AFFIDAVIT OF HARRY MCMULLAN, III

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA

MICHAEL FOUNDATION, INC.,
a Not For Profit corporation,

Plaintiff and Defendant-in-Counterclaim,

v. Case No. CIV-00-885-W

URANTIA FOUNDATION,
an Illinois Charitable Trust,

Defendant and Counterclaimant.

- AND -

URANTIA FOUNDATION,

Counterclaimant and Third
Party Plaintiff

HARRY McMULLAN III,
a citizen of Oklahoma,

Third Party Defendant,

and MICHAEL FOUNDATION, INC.,
a Not For Profit corporation

Defendant-in-Counterclaim.

AFFIDAVIT OF HARRY MCMULLAN, III
I, Harry McMullan, III, upon my oath, depose and state:
1. Except as otherwise indicated, I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein.
The Structure of The Urantia Book
2. I first came across The Urantia Book over 30 years ago, and have been a consistent reader of it ever since. I have attended scores of seminars and conferences where subject matter from The Urantia Book has been expostulated. I am the author of the only comprehensive index to The Urantia Book ever published, Index to The Urantia Book, which is 455 pages long and consists of some 25,000 entry-references. I have read The Urantia Book many times and I am very familiar with its structure and contents.
3. On the basis of my knowledge, I can state that it is most definitely structured as a unified, single work. My statement is based on the following factors:
a. The Urantia Book narrative begins with the divine and the eternal, and works its way toward the human and the temporal.
b. The individual chapters, referred to as "Papers" in The Urantia Book, are numbered sequentially from 1 to 196. There is a logical grouping of subject matter in Parts I, II, III, and IV; however, chapter numbers do not restart with each "Part" as if they were separate works.
c. Events in human history are treated chronologically.
d. The Urantia Book is a unified whole that tells its story in a natural way that gives meaning to each individual part in relation to the entire book. Like all good books, The Urantia Book has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and each part is necessary for one's understanding of the entire work.
e. Concepts may be introduced at one point, but only described in detail later. For example, the concept of Thought Adjusters, which is fundamental to understanding The Urantia Book, is introduced as early as page 3 in the Foreword, but isn't fully dealt with until chapters 107 to 111. That and hundreds of other concepts described in various places in the book are treated with the utmost consistency, so that information in one chapter compliments and enhances information on that subject found in other places. Intimate linkages in subject references exist throughout the chapters and across the length and breadth of The Urantia Book. These linkages are too numerous, profound, and extensive to admit of any conclusion but that The Urantia Book is intended to be a single book.
4. The Foreword and the 196 chapters of The Urantia Book are arranged in a logical progression. I have never heard a follower of The Urantia Book assert the notion that the order of the chapters, or even sections within chapters, might be rearranged without serious loss of meaning.
5. The Urantia Book is a unified whole in terms of its orderly chronological progression. For example, the chapter "The Marine-Life Era On Urantia" (chapter 59) obviously must come before "Urantia During the Early Land-Life Era" (chapter 60), which in turn must precede "The Mammalian Era on Urantia" (chapter 61). Similarly, "The Early Childhood of Jesus" (chapter 123) must precede "The Later Childhood of Jesus" (chapter 124). These chapters hang together and complement each other. Many parts of The Urantia Book contain chronological narratives; those chapters are arranged in the only way that would make sense.
6. Many chapters of The Urantia Book are structured so as to show a progression of relationship; namely, from the highest to the lowest. That principle, as stated in The Urantia Book, is:
"The human mind would ordinarily crave to approach the cosmic philosophy portrayed in these revelations by proceeding from the simple and the finite to the complex and the infinite, from human origins to divine destinies. But that path does not lead to spiritual wisdom. … When the human mind undertakes to follow the philosophic technique of starting from the lower to approach the higher, whether in biology or theology, it is always in danger of committing four errors of reasoning: …

