[thecavemaster]

Of course, a corn seed, if taken full term, will, without drought or drown or disease, become an ear of corn. However, to hold an ear of corn in one hand, a seed of corn in the other, then allow the mind to wander a bit... the analogy is not so far fetched as one might first think. There are many things one might say and do with an ear of corn that do not apply to the seed, though both are living things. This analogy is only preposterous if the mind refused to wrap around the analogy.