The first volume of The Urantia Diaries contains the correspondence Sherman had with Loose, Sadler, Sir Hubert Wilkins and others about the Urantia phenomenon before the Shermans arrived in Chicago in May 1942 and began attending the Forum and keeping the diaries. Feeling unjustly blamed, the Shermans wrote sharp, critical reports of the ensuing Forum activities, which contrast with the vague, rosy accounts of the Forum given decades later by non-Forumites. Sadler allowed the Shermans to continue to attend Forum meetings, but they became estranged from the Sadlers and kept aloof from most of the Forumites. Sadler of disrupting the superhumanly authorized running of the Forum. Sadler and his son Bill, Harold was accused by Dr. Outspokenly critical of some of the plans of Forum leaders Dr. What makes their story especially piquant is that Harold was a controversial figure. Their diligent documenting resulted in close to two thousand pages of eyewitness accounts which portray Forum life with unmatched vividness and immediacy They also recorded their conversations with their Forumite friends and acquaintances outside Forum meetings. During their stay in Chicago, from 1942 to 1947, the Shermans recorded what was said and done at every Forum meeting they attended. Only one source of extensive and detailed information about this period has come to light: the diaries and letters of Forumites Harold and Martha Sherman. The years from approximately 1924 to 1955, in which the evolving manuscript of the Urantia Book was shared with a small group in Chicago called the Forum, is an intriguing period in the history of the Urantia Book and its readership.
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