Therefore, because of these and for still other reasons, do we employ the technique of approaching man and his planetary problems by embarkation on the time-space journey from the infinite, eternal, and divine Paradise Source and Center of all personality reality and all cosmic existence." (p. 215)

7. The first 10 chapters tell us about God the Father and two divine Co-ordinates who together form the Trinity. Chapter 11 describes Paradise, where they live. The narrative moves out from the First Cause and that which is eternal and divine, toward that which is more limited by time and space and of the nature of human beings in a manner consistent with the above quote from page 215.
8. In chapter 21 we learn about an order of beings called "Creator Sons," and how God has sent them out from Paradise to create "local universes" in time and space. Apart from this information, chapter 33 on the administration of local universes would be difficult to comprehend. Chapter 33 describes how "our" Creator Son, who is named "Michael," created "Nebadon," our local universe. Knowledge of who Michael is is fundamental to our understanding chapters 119 to 196, because The Urantia Book says Michael is the person who incarnated here on earth as Jesus of Nazareth.
9. Chapter 35 describes a local universe order of personality called "Lanonandek Sons." This description is crucial for understanding events described later in chapter 53, namely, how a member of this order, Lucifer, instituted a rebellion against Michael. This same information is critically important to understanding the role of Caligastia, who was the spiritual administrator of our planet, and who joined in Lucifer's rebellion. The effect of Lucifer's rebellion on earth is described in chapters 66 and 67. This material is also vital to understanding default of two celestial personalities sent here to help us, Adam and Eve, who are more specifically described in chapter 75, as well as with Jesus' confrontation with Satan on Mount Hermon, described in chapter 134.
10. The Lucifer rebellion had such an effect on earth history that The Urantia Book states:
"The problems associated with human existence on Urantia are impossible of understanding without a knowledge of certain great epochs of the past, notably the occurrence and consequences of the planetary rebellion." (p. 754) (emphasis added.)
11. Chapter 47 describes the "mansion worlds" where, the book says, surviving mortals are resurrected after bodily death. This information ties into Jesus' "morontia appearances" described in chapters 189 to 192.
12. Chapters 57 to 119 are about the history of the earth. They continue the logical progression away from things divine and toward things human. It is a chronological description that, beginning with the story of the formation of our solar system, describes the formation of planet earth, the establishment of life on the planet, and the birth of the first human family.
13. Chapters 73 to 76 tell the story of Adam and Eve, who came to earth about 37,000 years ago and how they were unwittingly snared into the Lucifer rebellion. Adam and Eve are of an order of personality called the Material Sons of God, which were described in chapter 51.
14. Chapter 77 describes the two orders of midwayers. The primary order were invisible children of Caligastia's corporeal staff, who were described in chapter 66. The second order of midwayers were the children of Adamson, the first-born son of Adam and Eve, and Ratta, a descendent of certain rebel members of Caligastia's corporeal staff. These midwayers are responsible for many of the seeming miracles in Jesus' public ministry as depicted in chapters 137 through 194.
15. Chapters 107-112 describe the "Thought Adjusters." These fragments of the heavenly Father are divine spirits that, in partnership with human choice, literally build up the human soul in each individual. Understanding the role of Thought Adjusters is crucial to understanding Jesus' teaching about "doing the will of the Father" as embodied in each person's "indwelling spirit," which is the Thought Adjuster. Jesus' teachings in that regard are described in hundreds of places in chapters 123 through 196.
16. Chapter 113 describes the role of angels, who play such a large part in the series of chapters 121 to 195. In chapter 134, for example, we learn that Jesus sent his guardian angel away while on Mount Hermon; in chapter 145, that angels participated in the healing at sundown, and in chapter 178 that it is sometimes necessary for them to lead us in troublous ways for the sake of our immortal souls.
