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Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes, yes.
BOB:  You said when Jesus came the people then were somewhat more ignorant and needed miracles as aid. I wasn't sure if that's quite what you said.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes, yes. Miracles are for the ignorant.
BOB:  I had asked this in relation to all the miracle men you hear about in India.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Kṛṣṇa is the highest miracle man.
BOB:  Yes.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  That is stated by Kunti. . . .
BOB:  Without perfect knowledge, can I not teach some things? For example, I may—
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  You can teach up to the point you know.
BOB:  Yes, but I should not claim to teach more than I know.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes, that is cheating.
ŚYĀMASUNDARA:  In other words, he can't teach the truth with partial knowledge.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Yes. That is not possible for any human being. A human being has imperfect senses. So how can he teach perfect knowledge? Suppose you see the sun as a disc. You have no means to approach the sun. If you say that we can see the sun by telescope and this and that, they are also made by you, and you are imperfect. So how can your machine be perfect? Therefore, your knowledge of the sun is imperfect. So don't teach about the sun unless you have perfect knowledge. That is cheating.
BOB:  But what about to teach that it is supposed that the sun is 93,000,000 miles away?
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  As soon as you say "it is supposed," it is not scientific.