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Date Posted: 17:34:46 09/08/04 Wed
Author: jat684
Subject: Re: Answer to What is greater than God riddle
In reply to: I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts.... 's message, "Re: Answer to What is greater than God riddle" on 15:32:52 03/26/04 Fri

>>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!

Haha! That is great!

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