2006-07-21 22:02:13 · 26 answers · asked by Naoman B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course - just ask the chicken.
2006-07-21 22:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by ElderStud 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
truth exists in context. the question, as formulated, has no defined context and can not be meaningfully answered.
you must enlarge the context until it is a superset of both chickens and eggs. for this particular matter, we must turn to paleontology and comparative anatomy.
then your problem will be determining exactly at what moment the first chicken appeared from an egg laid by something that was not quite a chicken.
if you mean to be metaphorical rather than literal, then the problem you propose is a goedelian intractable. there is insufficient information (due to unbounded context) for it to be resolved at all.
to illustrate with a textbook example:
'this statement is a lie'
the statement can only be resolved by enlarging the context to subsume it whereupon you can easily say 'this is a self-contradiction'.
whenever you meet such an intractable, merely enlarge the context and it will be simple. if it is not simple, you have not adequately defined a suitable context.
next trick question!
2006-07-21 22:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by juan g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who you ask. Bible says chicken.
I would imagine, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, that the egg would have to hatch as a mutation from a different species and it's beneficial trait would be inherited and after an unbelieveably long time, chickens would be a species. So the egg according to evolution, I guess (not sure, didn't pay much attention in Biology--dropped it and took astronomy).
2006-07-21 22:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken. God created all the different animals.
The chicken has to sit on the egg to keep it warm in order for it to hatch!
2006-07-21 22:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken
2006-07-21 22:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by BShakey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since God created all creatures, then he would have created the chicken. Later on the chickens would have mated then came the egg(s), then more chickens.
2006-07-21 22:07:51 · answer #6 · answered by creeklops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chicken...
Who the hell is gonna take care of the egg and hatch it?
Btw, God created the Chicken.
2006-07-21 22:06:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Genesis Chapter one. God made the birds of the air on the 5th day. So the chicken defiantly. See the Bible does hold the answers.
2006-07-22 01:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by Smart_Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.. a animal much like a chicken slowly evolved over time to adapt to the enviorment till it is the chicken that we know today
2006-07-21 22:06:49 · answer #9 · answered by melissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken and I can prove it. If the egg came first, what was sitting on it to keep it warm and make it hatch????
2006-07-23 12:43:58 · answer #10 · answered by agfreak90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it can be answered. Its the chicken, why because in the bible it says and god made the birds and all living things, so you see the chicken came first.
2006-07-21 22:09:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