How did life start on Earth?


600,000,000 years ago the commission of Life Carriers sent out from Jerusem arrived on Urantia and began the study of physical conditions preparatory to launching life on world number 606 of the Satania system. ~ The Urantia Book, 58:1.1 (664.2)
That we are called Life Carriers should not confuse you. We can and do carry life to the planets, but we brought no life to Urantia. Urantia life is unique, original with the planet. This sphere is a life-modification world; all life appearing hereon was formulated by us right here on the planet; and there is no other world in all Satania, even in all Nebadon, that has a life existence just like that of Urantia. ~ The Urantia Book, 58:4.1 (667.5)
The Satania Life Carriers had projected a sodium chloride pattern of life; therefore no steps could be taken toward planting it until the ocean waters had become sufficiently briny. The Urantia type of protoplasm can function only in a suitable salt solution. All ancestral life—vegetable and animal—evolved in a salt-solution habitat. And even the more highly organized land animals could not continue to live did not this same essential salt solution circulate throughout their bodies in the blood stream which freely bathes, literally submerses, every tiny living cell in this "briny deep." ~ The Urantia Book, 58:1.3 (664.4)
When the Life Carriers have designed the patterns of life, after they have organized the energy systems, there must occur an additional phenomenon; the "breath of life" must be imparted to these lifeless forms. The Sons of God can construct the forms of life, but it is the Spirit of God who really contributes the vital spark. ~ The Urantia Book, 36:6.4 (404.2)
550,000,000 years ago the Life Carrier corps returned to Urantia. In co-operation with spiritual powers and superphysical forces we organized and initiated the original life patterns of this world and planted them in the hospitable waters of the realm. All planetary life (aside from extraplanetary personalities) down to the days of Caligastia, the Planetary Prince, had its origin in our three original, identical, and simultaneous marine-life implantations. These three life implantations have been designated as: the central or Eurasian-African, the eastern or Australasian, and the western, embracing Greenland and the Americas. ~ The Urantia Book, 58:4.2 (667.6)
450,000,000 years ago the transition from vegetable to animal life occurred. This metamorphosis took place in the shallow waters of the sheltered tropic bays and lagoons of the extensive shore lines of the separating continents. And this development, all of which was inherent in the original life patterns, came about gradually. There were many transitional stages between the early primitive vegetable forms of life and the later well-defined animal organisms. Even today the transition slime molds persist, and they can hardly be classified either as plants or as animals. ~ The Urantia Book, 58:6.1 (669.2)
Inspiring Questions
- Are angels real?
- Are we immortal?
- Can religion and science co-exist?
- Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?
- Did Jesus really resurrect?
- Did humans evolve or were they created?
- Does God punish us?
- Does Hell exist?
- Does true love exist?
- How did life start on Earth?
- How do I deal with disappointment?
- How do I find God?
- How do I live like Jesus?
- How do I maintain faith in a crisis?
- How does God love?
- How does forgiveness work?
- Is God inside me?
- Is it wrong to want to acquire material wealth?
- Is our planet special?
- Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
- Should we be afraid?
- To boldly go where no one has gone before
- What did Jesus say about Love?
- What did Jesus say about the Golden Rule?
- What does it mean to be saved?
- What happens when we die?
- What is Prayer?
- What is sin?
- What is the Brotherhood of Man?
- What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
- What is the meaning of life?
- What is the soul?
- What is the value of family life?
- What is the will of God?
- Who created our universe?
- Who is Jesus?
- Who were the first humans?
- Will I go to heaven?