Paul Harvey Riddle

Gary C. sent me this riddle which has been doing the rounds on email for quite a while, though I had never seen it before. As Gary pointed out, the interesting thing about this is not whether it really is a Paul Harvey riddle (I have no clue), or even the riddle itself. It's the claim that 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer while 83% of Stanford graduates were unable to. Instead of trying to track down whether or not a group of Stanford graduates ever has been tested with this riddle, I thought I'd do the next best thing. Take an unscientific poll of Museum of Hoaxes readers to see how many of you are able to figure out the answer right away vs. aren't able to. That'll give a rough approximation of the percentage of (presumably over-kindergarten age) people able to solve the riddle, assuming people answer the poll honestly.

I have to admit that I couldn't get the answer. I finally gave up and googled for the answer.

If you've seen the riddle before and already know the answer, then base your response to the poll on the first time you ever saw the riddle. Did you figure out the answer immediately? If you were in kindergarten when you first were given the riddle, then don't respond to the poll.

I put the answer in a link below for those people, like myself, unable to figure it out.

Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

Send this to 10 people and then press shift and you will get the answer.
P.S. You won't believe this, but this really does give you the answer!!!!


The Answer

Psychology

Posted on Sat Feb 12, 2005



Comments

chelsealou said:

"faith is what will get you to heaven, denying the existence of God will get you sent to hell"

I guess I just don't get it. God supposedly gives us free will but if we exercise if by deciding that we don't believe in Him, He sends us to Hell. All He'd have to do is give us the evidence and we'd all believe, but He doesn't, for apparantly perverse reasons.

Why, it's almost as if God doesn't exist and all this nonsense is mere rationalization.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy  on  Mon Feb 06, 2006  at  12:53 AM
Dear Mitch,
I wouldn't classify gravity as a chance, it is more of a creation. When a person makes a miracle, that is because they have been chosen by God to persue that miracle.Also when you win the lottary, sure thats random, but it is more a blessing than a coincidence.

Dear Cranky media guy,
Tell me this then,
who Created the planets, the trees, the animals, the humans, who created your family for that matter?? Did a tiny like microscopic particle go pppoooffff and make the mountains, the sky, the planets, and the human body????
when you said "All He'd have to do is give us the evidence and we'd all believe, but He doesn't, for apparantly perverse reasons.
" If you want my opionion go back a page.
Posted by chelsealou  on  Mon Feb 06, 2006  at  07:48 PM
Dear Chelsea,
Do you not understand the concept of gravity? Masses come together due to their size, I don't see anything pushing me down because nothing is really pushing me down, just something is holding me here. Plus 7 pounds of atmospheric pressure. Plus, since God wants people to share their wealth, He would only "bless" people who he know would share by letting them win the lottery. Unless they were poor to begin with. But there are millionaires who play the lottery and add onto their stacks of cash. In the presence of a fair and loving God, that wouldn't be possible. Like I've said though, I'm not saying there ISN'T a God, I'm just saying if there is, He doesn't seem to care about me.

To Cranky Media Guy,
It is reckless to believe that there isn't SOMETHING that created us, no matter how present the lack of evidence is. It is quite possible that no religion is right, and that there is some God whose gospel was lost in the time of Cavemen. So God or no God, there could've been something that put us here for a reason. Something in infinity that no one knows about, and will only know about when they die and go to another Realm. It could be anything, even something living on another planet, such as aliens or something. We could even be a constantly running computer program, but we don't know if we are or not. Any theory could be right, but atheism is reckless.

To anybody... Don't you think that Atheism should be Antitheism? Because Monotheism is believing in one God, and Polytheism is believing in more than one God. The prefix A means "1", such as in Asexual Reproduction, reproduction by one organism. So Antitheism seems like it would make more sense.
Posted by Mitch  on  Mon Feb 06, 2006  at  08:13 PM
Dear Mitch,
yea I know your not saying that there isn't a God. And i totally disagree with the last thing you said. It doesn't matter how far away from God you are, he loves you more than you would even imagine. Despite all your sins and darkness you may come in contact with, he loves you because he created you. He wants you to be happy because just like everyone else, you are special and important to him. And no, he doesn't bless someone with the lottery because he knows that you will share it with someone. I dont know the true meaning, but I know that isnt the right one. He works in mysterious ways..
Posted by chelsealou  on  Mon Feb 06, 2006  at  10:11 PM
Mitch said:

"To Cranky Media Guy,
It is reckless to believe that there isn't SOMETHING that created us, no matter how present the lack of evidence is. It is quite possible that no religion is right, and that there is some God whose gospel was lost in the time of Cavemen. So God or no God, there could've been something that put us here for a reason."

