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In the Urantia Book

Origin

  • The chief factor in mountain location is a pre-existent trough filled with lighter erosion materials. 60:4.2
  • Mountains were formed by upheaval at the end of continental drift 80 million years ago, resulting in the greatest surface distortions since life appeared on Earth. 60:3.11
  • The oldest mountains of the world are located in Asia, Greenland, and northern Europe among those of the older east-west systems. 60:4.3
  • The Cretaceous period marks the beginning of modern mountains, with the Pacific coast range and Sierras beginning to form. 60:3.3
  • Mountains form through the action of rain, gravity, and erosion, not the collapse of a contracting sphere's cooling crust. 57:8.14

Mountains in faith

  • The worship of mountains evolved from the veneration of large stone formations, as high elevations were believed to be inhabited by gods and associated with specific deities. 85:1.5
  • Faith removes mountains of material difficulty on the path to soul expansion and spiritual progress. 144:2.6

Mountains in the heavens

To see a list of mountains named in The Urantia Book see links below | Adirondack Mountains; Alps; Andes mountains; Apennines; Appalachian Mountains; Black Forest mountains; Brenner Pass; Caledonian mountains; Carpathians; Catskill Mountains; Dakota Black Hills; Eastern Ghats; Himalayas; Kopet Dagh; Longs Peak; Moab, hills of; Mount Ararat; Mount Carmel; Mount Gerizim; Mount Hermon; Mount Hood; Mount Lebanon; Mount Olivet; Mount Olympus; Mount Rainier; Mount Royal; Mount Sartaba; Mount Shasta; Mount Sinai; Mount Tabor; Pikes Peak; Pyrenees; Rocky Mountains; Siwalik Hills; Ural mountains; Vosges mountains; Western Ghats

    Bible parallels

    Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

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