Chickens and Eggs

I don't know how many have heard of the Chicken and the Egg story and honestly i don't even know how it became to be such a popular anecdote. It starts with, "Which came 1st, the Chicken or the Egg?"

This question, basic as it may seem, is actually a very defining question as it covers, philosophy, religion, science, and psychology as is covers all the grounds for the basis of human understanding.

In philosophy and psychology, it can define a person on how they would reply which of the 2 came 1st. There are 2 types of answers to this question, if you answer one of the other and get not essence of significant rational behind it, or you answer with a rationality which could be plausible but not confirmed. In both answers though, there lie a common ground, the answers all come back to Faith or Belief in something.

Which now brings me to religion. Religion is a system of belief in a higher power or set of rules that guide our way of life. with the many religions out there, the religions of the book; Islam, Christianity and Judaism believe in monotheism which is the belief of a Supreme being. What this has to do with the chicken and egg is,

In scripture, it is written that God created man in his own image. and all the beasts and the land and the sea. Therefore the answer to which came first is irrelevant as God created them simultaneously.

In Science however, the dominant theory that applies is Darwin's Theory of Evolution. in his theory of evolution, he mentions that we are all evolutions of a primitive being evolved into supreme beings. Again what has it got to do with the chicken and egg?

If the chicken came 1st, where did it hatch from, if the egg came 1st how did it get laid?

This is the most crucial answer however in my humble opinion, is that the egg came first.

My interpretations on which the answer was concluded is:

God Created man in his own image, and then he created the beasts, creatures, plants and land. God's measure of time is infinite, therefore by the time he had created man, the process would have taken several lifetimes over and we as primitive beings would understand that length of time to me unmeasurable. By that logic, Gods creation of man would look like an evolutionary cycle that Darwin has proposed.
Now chickens weren't the only beings which laid eggs, there were other primitive reptiles that also laid eggs long before the "birds" came into existance, and "Birds" and still said to be an evolution of ancient reptiles. Therefore the egg came 1st and a chicken is a form of evolution.

this answer could answer Darwin's theory, Religion and Philosophy in a profound manner or in a utter ridiculous rant. You be the judge. Its only an opinion from a small soul here in Malaysia. :)