17. Chapter 119 describes how, before incarnating on earth as Jesus of Nazareth, Michael had incarnated himself six previous times throughout his universe. This bestowal requirement ties back into the nature of the Paradise Creator Sons in chapter 21, and forward directly into chapter 120, which describes the events immediately prior to Michael's incarnation on earth.
18. In chapter 120, Immanuel gives Michael his commission related to his upcoming bestowal on earth. Immanuel's order and relationship to Michael are described in chapter 18, and he is personally described in chapter 33.
19. Chapters 121 to 196 are the most interesting part of the book for many people, because they describe the earth life of Jesus of Nazareth. Chapters 120 to 196 are, however, shot through with names of many things, states of reality, beings, and places that are either uniquely described or totally unknown outside the context of The Urantia Book. Background provided in previous chapters is necessary to understand many terms in those chapters. A few examples not previously mentioned are: adjutant mind spirits, archangels, corps of the finality, cosmic mind, energy transformers, Father Melchizedek, Gabriel, Machiventa Melchizedek, mansion worlds, Master Physical Controllers, morontia, Most Highs of Norlatiadek, Personalized Adjusters, psychic circles, Salvington, and the Supreme Being.
20. Chapters 121 to 196, which deal with Jesus' life, have always been particularly inspiring to me, and it was for that reason, as president of Michael Foundation, I supported their separate publication in Jesus-A New Revelation. In view of what I have stated herein about the necessity to read all of The Urantia Book to arrive at a good understanding of what the various parts mean, it is a fair question to ask why I would have supported publishing those chapters separately. The answer has several parts:
a. It was clear to me that only a very limited number of people would ever undertake to read a book as massive and involved as the entire Urantia Book. I reasoned that many individuals who do not have the slightest interest in a description of worlds beyond might nevertheless be willing to read the story of Jesus' life in a smaller attractive volume, and that by gaining the spiritual inspiration from the story of Jesus' life, they would be far better off than they would have been without seeing any of it. A "half loaf is better than none."
b. In publishing Jesus-A New Revelation, I made it clear that JANR was part of The Urantia Book by retaining the chapter numbering of The Urantia Book. JANR begins not with chapter 1, but with chapter 121.
c. In publishing Jesus-A New Revelation, I removed a major source of confusion by leaving out the first chapter of Part IV, chapter 120, which describes Michael's bestowal commission from Immanuel. More than any other chapter in the series comprising Part IV, this chapter makes little sense apart from knowing more precisely who Michael and Immanuel are, and why Michael was coming to earth.
d. I appended an index to Jesus-A New Revelation that, in addition to providing references to selections within the volume, provides a brief definition of those words that require the preceding parts of The Urantia Book to understand. For example, "Thought Adjusters" are frequently referred to but not described in much detail in chapters 121 to 196 which comprise Jesus-A New Revelation. After index entries that, from the material covered in chapters 121 to 196, fail to provide a decent understanding of the term, I added an explanatory comment. For example, in the case of "Thought Adjusters," I added the phrase "[fragments of God which indwell all men. See, Urantia Book Papers 107-112]". Similarly, under the entry "Immanuel" I wrote the explanatory note, "[Trinity representative to our local universe. See, Urantia Book, (33:5.2) (Paper 120)]". In this way, I attempted to give readers a short working definition, as well as point them to that part of The Urantia Book that fully explains the term.
e. Lastly, I attempted to interest readers in the entire Urantia Book. In the Publisher's Preface to Jesus-A New Revelation I made the following statement: "While the life of Jesus stands on its own, there is no substitute for understanding the Master's life in the larger context provided by reading the entire Urantia Book, which affords a fuller revelation of God's relationship with man, the organization of the universes, and a history of the earth."
21. The Urantia Book tells an interwoven, coherent story in a beautifully unified structure. The current trustees of Urantia Foundation seem to hold this same opinion; in fact, one of their foremost and most oft-repeated complaints about Jesus-A New Revelation was that it "violated the unity" of the entire Urantia Book. In November, 1999, I received an "Open Letter" signed by all five trustees of Urantia Foundation. The letter included the following statements:
