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This mostly happens at public counters at post offices, air ports, railway stations and the like.

How do plants understand communication free of language restrictions? I mean, how do you explain the ability of plants to understand communication directed at them, free of any language restrictions?

Where did Jesus mention the word 'church' and say He was creating the church?

How does a person have to know to a moral certainty that otherwise he himself will definitely be killed?

Growth of Science has led to growth of atheism. Can there be harmony between the two - Science & Religion?

Is it not a fact that if everything were to be pre-destined, there would be nothing left for Man to do and reach out for or make an effort? Under the circumstances, Life & Living would have no purpose. Saint or sinner, both have to feed their own self. They just cannot afford to keep waiting with an open mouth for even one single morsel to reach their lips. Every one of us has to make an effort and the faintest effort is motivated by a purpose. And yet off & on, we are reminded of everything being pre-destined.

On one side we have the mandatory need & compulsion to have to use our intelligence, power of discrimination & will power. At every step in life we are extorted to make our best efforts for achieving any goal in life. At the same time, off & on, the idea of everything being pre-destined is spoken about and suggested. Between the two, where lies the truth? I mean, at one end we are extorted to make efforts and at the other we are suggested that every thing is pre-destined. What is the truth?

Is it possible that the culprit in this case is the understanding of the expression 'every thing' - that 'every thing' is pre-destined? Is it possible that only the strong tendencies with us today - tendencies that influence our every day actions and activities - which we carry from our past form the actual content of our destiny and that the balance space in life is to be taken up by our intelligence, will power and power of discrimination?

Republican Senate candidate, Todd Akin of Missouri, USA, says so. According to a statement made by him in August, a woman's body can prevent conception in cases of "legitimate rape."

First of all , which rape is "legitimate"? Tomorrow some 'knowledgeable' personalities may profess genuine loot & arson, dacoity & vandalism, Hitlerism & Talibanism etc. to be 'legitimate'. Further, another Republican Senate candidate, Mr. Richard Mourdock said on October 23, that "pregnancies caused by rape were something God intended to happen." Next, we will be told that these are all to be accepted with open arms since they are God's will, failing to contend with the fact that we have with us the power of discrimination and societal constraints, laws & expectations.

May I have your views on this?

P.S.:. I am very much ashamed & deeply sorry that earlier on I had used the word 'contraception' in place of 'conception'. I am grateful to Sweet Pinki for pointing out my over-sight and also to my other friends who still bothered to consider a response to an obviously foolish question inadvertently posted by me. I apologise.

Can the real & complete basic truth ever be expressed in words?

Are not words just capable of expressing only a relative truth?

E.g.:Can the taste of sugar be expressed in words? Can a feeling, like I Love You, be completely expressed in words? Can the best recipe book teach us the taste & nourishment that a particular recipe offers us?

Doesn't 'covering up' therefore not mean plain lying?

When 'covering up' stands for not telling the truth, doesn't 'covering up' amount to lying, since not telling the truth means lying?

Then what about actions like using make-up & wearing clothes etc. Do these not intend to hide the truth and do not actions like these amount to lying, subterfuge and deception?