The Baha'i Studies Listserv > The problem is that 'Abdu'l-Bahá said also: "it cannot be imagined that the > worlds of existence, whether the stars or this earth, were once inhabited by > the donkey, cow, mouse and cat, and that they were without man!"
Dear Hasan, I think Abdu'l-Baha shared the assumption of the Greek philosophers that the reality of a thing was what it was intended to become. Obviously there was once a time when no cows, cats or primates (including humans) walked the earth. But in seed form, they already existed. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-679505-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