Why is it "reckless" to refuse to believe in something for which there is ZERO evidence?

Do you believe in the Giant Tortoise on whose back the Earth sits as some Native American tribes believed? If not, why not? After all, there is NO evidence for that, either, but according to you, that lack of evidence should be no deterrent to belief.

Since there is NO evidence to back up the belief system of ANY religion, how did you decide which one to believe in? (I'm assuming here that you believe in SOME religious system.)

You don't seem unintelligent; I'm guessing that you wouldn't apply "logic" like this to anything other than religion. Why make an exception here?
Posted by Cranky Media Guy  on  Tue Feb 07, 2006  at  12:31 AM
This type of argument is what I was trying to AVOID when I posted my first thing. But I guess I'm in the conversation now, huh?

Chelsealou:
Well, no matter the case, you telling me how much He loves me isn't going to make me believe. Case Closed.

Cranky Media Guy:
Just because rivers aren't parting and bushes aren't burning doesn't mean that "normal" couldn't have changed from when a "God" interacted more with the Earth. Anything is possible, we went to the MOON in like a few years after we started our space program. Come on.
Posted by Mitch  on  Tue Feb 07, 2006  at  09:38 PM
What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
Posted by hannah  on  Fri Apr 14, 2006  at  12:32 PM
Magnetic ionizing femotode decouplers.
Posted by Charybdis  on  Fri Apr 14, 2006  at  12:59 PM
Im 17 now i first heard this riddle when i was in english class, and my teacher had it written on the board and told us that if we got the answer right we would wwin a big bag of candy, and i really wanted it...so i wrote down each part seperate What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die? First saw the rich need it and the poor have it...I thought that was weird and i remember saying to myself the rich have everything, the poor have little,i thought it out a little more greater than god? god is almighty nothing is greater than god, and more evil than the devil? come on now basic the devil is lord of hell, whats worse than burning in hell? it took that thought thats all it sounds simple now that i write it down but it took me a good 10 mins....i got the candy....lol but i still failed the class. odd
Posted by Andy Muir  on  Sun Apr 16, 2006  at  01:43 AM
nothing
Posted by Debbie  on  Thu Apr 27, 2006  at  03:23 PM
Did anyone notice that if you reply to the sender of this riddle, that your reply does not actually go to the person who sent it to you, but it is engineered to be sent to someone that you don't know, along with the email addresses of the string of people who have forwarded it, in addition to all of their friends' email addresses? Doesn't that seem a bit 'phishy'? I suspect that the purpose of this email is to collect email addresses for spamming. And all the while, we are so mesmerized by the riddle that we unwittingly help this scheme along. If you love this Paul Harvey message and attached riddle and want to send it to everyone you know, feel free, but instead of forwarding it with the forward button, copy it and then send it AND PLEASE do not reply to it, because I suspect you will then get the opposite of 'nothing' in your email box!
Posted by Brenda The Suspicious  on  Tue May 02, 2006  at  01:09 PM
I figured out the answer really quick, but I didn't know I had for about ten minutes after that until I looked it up. I just knew that nothing is greater than God. Everything else kinda baffled me. I kept thinking it was something tangible because the last part had me thinking it was edible. But that's the way riddles work, right? Kinda like this one: The one who makes it doesn't want it, the one who wants it doesn't need it, and the one that needs it doesn't know their using it. What is it?

I couldn't get this one when I heard it the first time. I thought for a long time but I was finally told the answer. Its a casket.
:lol:
Anyway, good riddle. Later!
Posted by Ashley West  on  Fri May 19, 2006  at  12:05 AM
Now while I got the answer rather quickly, I had to go look into whether Mr. Harvey actually wrote this.

I recieved this in an email along with a nice little poem of sorts that was touching, but not belonging to Mr. Harvey.

I found that while many things that come to us via the internet are attributed to Mr. Harvey, most of them are not his work.

