INDEX
The Urantia Book Study Edition
The Workbooks of Dr. William S. Sadler, MD
Vol. 3: Topical and Doctrinal Studies
The State
I. WAR
1. Violence is the law of nature. Peace is the yardstick measuring the advance of civilization.
(UB 70:1.1).
2. Primitive man enjoyed fighting.
(UB 70:1.6).
3. Wars were caused by hunger, women, slaves, revenge, vanity, monotony, and religion.
(UB 70:1.7).
4. Some wars had social value.
(UB 70:2.1).
5. Ancient wars destroyed inferior peoples; modern wars destroy the best stocks.
(UB 70:2.9).
6. Sometimes early man would stake all on a duel — like David and Goliath.
(UB 70:1.19).
II. EARLY HUMAN ASSOCIATIONS
1. Personal inequalities caused groupings in primitive society.
(UB 70:7.17).
2. Secret societies were the first political parties.
(UB 70:7.19).
3. Ten groups occur in primitive society:
- Natural.
- Personal.
- Chance.
- Economic.
- Geographic.
- Social.
- Vocational.
- Religious.
- Racial.
- Age.
(UB 70:8.2).
III. HUMAN RIGHTS
1. Kings were chosen for special abilities — heroes.
(UB 70:6.2).
2. The great myth was absoluteness of the state.
(UB 71:0.2).
3. Nature confers no rights on man — not even the right to live.
(UB 70:9.1).
4. Security is the gift of society to man.
(UB 70:9.1).
5. Equality is the child of civilization — it is not found in nature.
(UB 70:9.17).
IV. EVOLUTION OF JUSTICE
1. Government evolved by trial and error.
(UB 70:0.3).
2. Natural justice is a man-made theory — fiction.
(UB 70:10.1).
3. Law is a record of human experience — public opinion crystallized and legalized.
(UB 70:11.6).
4. Public opinion delays society, but preserves civilization.
(UB 71:2.7).
5. Democracy is ideal, but it is beset by certain dangers:
- Glorification of mediocrity.
- Choice of base and ignorant rulers.
- Failure to recognize social evolution.
- Dangers of universal suffrage.
- Slavery to public opinion.
(UB 71:2.1).
V. IDEALS OF STATEHOOD
1. The safeguards of statehood are :
- Prevention of usurpation of power by the state.
- Control of ignorant agitators.
- Maintenance of scientific progress.
- Prevention of dominance of mediocrity.
- Control of vicious minorities.
- Control of clever dictators.
- Prevention of panics.
- Avoidance of exploitation by the unscrupulous.
- Avoidance of slavery by taxation.
- Maintenance of social and economic fairness.
- Prevention of union of church and state.
- Preservation of personal liberty.
(UB 70:12.6).
2. Only love can prevent the strong from oppressing the weak.
(UB 71:4.17).
3. Statehood evolves slowly through a dozen levels.
- Threefold government — executive, legislative, and judicial.
- Freedom of social, political, and religious activities.
- Abolition of slavery and bondage.
- Control of taxation.
- Universal education.
- Adjustment of local and national governments.
- Fostering of science and conquest of disease.
- Sex equality.
- Liberation of machines and their mastery.
- Conquest of dialects.
- Ending of war.
- Universal pursuit of wisdom.
(UB 71:8.2).
4. The great problem of statehood is to prevent the state from becoming parasitical or tyrannical.
(UB 71:5.2).
VI. PROGRESSIVE CIVILIZATION
1. Civilization embraces:
- Preservation of liberties.
- Protection of the home.
- Economic security.
- Prevention of disease.
- Compulsory education.
- Compulsory employment.
- Profitable leisure.
- Care of unfortunates.
- Race improvement.
- Promotion of science and art.
- Promotion of philosophy.
- Cosmic insight.
(UB 71:4.1).
2. Society has not progressed very far when it permits idleness and tolerates poverty.
(UB 71:3.8).
3. Profit motivation should prevail until a better motivation is provided.
(UB 71:6.2).
4. Industry demands law and private property.
(UB 70:0.1).
5. Communism failed because it fostered idleness and because it ran counter to family, religion, liberty, and security.
(UB 69:9.5).
6. Make changes only when they are for the better.
(UB 69:9.18).
7. Slavery was indispensable in the development of civilization. It compelled lazy people to work and thus provided wealth and leisure for the advancement of superior peoples.
(UB 69:8.6).
VII. SUPERHUMAN GOVERNMENT
1. The Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men.
(UB 114:4.2).
2. The reserve corps of destiny may assist.
(UB 114:7.1).
3. The angels of planetary supervision are:
- Epochal angels.
- Progress angels.
- Religious guardians.
- Nation life.
- The races.
- Angels of the future.
- Enlightenment.
- Health.
- Home.
- Industry.
- Diversion.
- Superhuman ministry.
(UB 114:6.4).