"[JANR] … violates the unity of The Urantia Book. … And it violates the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that readers need the whole book to understand the parts."
The letter went on to say that the trustees of Urantia Foundation believe that they are "entrusted with the responsibility to preserve the integrity of the text as expressive of [their] certainty that its transforming power resides in its inviolate wholeness." (emphasis added)
The Authorship of The Urantia Book
22. In a deposition taken by Urantia Foundation on February 12, 2001, I was asked whether any of the work I had done in preparing for that deposition had caused me to change any answers I had given in a previous 30(b)(6) deposition on behalf of Michael Foundation on December 11 and 12, 2000. I answered affirmatively that certain information brought to light in the course of discovery had changed my beliefs about the origin of The Urantia Book.
23. Based upon factual information now available to me as a result of discovery, I now believe that the Urantia Papers were first written down in longhand by an unidentified human being known as the "patient." Consistent with common understandings and definitions, I now consider this person to be the author of The Urantia Book. I formerly believed that at least substantial parts of the Urantia Papers had materialized, some parts in longhand and other parts in typewritten form, suddenly and supernaturally, "out of thin air."
24. In my December deposition, as well as in Answers to Requests for Admission and Answers to Interrogatories directed both to Michael Foundation and to me personally, I had repeatedly stated that I believed that The Urantia Book is a divine revelation, and a work of superhuman authorship. These statements were never intended to imply that I had factual knowledge that The Urantia Book was of superhuman authorship. The Urantia Book was written before I was born; I never had any opportunity for first-hand factual knowledge of its authorship. My statements simply reflected my personal religious beliefs, held for many years, and also at that time.
25. A critical factor underpinning my religious beliefs in this matter was the notion, shared by many readers of The Urantia Book, that although the appearance of the Urantia Papers was somehow connected with Dr. Sadler's patient, the patient did not personally write any of the work. Rather, I believed, that the Urantia Papers simply materialized by some supernatural technique. My confidence in this religious notion was badly shaken by a deposition that Michael Foundation had noticed for Bud Kagan, and which took place on January 15, 2001. From previous conversations, I knew that Mr. Kagan would testify that Dr. Sadler and Bill Sadler had both told him that Part IV of The Urantia Book "appeared" already typed up in an office somewhere.
26. In rebuttal to Mr. Kagan, Urantia Foundation's attorney produced an affidavit by Edith Cook, an original Urantia Foundation trustee and an intimate associate of Dr. Sadler since the 1920s. In that affidavit, Ms. Cook stated that the entire Urantia Book first appeared in handwriting. I was not previously aware of the existence of Ms. Cook's affidavit, and it struck me as highly persuasive.
27. Desiring to know more of the facts, I combed through other evidence in the case, some of which I already had, and much more that had been gathered together in the course of discovery. After carefully examining this evidence, I realized that the fundamental role of Dr. Sadler's patient in writing the Urantia Papers had not been clear to me.
28. What I found was this: In the Urantia Foundation v. Burton case, Urantia Foundation had repeatedly said under oath that Dr. Sadler's patient wrote down all of the Urantia Papers in his own hand. The sworn statements in Burton were made while Emma Christensen, one of the contact commissioners, was still alive and active in Urantia Foundation affairs. In fact, Urantia Foundation testified that she was the source of certain information regarding the patient. I could not question the authenticity and authority of these statements by Ms. Cook and Ms. Christensen. I further found that Urantia Foundation had confirmed those statements in the Urantia Foundation v. Maaherra litigation, stating that the contact personality (i.e., the patient) used the muscles of his hand to write out the manuscript. These several statements left no room for my previous belief that the papers had simply "appeared." The evidence was clear that the Urantia Papers came into existence when Dr. Sadler's patient wrote them out in his own hand.
