2006-09-27 12:22:07 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The chicken or the egg is a reference to the causality dilemma which arises from the expression "which came first, the chicken or the egg?". Since both the chicken and the egg create the other in certain circumstances (a chicken emerges from an egg; an egg is laid by a chicken) it is ambiguous which originally gave rise to the other. Purely logical attempts to resolve the dilemma result in an infinite regress, since an egg was caused by a chicken, which was caused by an egg, etc. Since every chicken originates from its egg, it seems obvious the egg came first. Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life. The solution may require an examination of syntax and may rely on verification from advances in modern genetic science. When used in reference to difficult problems of causality, the chicken and egg dilemma is often used to appeal to the futility of debate and lay it to rest.
History of the problem
The earliest reference to the dilemma is found in Plutarch's Moralia, in the books titled "Table Talk," in a series of arguments based on questions posed in a symposium. Under the section entitled, "Whether the hen or the egg came first," the discussion is introduced in such a way as to suggest that the origin of the dilemma was even older:
"...the problem about the egg and the hen, which of them came first, was dragged into our talk, a difficult problem which gives investigators much trouble. And Sulla my comrade said that with a small problem, as with a tool, we were rocking loose a great and heavy one, that of the creation of the world..."
Various answers have been formulated in response to the question, many of them humorous.
As suggested by the alternative definitions and solutions given below, the chi
2006-09-29 04:53:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An egg is created from a chicken. So it's the chicken. God made all animals first. Eggs are part of the animals reproduction cycle which could not exist if the chicken had not come first.
2006-09-27 19:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by CK 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Studies have shown that life started with a single cell organism. This was figured by the adaptation that they grew to multiple cells which were mammals. So the correct answer would be "The chicken came before the egg.
2006-09-29 00:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken came first, God created it and a mate and then came the egg.
2006-09-27 19:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Vicki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 1:24-25
2006-09-27 19:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by PREACHER'S WIFE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made a fully grown chicken first. The eggs came later.
2006-09-27 19:26:42 · answer #6 · answered by happygirl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When the LORD formed man, and that man was given dominion over all the earth, God brought forth every animal and creeping thing and man named those things what they are named. I dont think an egg was part of the creation of 'animals and creeping things' that Adam gave a name too; as an egg is not considered an animal. All animals were 'put forth' THEN reproduced after their kind.
2006-09-27 19:28:07 · answer #7 · answered by Kim J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most believe the chicken.
God could have created the egg and placed it to hatch, but most feel the chicken was first.
2006-09-27 19:24:33 · answer #8 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken read Genesis 1
2006-09-27 19:25:14 · answer #9 · answered by Brian W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Scripture say that He created the fowls, not the egg.
The chicken would have to be first, besides what would sit on the egg to hatch it.
2006-09-27 19:32:59 · answer #10 · answered by G3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