“Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.”
Daniel Webster
Everything you ever wanted to know about
Urantia Foundation, but were afraid to ask.
Ingenious plans and little schemes
"The early leaders of the Urantia Movement devised an ingenious plan. Their
strategy was twofold. In order to protect the text from editing, alterations,
and distortions, they foresaw the necessity of placing The Urantia Book under
the United States and international copyrights, thus guaranteeing future
generations the privilege of having the unadulterated Fifth Major Epochal
Revelation. To that end the Urantia Foundation was formalized and the book was
*lawfully copyrighted in its name." -Martin Myers
(* Above, why does trustee Martin Myers mention that the book was "lawfully" copyrighted, as opposed to just plain copyrighted? Was it a slip-of-the-tongue? Who would think it had been unlawfully copyrighted?)
75:3.9 Influenced by flattery, enthusiasm, and great personal persuasion, Eve
then and there consented to embark upon the much-discussed enterprise, to add
her own little scheme of world saving to the larger and more far-reaching divine
plan. Before she quite realized what was transpiring, the fatal step had been
taken. It was done. -The Urantia Book