29. Compelled by the evidence to accept that Dr. Sadler's patient had actually used his pen or pencil to write out the manuscript of The Urantia Book, the only way I could reason that the patient wasn't the author would be if he had been a "mere conduit" for spiritual entities; in other words, if he had been engaged in what is often described as "automatic writing." However, other materials gained in our discovery showed that this precise question had been asked of Dr. Sadler and Emma Christensen on several occasions, and their unvarying answer had been that the reception of the Urantia Papers had nothing whatever to do with automatic writing or any similar psychic phenomenon. If the papers didn't just "appear," and if the patient personally wrote out all of the Urantia Papers in his own handwriting, and if he didn't do so by automatic writing, then I could only conclude that the patient must be identified as the author.
30. This evidence from Dr. Sadler and Emma Christensen, who were both contact commissioners and thus closer to the events in question than anyone else providing testimony, left no alternative to the proposition that the Urantia Papers were authored by a human being-a human being inspired by God, without a doubt-but a human being nonetheless. I prefer to believe that all works of creative genius are inspired by God, but that belief does not lead me to deny identifying the human beings who produce those works as their authors, inventors, composers, etc. Barring incontrovertible factual evidence to the contrary, the person who first gives written expression to a work must certainly be its author. It confounds reason to conclude otherwise.
31. Evidence and common sense now compel me to conclude that, since the text was first written down by Dr. Sadler's patient, he must be considered its author. I made it clear at my February deposition, however, that my spiritual appreciation of The Urantia Book was not adversely impacted by the realization that a human being wrote The Urantia Book. My religious beliefs continue to be based on the profound spiritual truths presented in The Urantia Book.
Contributions to Kristen Maaherra's legal defense
32. On February 10, 1995, a Motion for Summary Judgment was granted in favor of Kristen Maaherra in Urantia Found. V. Maaherra, No. CIV 91-035 PHX WKU.
33. Prior to that date, my total contributions to Ms. Maaherra's defense consisted of $100 on April 4, 1991, $100 on April 1,1991, and $5000 on January 25, 1995.
34. That $5000 contribution, my only contribution of any significance to Ms. Maaherra's legal defense prior to the District Court's ruling, was made only 15 days prior to the Court's issuance of its decision. Therefore, it could scarcely have played any part in funding the legal expenses which were entailed in drafting the motions involved. While the case was under appeal I made further contributions to her legal defense expenses.
Urantia Foundation did not respond to Michael Foundation's request to identify Urantia Foundation's contribution to the text of The Urantia Book
35. On November 5, 1999, Michael Foundation responded to a demand by Urantia Foundation to cease publication of Jesus-A New Revelation. In that letter, Michael Foundation asked Urantia Foundation to identify whatever words it or its predecessors had added, deleted, or changed from the original text of The Urantia Book which was reproduced in Jesus-A New Revelation. Michael Foundation went on to offer-subject to adequate proof of Urantia Foundation's assertions-to delete any such changes inserted by Urantia Foundation or its predecessors from the text of Jesus-A New Revelation.
36. Neither Michael Foundation nor I personally ever received a reply from Urantia Foundation to that offer.
21 Steps to a Spiritual Awakening
37. In 1987, Asoka Foundation requested permission from Urantia Foundation to use quotes from The Urantia Book in a booklet entitled 21 Steps to a Spiritual Awakening.
38. I requested this permission to quote in my capacity as an officer of Asoka Foundation, and not on a personal basis. Asoka Foundation was not my alter ego. Berkeley Elliott and Thomas Allen were also officers and involved in the affairs of Asoka Foundation.
39. At the time the aforesaid request was made, I had never given thought to the proposition that Urantia Foundation didn't own the copyright to The Urantia Book. I had never been exposed to information that would have led me to think otherwise. I had never read, for example, the Burton case, in which Urantia Foundation admitted that a patient of Dr. Sadler's wrote out the entire manuscript in his own handwriting. At the time, even if I had read Urantia Foundation's admissions in Burton, I probably would not have realized the legal significance of that statement in relation to Urantia Foundation's renewal of its copyright.