Most run a simliar line to his "Rest of the Story" theme, but this piece did not come from him.

He did read it on his show in 1997 but the original text was written by Lee Pitts and in 2000 it was included in "Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul".

Like the article attached to the riddle, Mr. Harvey did not write that either. He may have featured on it on his show once it crossed his path, but it is not his work.

So since there is no reliable source, the statistics are jaded as well.

Just my 2 cents worth 😊
Posted by Sunny  on  Sun May 28, 2006  at  10:42 AM
Dear Mitch, Cranky & Chelsea,

I have seen Him.

You will ever guess where either!

He was hiding behind the tree the whole time!

Now lighten up guys, its a riddle. Flawed as it may be, it is meant to be fun. 😛
Posted by Teetering Teeter  on  Sun May 28, 2006  at  10:52 AM
Dear Idiot (AKA Teetering Teeter)
If you can't read, that's what I was trying to avoid. This senseless program keeps sending me chit that says, "Reply to your message" so like a dumbass I keep reading the new posts and keep coming back to a website I was originally trying to do the same thing that you are right now with. It's a lost cause, and no matter what you say, as long as we have conscious minds, (whether made by a God or not,) we have the ability to form opinions, and the constant ability to express those opinions. No matter what you say, when the ability is available, some will use misuse and abuse their ability to do anything in relation with their opinions. This whole thing could be summed up in, "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE" or some other partially naive saying like, "IF YOU TRY YOU WILL FAIL" and stuff of or related to those. Okay, byebye. (With any luck, this won't trick me into coming back.)
Posted by Mitch  on  Tue May 30, 2006  at  08:33 PM
;-P This one had a few og my co-wokers going for awhile.
We were sitting here really thinking about it, until we all decided to google it. I hated this riddle. I thought it was going to be a good one.
Posted by Maribel Villegas  on  Wed Jun 14, 2006  at  11:02 AM
:) omg i got it in like 3or 4 seconds then googled it cuz i wanted to know if i was right this was so cool 😊
Posted by Ellie  on  Mon Jun 19, 2006  at  02:08 PM
I'm just shocked that people admit to being athiests... I'll keep you in my prayers!!
I didn't get the answer... I guess I was thinking inside the box on this one!!
Posted by Heather  on  Wed Jun 21, 2006  at  01:49 PM
Heather said:

"I'm just shocked that people admit to being athiests"

You say that as if being an atheist is something a person should be ashamed of. Why?

As for praying for me, don't bother. Save your breath.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy  on  Wed Jun 21, 2006  at  02:15 PM
I cheated my son had to look it up and find the answer it really was a simple answer lol
Posted by Vicki  on  Wed Jun 28, 2006  at  04:26 PM
I heard this a very long time ago. Today I'm 15 and I've been raised a catholic all my life. I heard this riddle in a class at a catholic school and after the first line was read the entire class shot back with a nothing. I very do much believe in the fact that children have a better understanding as of what is most important. I've been told all my life that God has the highest power. I think that religion is strongly based in this poll.
Posted by shae  on  Fri Jun 30, 2006  at  07:52 AM
A wise man once said that I would rather go through all my life praising, worshiping, and fearing a god to die and find out there is no god or heaven, then to live my life as there is no god or heaven and to die and find out there is.

With this riddle it doesn
Posted by owardy  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  10:11 AM
It's not our fault you were taught to blindly follow a ridiculous belief system for which no evidence exists. It's not our fault you can't learn to question your beliefs and realize how silly they are.

A wiser man once asked, "Why should I worship a being who, if He exists, is the most evil tyrant Man has ever known?"
Posted by Charybdis  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  10:56 AM
First of all I question everything. Do I question my own religion yes as well as every other religion on the planet including atheists
Posted by owardy  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  12:34 PM
Show you the proof? :lol:

You'd scream all about 'faith' and 'belief' if I pulled that one.

There is no proof to show you that God is evil. God doesn't exist, therefore he's not evil. The point of the matter was that if he did exist, he'd have to be evil. No kind, loving god could commit the evil he's committed against the world and it's inhabitants. Floods, typhoons, tsunamis, droughts, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes... all acts of god, if he existed.

Thank god he's just a myth.
Posted by Charybdis  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  01:35 PM
Would you rather spend an eternity in Hell or Paradise? Would you rather be safe than sorry?

