Our own sun is 6 billion years old and currently in a period of greatest efficiency, shining for more than twenty-five billion years. [1]
Calcium atoms ride light beams, facilitating their dissemination throughout space, defying gravity to escape the sun and become the chief component of the worlds of space. [2] The sun's surface temperature of 6,000°F masks its true core temperature of 35,000,000°F. [3] Urantia's sun is one of 1,013,572 offspring from the Andronover nebula, marking the end of its terminal breakup 6,000,000,000 years ago. [4] The suns in Nebadon, including the one in our solar system, have an average diameter of about 1 million miles. [5]
The solar system sun's intense heat accelerates ultimatons and electrons to unimaginable speeds, with the power to boil all of Urantia's ocean water in just one second. [6]
The mass of Urantia's sun is two octillion tons, with a density 1.5 times that of water, existing as a gaseous supergase with a density equal to iron, despite being non-solid and highly heated, functioning as a sun. [7]
The veritable flood of death-dealing rays from your sun is offset by fortuitous protective operations on Urantia, similar to the action of the ozone layer. [8]
Solar centers radiate nearly one hundred billion tons of matter annually, experiencing stability after surpassing maximum internal temperatures and releasing subatomic energies, with larger suns displaying convulsive pulsations. [9] God's love shines on the evil and the good, bestowing life and mercy upon all. [10] Unknown spectral lines in the sun's spectra are modified by shattered elements floating in space, remnants of solar elemental battles. [11] Spectral analyses of the sun's surface exaggerate the iron content due to the optimal temperature for iron spectrum registration. [12]
Urantia's atmosphere filters only about one two-billionth of the sun's total light emanation reaching Earth, which includes a vast array of solar energies beyond just visible light. [13] Our sun will shine efficiently for 25 billion years, having attained relative equilibrium and passing out of its six billionth year. [14]
Amenemope taught that God-consciousness should guide all conduct, influencing Hebrew philosophy and advocating for integrity in positions of trust. [15]
Among Egyptians, the stars represented the souls of the dead, with some souls believed to be absorbed into the sun during a period of solar veneration and ancestor worship. [16] Andon narrowly avoided becoming a fire worshiper by turning to the sun for superior comfort and awe. [17] The Salem gospel was absorbed by ancient cults, hindering its widespread acceptance among tribes and races. [18]
During the New Stone Age and Bronze Age, European white races delighted in setting up great stones as tokens to the sun, similar to Stonehenge, symbolizing a period of agricultural prosperity and sun worship. [19] Ikhnaton wisely established monotheism under the guise of the sun-god, maintaining outward worship while leading in the worship of the One God. [20] The vogue of sun worship in agricultural ages marked a great period of agriculture in southern Europe. [21]
Mithraic Sol Invictus, the militant god of the Mithraic cult, ascended into the heavens after slaying a sacred bull and becoming immortal through his valiant exploits. [22]
Despite being Christianized for over fifteen hundred years, the superstitions of sun-worshiping era persist in the folkways of Brittany, where charms from the New Stone Age ward off the evil eye and thunderstones are kept in chimneys for protection against lightning. [23] Sun worship superseded moon worship as the chief religious ceremony, with the sun honored by the naming of Sunday. [24]
Knowledge of sunlight's health-giving and disease-destroying properties overcame the superstitions hindering hygiene progress among ignorant peoples. [25]
The sun ionizes the upper atmosphere, creating auroral displays and influencing weather phenomena within the different layers of the earth's atmosphere. [26] The ozone layer shields Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays, crucial for human health. [27]
Your sun's 11-1/2 year cycle reveals its past as a variable star, with mighty pulsations once every three and a half days. [28]
In its youth, the sun of Urantia was a variable star, with titanic heaves lasting three and one-half days, but today it has achieved relative stability. [29]