40. I have never at any time personally published the booklet 21 Steps to a Spiritual Awakening.
The Key Word Index
41. In 1988 and 1989 I produced a booklet entitled the Key Word Index. It consisted of an alphabetical arrangement of key words from the "Contents of the Book" section of The Urantia Book, which is in effect a table of contents.
42. At the time I was chairman of the Finance Committee of Urantia Brotherhood and was responsible for designing the annual fund-raising solicitation for the organization. My idea was to create an inexpensive booklet to send out as a gift along with an upcoming solicitation. I hoped that the Key Word Index would be appreciated by the Urantians who received it, and that the receipt of such a gift would encourage them to financially support Urantia Brotherhood. I created the booklet without compensation in consonance with what I perceived my volunteer duties to be as Finance Chairman of Urantia Brotherhood.
43. Urantia Brotherhood was at the time a licensee of Urantia Foundation, and was going through a very difficult time in its relationship with Urantia Foundation. In fact, shortly after the events in question took place, Urantia Foundation unilaterally terminated a relationship with Urantia Brotherhood that had existed since 1955. Urantia Brotherhood was expelled from the joint offices it shared with Urantia Foundation (but to which Urantia Foundation held title), and was threatened with litigation unless it stopped using the word "Urantia" in its name. In order to avoid litigation, Urantia Brotherhood changed its name to The Fifth Epochal Fellowship.
44. In the months before Urantia Foundation delicensed Urantia Brotherhood, the officers of Urantia Brotherhood had been desperately trying to come to an accommodation with Urantia Foundation. In the course of this turmoil, they encouraged me to give the Key Word Index to Urantia Foundation. This point is substantiated by the fact that when Urantia Foundation published the Key Word Index, it did not mention me anywhere in the booklet or, in any public way that I am aware of, acknowledge that I had created the work. Urantia Foundation did, however, "gratefully acknowledge" the help of Urantia Brotherhood in the Preface to the Key Word Index.
45. Shortly after the Key Word Index was turned over to Urantia Foundation, I received a document from Martin Myers, president of Urantia Foundation, asking me to sign over rights to the Key Word Index booklet to Urantia Foundation.
46. The document appeared to have been drafted by a lawyer. (Martin Myers is an attorney.) I am not an attorney and did not think the document important enough to send it to my attorney for review before signing it. I had created the Key Word Index in the context of my volunteer service activities as Finance Chairman of Urantia Brotherhood, and not for any commercial or business considerations that would have led me to suspect that it might have been important to have an attorney advise me as to whether I was relinquishing important rights.
47. The document provided that I acknowledged that Urantia Foundation owned all rights to the copyright to The Urantia Book.
48. At the time I signed the document, I had never given a thought to the proposition that Urantia Foundation did not own a valid copyright to The Urantia Book. I had no information that would have led me to think otherwise. I had never read, for example, the Burton case, in which Urantia Foundation admitted that a patient of Dr. Sadler's wrote out the entire manuscript in his own handwriting and was thus the legal author. Even if I had read Urantia Foundation's admissions in Burton, I was not then aware of provisions of the Copyright Act defining a copyright renewal as a new estate only available to the author or his or her statutory successors. Thus, I would not have realized the legal significance of the patient's authorship in relation to Urantia Foundation's renewal of copyright. At the time I executed the document, I did not know that Urantia Foundation's claim of copyright to The Urantia Book was invalid, having been obtained through an invalid renewal in 1983, and that The Urantia Book even then reposed in the public domain.
49. I signed the document sent to me by Urantia Foundation purely as a good will gesture towards Urantia Foundation on behalf of Urantia Brotherhood, in the hope that doing so would help soothe the considerable tension which then existed between these two (at the time) sister organizations.
