conscious Citizen -- Nancy Johnson
At Home In The Universe: Stephen Zendt
Pattern of Unity: Jean-Pierre Heudier
Journey to India: Legacy of the Sethite Teachers -- Dave Holt
Thoughts About the Future of our Urantia Community -- Sara Blackstock
Legacy in Peril: Children and the Urantia Community -- Tom Allen
Putting the Teachings into Action -- Steve McIntosh
Science Cannot Replace Religion -- Dr. Antti Roine
A Reed Singing -- Dave Holt

The Herald: 2004
Illumination/Transformation -- Doreen Heyne
An Essay on Hope -- David Kantor
The Rise of Spiritual Technology -- Richard Omura
Meditation in The Urantia Book, Jesus Style -- Peter Holley
The Art of Marriage -- Arlene and Buck Weimer
Room in My Heart -- Dave Holt
A Trace of God -- Steven Hecht
The Golden Rule in Business -- Larry Mullins
The Lighter Side -- Charles Montgomery

The Herald: Summer 2003
A Jewish Girl Finds Jesus -- Bobbie Dreier
Ruminations on Revelation -- Steven Hecht
Safeguarding the Symbols of Urantian Faith -- David Kantor
When Belief Becomes Faith -- Al Lockett
The Patterns of Revelation -- Linda Buselli
The Difficulty of Being Objective -- Nancy Johnson
Closed Circle or Open Book -- Stephen Zendt
The Origin of the Spiritual Fellowship -- Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
A Dialogue About "The Kingdom" -- Claudia Ayers and Lee Smith
Anti-Terror Treatise -- Stephen Zendt

The Herald: Summer 2002
Reflections on the Urantia Movement in 2002 -- Dr. Philip Calabrese
Centering--A Method of Divine Embrace -- Marvin Gawryn
Eugenics and The Urantia Book: Another Perspective -- Dr. Paul Premsagar
Revelatory Mouthpiecing -- Finnie
Faith Wiring in the Brain -- Sara Blackstock
In Search of the Error So Great -- Nancy Johnson
Jesus' Miracles and the Father's Will -- Ron Besser
Not What We Give, But What We Share -- James Lowell
A Demystification and Redefinition of Cult -- Alison Gardner
Religious Practice and the Urantia Revelation -- Byron Belitsos
The Gift of Tolerance -- Karen Larson

The Herald: Summer 2001
A Source Study of Paper 159, "Instruction for Teachers and Believers" -- M. Block
Show Us A Miracle -- Behz Sarmast
Universal Religion: An Interfaith Presentation -- Les Jamieson
Ethical Eugenics: A Modest Proposal for the 21st Century -- Charles Montgomery
Last Mountain in Vancouver -- Gina Buselli

The Herald: Summer 2000
Thinking About Tomorrow -- Carolyn Kendall
Restated in Modern Phraseology -- David Elders
Scientific Predictions of The Urantia Book, Part II -- Dr. Irwin Ginsburgh
"I Will Tell Them A Story" -- Stephen Zendt
The Science of Parenting -- Sara Blackstock
The Ethics of Genetic Control and Social Engineering -- Charles Olivea
The Intellectual Role of The Urantia Book -- Finnie

The Herald: Winter 1999
The Family: Birthplace of Cosmic Citizens -- Paul Snider
An Expression of Cosmic Worship -- David Glass
Two Cosmologies: Astronomy and The Urantia Book -- Dr. Irwin Ginsburgh
Reflections on Cosmic Citizenship ( Rumor, Gossip, Hearsay) -- Stephen Dreier
The Dual Nature of Supremacy -- Linda Buselli

The Herald: Spring 1999
The Challenge of the 21st Century -- Dr. Meredith Sprunger
On Facing Millenial Change -- Byron Belitsos
Magisterial Missions -- Behzad Sarmast
Springtime: A Study of the Future -- Henry Begemann
Whither Goest Thou, Woman? -- Jeanne Melchior
The Seven Psychic Circles -- Linda Buselli
On Removing the Barrier to a Civilized Discussion of Eugenics -- Finnie
The Basket -- A poem by Charlene Morrow

The Herald: Fall 1998
On the Brink of the Most Amazing and Enthralling Epoch -- Carolyn Kendall
Let Your Soul Decide -- Richard Omura
The Urantia Papers From a Jewish Perspective -- Martin Greenhut
Concepts of Trust and Hope in The Urantia Book -- Marilynn Kulieke
48 Chromosomes: Are We Asking the Right Questions? -- Ken Glasziou

What Lies Ahead? The Grand Solar Minimum not Global Warming according to factual science

Paul Kemp Administrator — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 02:07:13 +0000

What Lies Ahead? The Grand Solar Minimum

BY TYLER DURDEN

WEDNESDAY, MAR 03, 2021 - 19:20

Submitted by Luke Eastwood

We are all aware of the environnmental crisis that humanity (and all life on Earth) faces, characterised by the term ‘climate change’. Much of the current thinking in the scientific community is promoting the idea that our planet is rapidly warming due to excess CO2 (carbon dioxide) gas produced by humans in the last few centuries, and the last 70 years in particular.

While there is a very strong and hard to deny case to suggest that human activity is the main cause of environmental destruction, the premise that it is due primarily to CO2 emissions is beginning to look somewhat flawed. I am well aware that the previous sentence is likely to draw a lot of negative attention and criticism, with accusations of ‘climate denier’ being thrown at me. However, the situation is not that simple as to be a case of ‘global warming’ being the main influence or no influence at all.

