Paper 133 of the Urantia Book, describes the story of Jesus' return from Rome together with his Indian merchant friend, Ganid and his son Gonod, after more than a year of travel together. The following is an incident described on page 1468, where in Gonod is asking Jesus about his opinion on the Caste System that was prevalent in his homeland India even those days:
One day while resting at lunch, about halfway to Tarentum, Ganid asked Jesus a direct question as to what he thought of India's caste system. Said Jesus: "Though human beings differ in many ways, the one from another, before God and in the spiritual world all mortals stand on an equal footing. There are only two groups of mortals in the eyes of God: those who desire to do his will and those who do not. As the universe looks upon an inhabited world, it likewise discerns two great classes: those who know God and those who do not. Those who cannot know God are reckoned among the animals of any given realm. Mankind can appropriately be divided into many classes in accordance with differing qualifications, as they may be viewed physically, mentally, socially, vocationally, or morally, but...
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Question : After reading the Urantia Book, what do you feel about its origin ? Is there some point to believe that this book is authored by invisible celestial personalities belonging to the Universal Administration of the First Source and Centre or Universal Father God ?
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