evolution

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evolution. See also divine plan; progress
biologic evolution (Paper 65). See also genetics; life: biological
2 unique features on Urantia were appearance of Andonic race prior to colored peoples; appearance in a single family (64:6.1-2) (65:4.7)
50,000 facts prove e. nonaccidental (58:2.3-5)
Adam’s significant contribution (51:0.3) (75:8.1-2) (78:1.1)
brains and agility replaced armor and size in survival (60:1.10) (60:2.11,14) (60:3.21) (61:2.5)
conditioned by integrated function of Life Carriers, physical controllers, and adjutant mind-spirits (65:0.7)
early manifestation of will on Urantia (65:4.11)
elephants evolve more rapidly than mice (49:1.6)
human potentials of evolving animal species exhausted (65:2.13-14) (65:3.5-6)
inland seas were cradle of e. (57:8.24-26) (58:1.7)
Jesus did not interfere with (120:3.5)
Life Carriers
evolution limited by potentials of original Life Carrier implantations (118:8.1)
manipulate environment prior to emergence of will (36:3.7-8)
not allowed arbitrarily to interfere with life patterns once set in operation (65:3.1-2)
man ascended from seaweed (65:2.1) (65:6.8)
may proceed unhindered in cultural decadence (81:5.1)
missing links never existed (58:6.2-3)
most important steps regarding plants were chlorophyll-making; seeds (65:6.3)
narrow margins by which prehuman ancestors escaped extinction (62:3.9)
no e. on Jerusem (46:2.5)
sin, Caligastia rebellion, Adam’s default, did very little to delay (67:0.1) (67:7.6) (73:0.1) (78:1.1) (81:0.1)
some species progress; others gravitate backward (60:2.10)
still actively in progress (65:6.5)
summary of e. on Urantia (65:2sec)
theory of biologic evolution
apparently useless by-products essential (36:2.17)
appearance of man in ice age by design (65:2.16)
can be delayed but cannot be stopped (81:0.1)
cannot be accelerated beyond what planet permits (65:8.2)
dependent on adjutant mind-spirits (36:5.1) (65:6.7-10)
eliminates all life without survival value (59:6.10)
impossible for primitives to have self-restraint (118:8.5)
individuals lacking parental instinct eliminate themselves from reproductive stream (84:7.7)
Material Sons dispatched when human biologic evolution attains highest level (39:5.3) (49:5.24)
only organisms attaining cosmic unity persist (58:6.8)
organisms accommodate themselves to never-ending fluctuations (58:6.6) (65:6.7)
subject to sudden changes (58:6.2-4) (59:1.4) (59:3.5,11) (59:4.3,10,13) (59:5.5,23) (60:1.9) (60:3.7,19,22) (61:1.2) (61:2.8) (61:6.1-2) (61:7.4) (62:2.1,6) (62:3.10) (62:4.6) (64:5.2) (65:2.4) (65:8.6)
survival of the fittest (71:5.3)
variety indispensable to natural selection (64:6.31)
Van and Amadon fostered (67:6.7)
vegetable always proceeds animal (49:1.5)
principle of evolution
always purposeful, never accidental (36:5.1) (49:1.1-7) (58:2.3-5) (65:0.7) (65:4.2-3) (102:6.10)
augments nature by increasing Paradise perfection (4:2.4)
controlling power through mind by spirit and personality (42:10.1) (112:2.15) (116:5.15) (116:6.1,4) (117:2.1) (117:3.2) (117:7.13)
cosmic complement to perfection (32:3.10-15)
cosmic technique of growth (100:3.7)
creates, then obliterates, scaffolding stages (90:3.10)
creation in time otherwise than by fiat of Deity (15:6.7)
Creators could have, but did not, choose to make local universes perfect (25:3.7)
evolution of dominance is expansion of control of oneself and one’s environment (112:2.15)
evolutionary capacity of universe inexhaustible (42:11.7)
God does not transform animal creatures into perfected spirits by creative magic (48:0.1)
gradual progressive development – physically, mentally, and spiritually (32:0.2)
indicates dominance of Supreme Mind (56:10.11)
mindless causation cannot evolve the complex from the simple (130:4.5)
once initiated, planetary e. must proceed (51:2.3)
process is under perfect control of universe Creators (3:2.2)
process varies greatly but is orderly and controlled (49:1.4,7)
produces advancing practical adjustment (71:2.8)
progress toward harmonious unity (42:11.7)
progressive creation in time (15:6.7) (74:8.4-5) (105:6.5)
Providence works out evolutionary plan (4:1.2)
shows wisdom of Creators (32:3.11)
slow but unerringly effective (66:6.5) (81:1.3) (81:6.1) (86:7.6) (90:3.10) (95:1.8)
summary of cycle (56:9.12-13)
superphysical adaptations (65:6.7)
the evolutionary idea (32:3sec)
social evolution. See also ascension plan; civilization
accelerate e. by applying spiritual pressure from above (52:6.7)
better to reform than destroy religious ritual (97:10.7)
by education of youth (81:6.23-24)
Caligastia rebellion markedly modified (66:8.3) (67:0.1)
celestial evolution transmutes temporal into eternal (103:7.2)
dangerous velocities of progress retarded by (118:8.6)
external restraints of hunger and fear circumscribe subspiritual choice range (118:8.5)
Jesus was a progressive evolutionist (149:2.11)
man is gradually backing into the truth (88:4.5)
man stands on shoulders of all who went before (79:8.12) (81:6.23,25,44) (160:2.3)
mental e. may occur suddenly (65:8.6) (170:4.14)
olden practices expensive but marked progress (89:1.7)
progress only in open, higher latitudes (64:1.3) (81:6.7)
society is product of ages of trial and error (81:6.41,44)
succeeds where even revelation fails (84:5.8)
superb attainments on settled worlds amply justify (55:6.9)
survival struggles of primitives did not breed trust (39:5.7)
unaided e. cannot achieve peace on isolated worlds (52:6.2)
yields progress; revolution does not (66:6.3-6) (99:2.5)

Cross-references

See also divine plan
See also genetics
See also ascension plan
See also progress
See also life: biological
See also civilization

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