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References
(1) Grolliers Multimedia Encyclopedia, Release 6
(2) Science News, Feb. 1994, I. Peterson, "Counting Neutrinos from an Artificial Sun"
(3) Science News, Feb. 11,1995; I. Peterson; "New Evidence of Neutrino Oscillation"
(4) Sky and Telescope, April, 1995; "Neutrinos Gain Weight"
Are Geologists Using The Urantia Book as a Reference Work?
When The Urantia Papers were received in the mid- thirties, the concept of continental drift was rejected by virtually all geologists in the USA. This remained so until the late 1950 period. The theory of continental drift had been put forward by Wegener in which a supercontinent, Pangea, broke up and continents drifted apart about 200 million years ago.
The 'recent' geological history of Urantia, as it is presented in The Urantia Book, is the history of continental drift, but it is not Wegener's version. The story in the book commences 750 million years ago with the breakup of a supercontinent that had emerged 50 million years earlier. The idea of drift occurring between 600 and 800 million years ago first appeared in the literature in the 1980 period. The further development of these theories is presented by I.W.D. Dalziel in Scientific American 272 (1) 38 (1995). The date proposed for commencement of breakup of the first supercontinent is 750 million years ago--the same as given in The Urantia Papers in 1935. Co-incidence? Lucky guess? Your decision.
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