Hi, Gilberto, At 08:42 AM 1/1/2005, you wrote: >>I didn't closely follow the omniscience discussion so I'm not sure if >>specific claims along these lines were made in the Bahai writings regarding >>Abdul-Baha but aren't both *knowing* how to understand a language and >>*knowing* how to speak a language two things which would be included in >>omniscience?<<
Whether `Abdu'l-Baha was omniscient at will may be unknown. The pilgrim's note (hadith) cited earlier from Stanwood Cobb has no Baha'i scriptural status. However, `Abdu'l-Baha did, at least at times, appear to have superhuman knowledge. I am just speculating, but it seems possible that `Abdu'l-Baha could have had access to certain sorts of knowledge, perhaps under particular circumstances, without being omniscient (all-knowing). With regards, Mark A. Foster * 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" -- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