Whose Paradise and Hell? Remember, Christians are a minority on the planet and all religions teach that only theirs is the correct one. Which do I pick out of all the conflicting flavours? And who's to say that any of them are correct?
Posted by Charybdis  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  01:41 PM
That
Posted by owardy  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  02:03 PM
One more thing May God show you that light and that light touch your soul so on your day of questioning you may pass through the pearly gates. It is not my job to judge just spread the word.
Posted by owardy  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  03:19 PM
Could you ask God for some extra punctuation? You seem to have run out.
Posted by Madmouse  on  Wed Jul 19, 2006  at  05:10 PM
No. The lack of punctuation is my fault. Nobodys Perfect!
Posted by owardy  on  Thu Jul 20, 2006  at  08:39 AM
Yeah, I've been here before... And I swore to myself I wouldn't come back but those emails keep coming. Time to straighten out some facts. (If you guys don't know, I'm agnostic for future reference.)
If there is a God, He created volcanoes to EXPAND. You who says He created them to destroy because He's evil, that's not necessarily true if you know that volcanoes create more earth.
Also, dumb f*ck who says that the USA was created based on Christianity, you're wrong. Puritans and Separatists came over from England when it strayed from Catholicism. While there were Christians, that wasn't the main religion. Christians were even persecuted in some colonies. Except my good ol' state of PA. However, God is a part of all of these religions, and a common misconception is that "In God we trust" is the same as "In Jesus we trust."
The principle of free speech did not DESTROY religion, last time I checked all of our presidents with the exception of 1 have been Christians.
Separation of Church and State has been an amendment since... Well, a REALLY long time ago. The thing is, it was never really enforced completely until all of the political correctness began.
Take God out of schools, because no school has a pledge of alegience that includes the word "Allah," "Shiva," or even "Jesus." It's all about "God," and if you don't believe in God, you don't want your children to go to a school where they will forcefully teach your child principles that they have no right to teach them.
So you see, all of you have good points, but all of those points have counterpoints, or are blatently disregarding complete truth without adaptation. Good day.
Posted by Mitchums  on  Fri Jul 21, 2006  at  01:10 AM
Man you are funny. I make one reference to Jesus and you think that I am a christian. I never said I was a christian in fact I never stated what religion I was. So just stop assuming over there because you are making an ass out of yourself. This makes it easy for me because now I don
Posted by owardy  on  Fri Jul 21, 2006  at  09:09 AM
<i>You are the exact reason on why stupid people shouldn
Posted by Charybdis  on  Fri Jul 21, 2006  at  11:17 AM
It just shows that you have no life and nothing to say when you read my entire comment and reply back on a typo. Like I said I am not perfect and neither are you and neither is God. I make mistakes and own up to them like a man. I don
Posted by owardy  on  Fri Jul 21, 2006  at  11:47 AM
I'm sorry, you were so nonsensical in your post that I felt any further comments about it would be redundant. Besides, I agree with you that this nation was founded by people with a belief in god/natural spirit/whatever. They also believed in enslaving their fellow man. Jolly bunch they were.
Posted by Charybdis  on  Fri Jul 21, 2006  at  12:20 PM
That they were a jolly bunch of fuck ups. It only took us what 16 presidents and about 100 years or so to correct that one. But if it wasnt for those fuck ups we wouldnt have this great country. lol good stuff man
Posted by owardy  on  Fri Jul 21, 2006  at  12:27 PM
Owardy said:

"A wise man once said that I would rather go through all my life praising, worshiping, and fearing a god to die and find out there is no god or heaven, then to live my life as there is no god or heaven and to die and find out there is."

What you're referring to is called Pascal's Wager and there are some very good refutations to it. I suspect you can find them on wikipedia.com or via google.com.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy  on  Sun Jul 23, 2006  at  12:54 AM
Welcome back Cranky Media Guy, 😛

