The chicken or the egg? A false dichotomy! The egg came first; we know this from evolution. The point is that a lot of philosophizing and argumentation is useless. Issues can often be resolved by looking the history of the issue in question.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The chicken and the egg evolved at the same time so neither came first.
msimpson9agn
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May 9, 2018
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We are all descendants of Adam and Eve who had two Sons.
Nevermind345
Level 7
May 9, 2018
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So of the three (purported in the story) which one have you eliminated; Cain, Abel, or Seth?
@Cricket9 Cain Supposedly slew His Brother.Able. So Cain eliminated him.
@Nevermind345 Nice try, but your statement claims they had two sons, when in fact, those particular fictitious characters had three. It's interesting the path you took rather than owning the error.
@Cricket9 Are you sure there were three sons. Like the other 5000 mistakes + has nothing to add to the discussion. They were all Male which was the Biological Reference I was making prevalent at the writing. If you are here to banter qualms of nonsense lets just let this by the way and you can find some other trivial point to make.
@Nevermind345 So defensive in your wrongness. LOL. Yes, I'm sure, and good day to you.
Chickens are a human invention from some forgotten Chinese jungle fowl.
BufftonBeotch
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May 9, 2018
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The real conundrum is "Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?" Yes, eggs as a means of reproduction have existed since before life crawled out of the oceans, and way before the evolution of chickens.
Of course if you're a creationist, you ask the question of how God would have done it. Did God create the first chicken that laid the first egg, or did God create the first chicken egg that hatched into the first chicken? Given that most biblical precedents seem to involve fully formed life that then goes on to breed, the most logical conclusion would be that he created the chicken and it laid the egg. Would a chicken egg even hatch without a parent to incubate it?
I suppose in the wacky world of theism, anything's possible if God wants it to happen... well apart from two men or two women conceiving a child between them. That, apparently, is beyond the reach of a God who can create universes.
NicoleCadmium
Level 7
May 9, 2018
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All this chicken and egg talk is making me hungry. So, what will l eat first the chicken or the egg?
Sticks48
Level 9
May 9, 2018
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That's the point of philosophy the question is more important than the answer. So how do you define a chicken is it a creature hatched from an egg laid by a chicken or is it a creature hatched from an egg laid by another similar animal that wasn't a chicken but laid an egg containing the chicken.
LeeMurray
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May 9, 2018
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Just one false dichotomy to rule out the entire field of philosophy and the great insights of great philosophers!! They asked those questions in the first place!!!!
AnandaKhan
Level 6
May 9, 2018
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I didn't say "entire"
I've always thought that the real question was - what came first - a creature that we would call a chicken, that laid an egg to make other chickens? Or was there an egg laid that gave birth to chickens, that was a 'fork in the road' evolutionarily speaking, to the creature that laid it?
That, in my eyes, has always been the real question. At what point did that egg give us a chicken?
DerekD
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May 8, 2018
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Of course! Chickens are the remnants of dinosaurs and....(drum roll) DINOSAURS LAID EGGS!
LucyLoohoo
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May 8, 2018
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