Re: beings and existents

[Patti Goebel]

Matt,   In English, creature can refer to any creation.  This would include minerals.   "God's first creature was light." --Bacon. Patti I am investigating the possibility that 'Abdu'l-Baha considered certain mineral creations in the universe to be in some sense "alive".  Or to put it in another way, that He considered various manifestations of the mineral spirit to be "beings" or "creatures".   ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)