50. I never in any way sought to induce Urantia Foundation to go to the relatively trivial expense of publishing the Key Word Index. Rather, my recollection is that Urantia Foundation insisted on publishing the work. Had Urantia Foundation not desired to publish the document itself, Urantia Brotherhood would have routinely paid printing costs for the Key Word Index, not me, since it was intended to be supplied as a free gift in conjunction with a Urantia Brotherhood fund-raising solicitation.
51. The documents submitted by Urantia Foundation at my deposition showed that Urantia Foundation priced the Key Word Index for sale at a price that would yield it a profit on the project. I never asked Urantia Foundation for compensation for having created the Key Word Index, nor was any compensation ever offered.
I am a Urantian.
52. I first came across The Urantia Book in 1967 and quickly became a follower of its religious teachings.
53. For 35 years I have been deeply involved in Urantia religious activities. In 1971 I left North Carolina and moved to California, remaining there for two years as a volunteer with a group that was bringing Urantia-inspired religious teachings to the world by means of a syndicated radio broadcast. I have made substantial contributions of time and money to Urantia organizations on a consistent basis for over 30 years.
54. I have attended multiple Urantia meetings and conferences each year for 25 years, and have been deeply involved in putting on a number of those conferences across the country. For 22 years I have served on the Executive Committee of Urantia Brotherhood (now the Urantia Book Fellowship), which meets at least four times each year. I joined the First Urantia Society of Oklahoma in the late 70s and have been a member ever since. Over 25 years ago I joined a Urantia study group that meets on a weekly basis here in Oklahoma City.
55. Oklahoma Urantians get together a number of times a year, both for religious and social occasions. What we call "Jesus' Birthday" is always a major event. At our conferences, meetings, and study groups it is common to pray and ask for God's guidance for ourselves, and His help for the less fortunate. We hold Easter sunrise services and have an occasional Urantia wedding. We pray and worship God together, and seek for His will to be done in our lives.
56. My religion and my entire understanding of God are based on The Urantia Book, as my beliefs are enhanced by personal experience in seeking to understand God's will. Urantia has represented my deepest religious convictions for over 30 years.
57. I have two children whom I have attempted to raise in the Urantia faith. When they were children, they would sit on my lap while I read passages to them about Jesus from The Urantia Book.
58. Activities I have been engaged in through the years bespeak my commitment to my Urantia faith. I have written several booklets to help Urantians and generally introduce Urantia theology, notably, Why I Believe The Urantia Book, An Introduction to The Urantia Book, 21 Steps to a Spiritual Awakening, When Things Go Wrong, and the Key Word Index. Additionally, I was heavily involved in producing a full-length edition of The Urantia Book which the Urantia Book Fellowship published in 1996. I authored and published the Index to The Urantia Book, which is 455 pages long and contains some 25,000 references. In 1996, I arranged for (and, through Michael Foundation, paid for), a work visa for Robert Crickett, an Australian, to come to Oklahoma City in order to start a Urantia church. In 1997 I purchased the old Christian Scientist Church at 1200 N. Robinson, Oklahoma City, with the intended use that it become a Urantia church with Mr. Crickett its pastor.
59. It is common for worship services to be part of Urantia conferences. Typically, these worship services begin with readings from The Urantia Book and often include a period of silent meditation, prayer, and song. Often, bread and wine are passed around to celebrate a symbolic rendezvous with Jesus at such meetings. I have also attended weddings and memorial services where the ceremony was directly based on religious theology of The Urantia Book.
60. Just like followers of the Book of Mormon are commonly called "Mormons," and practitioners of Christian Science are commonly called "Christian Scientists," followers of The Urantia Book are commonly called "Urantians." I personally know many hundreds of people whose religious beliefs are similar to my own, and who identify themselves as Urantians just as I do. (For example, see the attached "Statement of Belief by Urantians" by current Urantia Foundation trustee Mo Siegel.)

Dated this ____ day of March, 2001.

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Harry McMullan, III

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of March, 2001.

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Notary Public
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