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Which came first: The Chicken or the Egg?

Which came first?


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Which came first?

The chicken, or the egg?

Methinks the chicken, based on Christianity.

What's your theory?
 
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Which came first?

The chicken, or the egg?

Methinks the chicken, based on Christianity.

What's your theory?

Fish and dinosaurs were around a long time before chickens, therefore its eggs. (I am not a young earther)
 
Wake up, Neo... uhh, Wake.

:)
 
Before I answer, I'm still waiting for the answer to why it crossed the road.
 
The chicken came before the chicken's egg.

the first chicken most likely came from something else's egg as a slight mutation.
 
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False dichotomy.

Rooster.
 
Fish and dinosaurs were around a long time before chickens, therefore its eggs. (I am not a young earther)

you went way further back than I was planning on, but same answer. There were common ancestors which diverged to become various genera and species in the family Phasianidae which includes pheasants, quails, partridges, and jungle fowl (of which chickens are a domesticated subspecies) - all of which inherited the trait of egg laying, which came way before any of them.
 
The chicken came before the chicken's egg.

the first chicken most likely came from something else's egg as a slight mutation.

So conversely the egg which produced the first chicken, came first.
 
Nah, it was the nest. The egg is an egg, a chicken can walk from anywhere but without a nest thee is no place to lay the egg. :lol:
 
Methinks the chicken, based on Christianity.

Only the chicken!

Genesis 1:20-21

King James Version (KJV)

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
 
They both appeared simultaneously in a chicken omelet.
 
So conversely the egg which produced the first chicken, came first.
But the mutation came with the embryo not the actual egg. The egg in which the chicken was born was most likely not a chicken egg, but the egg of its ancestor which birthed the first chicken... then hence from then on every egg a chicken layed was a Chicken-egg.
 
I always felt dirty having chicken and egg mayonnaise in the same sandwich...

There's not really supposed to be an answer to this question. It's a philosophical exercise in infinite regression. It's just an approachable way to ask which came first, a cause or an effect (but keep in mind all known causes were effects themselves). Referring to Bibilcal verse to support the chicken, or evolutionary history to point out a kind of egg existed ages before chicken sidesteps the intention of the question.
 
But the mutation came with the embryo not the actual egg. The egg in which the chicken was born was most likely not a chicken egg, but the egg of its ancestor which birthed the first chicken... then hence from then on every egg a chicken layed was a Chicken-egg.
Yet the question does not specify that the egg must be a chicken egg.

Thus, the following:

If you believe in the religious-based idea of a young earth, wherein god created all animals in one moment (or a succession of moments, I was never too clear on the details), then the chicken came first (at least as I understand the whole idea).

If you believe in evolution's theory that animals slowly evolved, then the egg (not chicken egg) came first.

If you believe in some combination of the two…you’re out of luck.


Edit: Also, what Ben K. said.
 
Obviously there were many types of eggs before chickens existed, so it's equally obvious that the question refers to the first chicken egg, rather than the first egg of any kind. Therefore the question becomes; how do you define 'chicken egg'? Does it have to be laid by a chicken, or does it just have to have a chicken inside of it? IMHO, an egg with a chicken inside of it is a chicken egg, even if it was laid by another bird. Therefore, the egg came first.
 
Obviously there were many types of eggs before chickens existed, so it's equally obvious that the question refers to the first chicken egg, rather than the first egg of any kind. Therefore the question becomes; how do you define 'chicken egg'? Does it have to be laid by a chicken, or does it just have to have a chicken inside of it? IMHO, an egg with a chicken inside of it is a chicken egg, even if it was laid by another bird. Therefore, the egg came first.
This position relies on the assumption that the theory of evolution is fact.

Or at least, so I understand it.
 
Obviously there were many types of eggs before chickens existed, so it's equally obvious that the question refers to the first chicken egg, rather than the first egg of any kind. Therefore the question becomes; how do you define 'chicken egg'? Does it have to be laid by a chicken, or does it just have to have a chicken inside of it? IMHO, an egg with a chicken inside of it is a chicken egg, even if it was laid by another bird. Therefore, the egg came first.

tell me the specific generation that another bird became a chicken, and after you are done doing this, tell me the specific point where a middle aged man became an elderly man. Both are gradual processes with no sudden step or point that marks the transformation.
 
Only the chicken!

Genesis 1:20-21

King James Version (KJV)

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Only you sir, would quote the bible!
 
EVOLUTION! That's what came first!
 
I had eggs for breakfast and chicken for lunch. Since breakfast comes before lunch, the egg obviously came first.
 
I am not the one for this experiment, but to settle this once and for all I think someone needs to stimulate both a chicken and an egg to see which comes first for them. My bet is on the chicken.
 
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