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>>Actually, Andrew, the statement "nothing is greater >>than God" is what is known as an ambiguous statement. >>Linguistically it can be interpreted two ways. It can >>either be interpreted as saying that "Nothing" is an >>entity and that entity is greater than God. Or it can >>be interpreted as saying that "no thing" is greater >>than God. I know you are trying to sound smart, but in >>reality if someone thought you were serious they would >>assume you are an idiot for not being able to >>interpret an ambiguous statement in context. Nice try >>though, i commend you for thinking laterally. >> > >When an individual writes a statement that can be >interpreted in multiple ways one can assume that the >original author wrote the statement with one meaning >in mind. Being that this is a riddle, not a joke as >some of you have stated, I would suggest accepting the >word nothing in the context of "no thing". The riddle >makes more sense that way. I feel that my assumption >is correct because the word "nothing" maintains the >same meaning throughout the entire riddle. If the >word "nothing" was interpreted as an entity you can >begin to see that is does not make sense. Remember >that the answer needs to make sense throughout a >riddle to qualify as a valid answer for that riddle. > >For the following example, let's assume the answer >"Nothing" is an entity. We'll call this entity, "A >pack of Marlboro Lights." > >What is greater than God, A pack of Marlboro Lights >More evil than the devil, A pack of Marlboro Lights >The poor have it, A pack of Marlboro Lights >The rich need it, A pack of Marlboro Lights >And if you eat it, you'll die? A pack of Marlboro >Lights > >Ok, so maybe if you eat a pack of Marlboro Lights you >will die. I think you see the point. Nothing when >interpreted as "no thing" makes sense throughout the >entire riddle. > >What is greater than God, No thing >More evil than the devil, No thing >The poor have it, No thing >The rich need it, No thing >And if you eat it, you'll die? No thing > >No thing is greater than God. >No thing is more evil than the devil. >The poor have no thing(s). >The rich do not need anything (no thing(s)). >If you do not eat, you will die (eat no thing(s)). > >Look at that, I justified my opinion without >defecating on anyone's face! > >And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my two cents!

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