The obvious point is obvious. Beyond that, it becomes a complex
question.
N.

>>> Ken Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> 08/04/07 5:50 PM >>>
--On Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:48 PM -0400 Nancy Gish
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 Whatever does it mean to say the "only God can make a tree?"

  Is this really all that difficult to comprehend? Doesn't it express
the
realization
 of an insight? All such expressions become cliche or "pious
convention,"
but their
 meaning can be recovered.

  Ken A