Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-28 Thread Roger Borseth
Subject: Re: Beings and creatures From: Don Calkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 03:01:35 -0600 X-Message-Number: 9 On 8/26/03 6:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Khazeh, Thank you very much for your help. I guess I should tell you the reason why I brought up this question

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-28 Thread MATTHEW MENGE
I'm sorry, I thought you were discussing the word "creature". Best Regards, Matt - Original Message - From: MATTHEW MENGE Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:00 PM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Beings and creatures Yes, I know. The reason I didn't consider this is

Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread MATTHEW MENGE
Dear Khazeh, Thank you very much for your help. I guess I should tell you the reason why I brought up this question. In English, the word "being" and the word "creature" are somewhat synonymous. In fact, a being is often though of as a creature with intelligence, that is, more than a creature.

RE: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread Owen Allen
: Wednesday, 27 August 2003 9:07 AMTo: Baha'i StudiesSubject: Beings and creatures Dear Khazeh, Thank you very much for your help. I guess I should tell you the reason why I brought up this question. In English, the word "being" and the word "creature" are

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread MATTHEW MENGE
I don't know for sure. I am just relating(and piecing together) what Baha'is who speak Persian and Arabic have told me. Best Regards, Matt - Original Message - From: Owen Allen Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:23 AM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: RE: Beings and creatures Mathew

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread Don Calkins
On 8/26/03 6:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Khazeh, Thank you very much for your help. I guess I should tell you the reason why I brought up this question. In English, the word being and the word creature are somewhat synonymous. In fact, a being is often though of as a

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread MATTHEW MENGE
Regards, Matt - Original Message - From: Don Calkins Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:05 AM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Beings and creatures On 8/26/03 6:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Khazeh, Thank you very much for your help. I guess I should tell you the reason why

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread Patti Goebel
Matt, Additionally, inherent in the idea of every planet having its own creaturesisan assumption about all creatures that ever existed or might ever exist on the planet. All of Earth's creatures do not currently exist, many are extinct and there are probably many more speciesto appear in

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread Don Calkins
On 8/27/03 1:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So my initial reaction to this information was that Baha'u'llah perhaps had a non-conventional understanding of what constitutes a creature. I can't answer your question, but I'll give my personal take on this. I have always found SAQ rather

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread MATTHEW MENGE
eing needy. But even if I did know Arabic, the Baha'i Distribution Service does not currently offer Gleanings in the original languages anyways. Anyways, thanks for the idea. Matt - Original Message - From: Patti Goebel Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:02 PM To: Baha'i Studies Subject:

Re: Beings and creatures

2003-08-27 Thread MATTHEW MENGE
- Original Message - From: Don Calkins Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:25 PM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Re: Beings and creatures On 8/27/03 1:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So my initial reaction to this information was that Baha'u'llah perhaps had a non-conventional understanding of what