First off, completely unrelated to God, believers, nonbelievers, and Agnostics... Like it says in my location this time, Basin City. Since you're pointing out that I misread, blah blah blah, you completely overlooked a major part of Sin City. The city that they are in, unless you are referring to Las Vegas, Nevada, (which, based on how you act, is not what you seem to be referring to...) It's Basin City... If I assume wrong, I apologize. Moving on...
If you believe in God just for the purpose of getting into heaven, you will go to hell. Just so you know. If you have firm disbelief, and yet you fear hell, you are still going to hell. It's all based on what you believe, according to religious freaks, (see earlier pages, that enlightenment girl who had no clue what she was talking about...)
This country was not born from God. Yes, religion had a large part in the creation of this country. It was a strong reason for immigration. But you can't forget all the other religions that came with it. Society today is as biased as it was back then, and saying that Pagans weren't taking a part in the founding of this country is not only a lie, but it is also a mockery of events that occured. Owardy, you believe that separation of church and state, also a large part of the founding of this country, should not take part in schools? What if you can't find a good school for your child that shares your beliefs, and you aren't a very good teacher yourself?
If you didn't know, this country is also based on EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. What if, since you so blatently 'believe' to save your neck, this country was mostly wiccans? Would you start casting spells so that you can get in good with Mother Nature and the core of life itself? What if, say, mostly wiccans lived in this country, and you were Christian. And the whole time in school, instead of learning about your precious God, your child learned about a religion that by your God is considered to be of the Devil?
So before you go throwing around that God should be involved in schools, think about the basis of this country. Maybe read up on your Constitution, Amendments, and all of the history of the founding of this country, before you start saying that God should be involved in schools.
Think about it: similar to how the same people who put God in the Pledge of Allegiance enslaved people, they also enjoyed putting blacks and whites in different schools. So think about the people you're defending. Good night, and have a pleasent tomorrow.
Posted by Mitchums  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  01:01 AM
OK you assume wrong I live in the city of sin Las Vegas. And to even hint at the fact that my belief's would ever have anything to with saving my neck or just for the purpose of going to heaven is a travesty a sham and a mockery it
Posted by owardy  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  09:38 AM
Hey, "retarded butt dart"... What are you, in elementary school?
If you didn't realize that I'm agnostic, and I'm just basing everything off of "What if?"s and that I see both sides and the problems with all the arguments, then you are missing my points. See, in my post, I apologized if my assumption was wrong. So if you aren't a complete asshole, then you'd say, "Oh, well, I live in Las Vegas, so yeah."
Anyway, you keep saying that no one is perfect, blah blah blah, and yet, you act as if you are the freaking king of all that exists, and that your belief system, one which is so vast that not even Jesus could go through the whole thing while being tested by the devil and shit.
If you realized that this country is for complete freedom, then you also realize that the freedom to have your children go to a school free of religion should be garaunteed. If you aren't one of those religious asses who think that everyone and everything should be about religion, you'd see where I'm coming from. I'm not an atheist, and I'm not a muslim (if I spelled it wrong, sorry,) but I'm saying if I was, then I would have to send my children to a biased school system, where they will influence my child's beliefs. What if saying that you pledge allegiance to a flag under someone elses God would be against your religion? That is what you would call opression. What did the founding fathers come here to escape? OPRESSION. So dumbass-know-it-all-who-assumes-too-much... Last time I checked, religion is something that the US is one of the only countries that you can have freedom of.
How dare you call me a communist? Do you even know what a fucking communist is? I won't explain it, don't anyone else explain it. I want to see Mr. Owardy explain, in his own words, how I am a communist based on what I have said in the past.
Posted by Mitch  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  11:40 AM
Most of you may not know-or understand-the history that is behind this country and its belief structure. Fore, if you really think about it, religion didn't really come into anything in this country until it started showing up in government. When the settlers first came to this country, their life was based on living in freedom and prosperity. So saying that this country was founded on a single belief in God is an unjust and an untrue statement toward the events that truly occurred in our fine nation's history. The country that we live in now, has now shown itself as a farcry from the ideas that the founders had, but it is also a problem and a fact that our country is supposed to have freedom of opinion, and thus it causes stupid debates to occur, although it will never change what is happening. You people need to waste your time on something better, maybe trying to create a way to boost the economy, rather than arguing about your stupid beliefs... Think about the shape that the world is in right now. It's really bad. And our country is so full of morons who have too much pride, and they waste their time on stupid things that don't really matter, destroying the country. Those who argue about these things are just splitting the country apart, creating anarchy and terrorism from, not only the outside, but people who are in it.
This next part is for the strict religious freaks... According to this "great" God of yours, which contradicts Himself numerous times, humanity has the decision to believe in Him or not. And to those who think that by converting the whole fucking world will get you into heaven, or trying to make some bullshit excuse for why you're spewing your ideas on others, (by the way, that is against the basic idea of our constitution, which is having a free belief system without persecution,) if people are telling others how to live their lives, then where is the freedom in that? How would you feel if you were controlled in that way? How far does freedom of speech go before you are taking away other's rights to believe in what they want to believe? (continued in next comment)
Posted by Timothy  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  12:14 PM
My personal opinion, which is also backed by several years of study, is that contradictive actions that are put in "The Bible" make up a religion that is almost impossible to believe in, and I have found that most who actually attempt to live this life, in the Eyes of God, are only doing it out of fear, and only use him as a scape goat to be able to forgive themselves. We only know what's in front of us, what's beyond is a complete mystery, so people who place their own ideas are welcome to do so; henceforth why there are so many religions and ideas. I also would like to mention, yet again in history, that the idea of Christianity, or God, or however you put it, didn't exist until a couple thousand B.C.E., according to "The Bible", the world hasn't been around as long as it has been proven to be... And this is where religious nuts say that it is based on your faith, but how can you have faith in something that is PROVEN to be untrue? That should be the end of all arguement, since it has been proven. I know that this is all logic, and people say that it is all your faith, but logic should and will always overpower faith. Not only is this "faith" so hard to understand logically, but it is also a blind "faith", in the sense that you literally can not really believe in it unless you are a little kid, or you are just stupid... Or are forced to believe.
I feel empathy for those who are not given the chance to believe in what they feel is right...
Posted by Tim  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  12:15 PM
Keep the debate civil, please. Swearing is not appropriate.

