Science & Cosmology

  • Machine Minds and Human Destiny: AI as a Tool for Cosmic Understanding

    April 17, 2026

    (Presented at the 2025 Urantia Foundation Science Symposium IV) Abstract The Urantia Book declares that “A machine cannot know, much less know truth, hunger for righteousness, and cherish goodness” (195:6.11)—yet … read more of Machine Min

  • That Which is of Greatest Value

    December 8, 2025

    (Presented at the 2025 ANZURA Conference in Brisbane) In Paper 196:1.3, the author is very clear: “Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the … read more of That Which is of Greatest Value.

  • Souls, Space and Bestowal –

    November 29, 2024

    Glimpses and Speculations from The Urantia Book (Presented at the ANZURA Conference Melbourne, 2024) The Urantia Book presents a cosmology that stirs the soul: a central perfect universe, fringed by … read more of Souls, Space and Bestowal

  • God’s CD Collection

    January 6, 2023

    The vastness of the master universe is almost beyond measure, yet the revelators describe it as within a boundary. Does infinity then extend beyond that dimension, out into a fathomless … read more of God s CD Collection.

  • Video Part 4D: Ancient Orvonton, and a Young Cosmic Web

    December 31, 2021

    The Urantia Book presents a cosmology that stirs the soul: a central and perfect universe, fringed by spacetime shallows in which finaliters are born—finaliters, destined to launch from this cosmic … read more of Video Part 4D: Ancient Orv

  • Mining the Archives

    July 29, 2021

    (Editor’s Note: Mining the Archives is a collection of articles that have been published in various newsletters over the years and have been lying buried in the archives. A team of volunteers … read more of Mining the Archives.

  • Application of Scientific Thinking…

    July 29, 2021

    …to Cosmology in The Urantia Book Ken Glasziou was a scientist who took pains to make his reasoning comprehensible to the general reader. As one of those general readers, I … read more of Application of Scientific Thinking….

  • Recent Developments in the Astrophysics Sector

    July 28, 2021

    Interesting development: for 40 years cosmologists have been arguing about the best way to simulate (1) the clustering of galaxies and (2) the flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies. Invisible … read more of Recent Developments in the Ast

  • Scientific Symposium

    July 8, 2021

    These two presentation were given by Nigel Nunn at a Urantia Scientific Symposium held at Urantia Foundation, Chicago, IL in July 2016 Exploding Dark Islands and in November 2019 … read more of Scientific Symposium.

  • Ancient Orvonton, and a Young Cosmic Web

    February 9, 2021

    Video 4D The Urantia Book presents a cosmology that stirs the soul: a central and perfect universe, fringed by spacetime shallows in which finaliters are born; finaliters, destined to … read more of Ancient Orvonton, and a Young Cosmic Web

  • Disease and Immunity in Relation to the Urantia Book

    May 10, 2020

    This being the topic of the moment, I decided to put together some Urantia Book quotes to see what was said, about health, disease, what happened in the past, how … read more of Disease and Immunity in Relation to the Urantia Book.

  • Other and Higher Frames

    October 30, 2019

    Faith most willingly carries reason along as far as reason can go and then goes on with wisdom to the full philosophic limit; and then it dares to launch out … read more of Other and Higher Frames.

  • On the Cosmic Background

    October 30, 2018

    (Presented at the ANZURA Conference in Mooloolaba QLD, October 2018) Based on a presentation at the ANZURA Conference 2018, here is another attempt to build bridges between modern science and … read more of On the Cosmic Background.

  • Quivering on the Brink – The Inner World of Mankind

    April 10, 2018

    Urantia is now quivering on the very brink of one of its most amazing and enthralling epochs of social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment. [Paper 195:9.2, page 2082.7] According … read more of Quivering on the Brin

  • 4-Part Video Introduction to The Urantia Book

    October 20, 2017

    Following is a series of short videos created by Nigel Nunn that give a skillful and engaging overview of The Urantia Book that can be shared with Urantia Book readers … read more of 4-Part Video Introduction to The Urantia Book.

  • Dynamic Grand Universe Model

    May 22, 2017

    The Urantia Book contains a unique and beautiful cosmology. The galaxies of the universe are organized in concentrically arranged elliptical space levels which revolve about the Isle of Paradise, the … read more of Dynamic Grand Universe M

  • Daring to Launch—Beyond where Reason and Wisdom can go

    December 3, 2015

    Nigel has been working on a Project for years and this Friday evening we all  were excited to finally have another taste of the next stage in his Series of … read more of Daring to Launch—Beyond where Reason and Wisdom can go.

  • Exploding Dark Islands

    November 15, 2014

    Exploding Dark Islands Many students of The Urantia Book start off quite impressed by its fabulous, “sci-fi” cosmology. But as naïve assumptions and misunderstandings about science get undermined, their interest … read more of Exploding Da

  • Eternal Isle of Paradise

    October 22, 2013

    This is a work of over 17 individual papers dealing with revealed cosmology as in The Urantia Book. Revelation affords a common meeting ground for the discoveries of both science … read more of Eternal Isle of Paradise.

  • Eternal Isle of Paradise

    June 5, 2013

    Eternal Isle of Paradise (2013) This is a work of over 17 individual papers dealing with revealed cosmology as in The Urantia Book. Revelation affords a common meeting … read more of Eternal Isle of Paradise.