Hi Ron,
But Abdu'l-Baha is not omniscient at will. To me, He did not know english that well. If you ask, why did Baha'u'llah not speak with Browne in English, it is because he didn't know English. Does this make sense if He is omniscient at will? I think it does because I can argue that he did not will to know English. I don't think he likes playing magician!
Ron Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ron Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Dec 28, 2004, at 11:14 PM, Sandra Chamberlain wrote:
> Dear Ron, you wrote: <>Since every Manifestation acted consistently
> with natural law, and acted as if They were not omniscient and
> omnipotent, to believe that they were Omniscient and Omnipotent means
> believing that They lived their lives acting in a false way, in some
> cruel and sordid Joke pretending to be human in the real world when in
> reality They were Magicians above it all.<>
>
> To my way of thinking to deny the Power of God to express His Will
> through a "human" Mouthpiece, as were all His Manifestations, is to
> deny all Creation.
>
How so?
> Omniscient at will.. Whose will? Baha'u'llah prayed: "Aid me, O my
> Lord, to surrender myself wholly to Thy Will."
>
Good point. But I! still wonder why God would do it this way. And it
still violates Occam's Razor. Wouldn't it be a lot simpler to assume
that Abdul Baha used an interpreter becuase he could't understand
English well without one?
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