-Moderator.
Posted by Boo  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  01:12 PM
WOW where did I say I was king of everything... Hmmmm oh yeah nowhere. Hey you act like a child you get treated like one. Next time maybe you might think twice when you call somebody childish names. I will apologize for the remark about you being a communist I was just reacting to your multiple comments on me being retarded. You are allowed to believe what ever you want and in no way am I stating that I am better than you or I know everything and my belief is better than yours. I am not judging anybody or trying to push my belief's on anybody that is not my job. I'm sorry if I came off that way. I believe in a higher power it is my right to just as it is your right not to. In regards to schools and god all I was saying is that we should have left it the way it was, we don
Posted by owardy  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  01:43 PM
if you still would like my deffinition of communist i will post it
Posted by owardy  on  Mon Jul 24, 2006  at  01:44 PM
Can't we all just get along? Seriously... If there is a God, I'm sure He wouldn't want us to argue like this, even if He gave us the ability to do so. Why don't we just quit the bickering and set our differences aside? Seriously, none of us know each other besides what we've read, and we're all coming off like complete a-holes. I hope that you all forgive my trespasses, as I forgive your trespasses on me or whatever.
Posted by Mitchums  on  Thu Jul 27, 2006  at  12:21 AM
<red>that riddle wasn't that hard.</red>
Posted by I don't know...  on  Thu Jul 27, 2006  at  12:27 AM
Well I couldn't figure it out. I thought about it for a little bit, then had to google "Paul Harvey" for the answer. Which is how I found this site. :cheese: It's really interesting to see how so many of us don't get it. Wow, kids really do know so much more than us 'adults' heh?
Posted by ~*Jen*~  on  Wed Aug 09, 2006  at  04:58 PM
The answer is Nothing. No existential reasoning or religious belief, just Nothing
Posted by Sally  on  Sun Aug 13, 2006  at  12:27 PM
To -*Jen*-:
Kids have simple minds, simple minds have simple belief systems, and simple thought processes. A simple mind with a simple belief in God would realize right away that there is nothing greater than the Almighty One. It doesn't mean they're smarter, and just means, in this situation, the wit of a child is quicker than the wit of an adult.

To Sally:
Yes, but is it really a religion-less answer? Saying that there is nothing greater than "God" and nothing more evil than the "Devil" is based on previous religious belief. Otherwise, there would be no answer, because there would be no standard for the greatness of the God or the evilness of the Devil. So in retrospect, you are blatently, with disregard to your subconscious belief, stating that there IS a God that there is nothing greater than.
Posted by Mitch  on  Mon Aug 14, 2006  at  04:54 AM
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