an_absurd_expectation andru235 to think the nature of existence will ever be captured in words, scientific or religious, alike! words are wonderful! but do not expect them to explain things beyond the mental scope of their creators; in our case, humans... new words can be invented, yes; but did the ancient person have no idea what a tree was, lacking a word for it? how ridiculous! the tree was known as well as we know it now, but in a different way: now we know the tree's chemistry. the ancient person knew the tree's persona. "but trees don't have personalities!" thank you for proving my point. "but...trees never *did* have personalities!" when was the last time you genuinely (GENUINELY) introduced yourself to a tree, hoping to know it? have you ever even tried? can you really expect to know, if you haven't? and do you really expect you will attain immediate results? when have you ever felt truly, fully known by someone after shaking hands? 050521 ... andru235 did i capture the nature of this notion linguistically? not really 050521 ... unhinged abandon_expectation 190807 what's it to you? who go blather from