The reality of the situation is complex. In my opinion the main drivers of the environmental crisis are many, but put in simple terms – destruction of wild habitats, pollution due to industrialisation, over-use of soils, over-population, erosion of soils leading to desertification or barren, infertile landscapes, monoculture agriculture and climate fluctuations. Notice that I did not use the term ‘climate change’ which in the current scientific norm implies warming.

While the planet has undoubtedly warmed up, in part due to human activity and CO2 production, the current popular thinking completely ignores historical CO2 levels beyond the last millennium and also the primary input on temperatures on this planet and all eight of the planets in this solar system. That input, although largely ignored at the moment, is of course our sun, which on average generates 3.8 x 1026 Joules (energy) per second. Human energy usage per year is around 5 x 1020 Joules, which is about 1 million times less than the Sun produces during 1 second! In fact, in the whole of human history we have used less energy that the Sun produces in that 1 second.

So, given the above, it stand to reason that the energy of the Sun must have a significant effect on the energy available on this planet and the heat energy (temperature) that is captured by it, as it rotates around the Sun. If we look at the history of Earth, particularly through the use of ice-core samples, we can see that the temperatures on our planet follow a very distinct pattern. On a macro level this can be observed as a huge cycle of glacials (ice-ages) and interglacials, with the ice ages lasting many times longer than the interglacial (warm) periods. We are currently in an interglacial, which began approximately 11,500 years ago and it is estimated that it will end some time within the next 50,000 years.

On a micro level, the Sun undergoes cycles of around 11 years known as the solar magnetic activity cycle, which has been studied and recorded by humans for approximately 400 years. During each cycle the number of sunspots peaks and falls in a recognisable pattern. However, this pattern of approx. 11 years is itself part of a much longer solar pattern of solar minimums and solar maximums. For instance the Medieval maximum (grand solar maximum) lasted from 1100-1250 (warm period) and the famous Maunder Minimum (grand solar minimum) lasted from 1645-1715 (cold period). The later was known as a mini ice age due the particularly drastic drop in global temperatures that affected crop-growth and led to bitter winters for a period of 70 years.

Scientists that study the sun are well aware of these periodic cycles both on the 11 year scale and on the larger scale of 70–100 years, known as the Gleissberg cycle. We have just finished a solar maximum cycle of around 70 years and are now heading into a both a new 11 year cycle and a new grand solar minimum cycle that will reach its lowest (coldest) point some time between 2030 and 2040. You don’t need to take my word for it – this has been confirmed by NASA and by the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA). NOAA predictions of sunspot and radio flux appears to show a ‘full-blown’ grand solar minimum (GSM) which will last from the late-2020s to at least the 2040s.

This means that the coming solar minimum is going to be not only a grand solar minimum, but perhaps the worst one since the Maunder Minimum in the 1600s. One would expert this to have been front-page news, but outside of the scientific community this information is virtually unheard of and little understood. One must ask – why is this the case? The simple answer to this question is that the solar predictions destroy the current scientific and cultural narrative of ‘Climate Change’ in the form of warming.

There will indeed be climate change in the coming decades, but for the next 10 to 40 years it is going to get colder, not warmer! The same thing will happen on the 7 other planets in this solar system, because the main factor affecting planetary temperatures is the activity of the Sun. Given that so much time, effort and money has been invested in ‘global warming’ as a premise for change in how human society is run, it is very much an “inconvenient truth” that is beginning to arrive just at the time when we are beginning to take more affirmative action on environmental issues.

The controversial news that the Earth (and all 7 other planets) will cool down in the next 10-40 years is politically highly inconvenient and that is why it is being kept quiet. Getting rid of fossil fuels, caring for our environment, lowering industrial output, ending industrial farming and reducing livestock, plus a gradual reduction in the human population are all excellent goals. Unfortunately the rationale for doing this, that has been sold to the public, is most likely entirely misguided. The net effect of this false premise may well be that environmentalists and main-stream public scientists will look like fools by the end of this decade. The cooling of planet Earth may well be seen as justification to abandon environmental concerns and reform of our economic systems, which would be a terrible tragedy.

In order to avoid this highly likely total embarrassment, world governments and the scientific community need to admit that the coming dip in solar energy output is going to lead to the cooling of our planet for at least 2 decades, possibly 4 or 5 or even 7 decades! This is not conspiracy, this is not mis-information or propaganda – this is proven, verifiable fact which can be validated by current solar observation, previous observation of sun cycles for 400 years and ice-core samples stretching back millions of years.

As someone who has been involved in the environmental movement since I was 16, when I joined a conservation group at college, I am very concerned about how this plays out. If the public feels that they have been lied to it may lead to a backlash and a disinterest in environmental issues. The reasons I outlined at the beginning of this article are more than sufficient for humanity to change its modus operandi. One does not need to concoct highly improbable narratives about the world ‘burning up’ within decades to justify environmental activism. In fact the coming GSM is likely to produce similar negative effects to predicted ‘global warming’, such as habitat loss, loss of farming land, a drop in food availability, migration, social unrest and possibly other problems too.

It is time that the whole ‘climate change’ theory was re-assessed and the known solar activity cycle as observed by NOAA and NASA taken into account. To fail to do so is total folly and only creates another problem, that will come back to haunt us if the grand solar minimum is ignored. We do need to take better care of our world and learn to live far more harmoniously within it, but we need to base our actions on good science and not on misleading or inaccurate information.

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