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Is this the greatest holy book or sacred text of the modern era?
I dont think there is anything that can remotely compete with it.

>> No.17907692

>>17907683
Explain

>> No.17907732

>>17907692
it's some scientifically accurate bible fan fic that people swear is legit.

>> No.17907743
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>>17907692
The content and quality of the book, its magnitude and scope, surpasses that of any other religious writing, both modern or ancient.
Combined with its advanced writing style, it leads me to believe it is the closest book we have that is of potential superhuman or divine authorship.

>> No.17907778

>>17907732
It has not been debunked or proven to be a hoax.
And it doesnt claim to be a scientific revelation but religious revelation. The book plainly states that some of the science it presents will be in need of revision when new scientific discoveries are made.

>> No.17907786

>>17907732
101:4.1.
Because your world is generally ignorant of origins, even of physical origins, it has appeared to be wise from time to time to provide instruction in cosmology. And always has this made trouble for the future. The laws of revelation hamper us greatly by their proscription of the impartation of unearned or premature knowledge. Any cosmology presented as a part of revealed religion is destined to be outgrown in a very short time. Accordingly, future students of such a revelation are tempted to discard any element of genuine religious truth it may contain because they discover errors on the face of the associated cosmologies therein presented.
101:4.2.
Mankind should understand that we who participate in the revelation of truth are very rigorously limited by the instructions of our superiors. We are not at liberty to anticipate the scientific discoveries of a thousand years. Revelators must act in accordance with the instructions which form a part of the revelation mandate. We see no way of overcoming this difficulty, either now or at any future time. We full well know that, while the historic facts and religious truths of this series of revelatory presentations will stand on the records of the ages to come, within a few short years many of our statements regarding the physical sciences will stand in need of revision in consequence of additional scientific developments and new discoveries. These new developments we even now foresee, but we are forbidden to include such humanly undiscovered facts in the revelatory records. Let it be made clear that revelations are not necessarily inspired. The cosmology of these revelations is not inspired. It is limited by our permission for the co-ordination and sorting of present-day knowledge. While divine or spiritual insight is a gift, human wisdom must evolve.

>> No.17907792

>>17907786
101:4.3.
Truth is always a revelation: autorevelation when it emerges as a result of the work of the indwelling Adjuster; epochal revelation when it is presented by the function of some other celestial agency, group, or personality.
101:4.4.
In the last analysis, religion is to be judged by its fruits, according to the manner and the extent to which it exhibits its own inherent and divine excellence.

>> No.17907806

I agree with OP, this book is amazing and frankly more meaningful to the present day than the Bible.

>> No.17907951

>>17907786
The prose reads like a teenage amateur on Adderall. Into the trash it goes.

>> No.17907988

>>17907951
No it doesnt. The prose is exquisite, profound and sophisticated.

>> No.17908213

>>17907988
You should read outside the new age movement. For example:
>it has appeared to be wise from time to time to provide instruction in cosmology.
Spot the intentional mistakes? A reasonably erudite human wouldn't write like this, but we're expected that this comes from divine inspiration?

>> No.17908275

>>17908213
What is the intentional mistake?

>> No.17908368

>>17908275
Passive voice, ambiguous subject and object, haughty attitude. Also "time to time" is an anglocentric quirk.

>> No.17908406

>>17907951
103:9.12.
There is a reality in religious experience that is proportional to the spiritual content, and such a reality is transcendent to reason, science, philosophy, wisdom, and all other human achievements. The convictions of such an experience are unassailable; the logic of religious living is incontrovertible; the certainty of such knowledge is superhuman; the satisfactions are superbly divine, the courage indomitable, the devotions unquestioning, the loyalties supreme, and the destinies final—eternal, ultimate, and universal.

>> No.17909305

>>17908368
Seems like exaggerated nitpicking.

>> No.17910598

>>17909305
Not really. It's just poor writing. This is how anglos write when they want to sound profound.

>> No.17910671

>>17907683
>holy book or sacred text
Says who?

>> No.17911221

>>17907683
Don't go that far, OP.
The book will just become the next Paradise Lost, that's it.

>> No.17911482

>>17910598
I'd rather hear criticism about the actual content of the book, its teachings and such.

>> No.17911488

>>17910671
Me, and I've heard others share similar sentiments.

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>>17907683
The Ra Material is better, imo.

>> No.17911691

>>17907786
>we, the superior alien space brothers, can't give you any info proving our superiority, not even one little detail that won't change your lives, because like, orders and stuff
>so just trust us bro
lol

>>17907988
>The prose is exquisite, profound and sophisticated.
Imagine believing this.

>> No.17911693

>>17911482
Then maybe you should just tell us what it teaches, because it's not really obvious from the quotes you've posted.