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A question was asked of 100 kindergardeners, and 100 Harvard graduates.

Overwhelmingly, the kindergardeners got it correct, while the Harvard graduates got it wrong.

The question is: "What is greater and more powerful than God, yet more evil and malicious than the Devil?"

If you have heard this before, please dont post the answer, lets see how long it takes for someone to get it right of his or her own merit.

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Why do we kill people, who kill people, to show that killing people is wrong?

Nice. Theres some more to that but:

Something along the lines of:
A poor man has it,
A rich man wants it,


And one other line, which i forget.

hmm is it human or something? could you PM me the answer please? Thank you very much

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"Follow me," the wise man said, but he walked behind...

Last line is "and if you eat it you die."

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To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

~William Blake

Hmm I don't get it much.. I hope you're gonna PM me this, or at least drop the answer down to the forum, because I won't be able to sleep without knowing it

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"Follow me," the wise man said, but he walked behind...

it's greater than god, it's more evil than the devil.
the poor have it, the rich need it.
and if you eat it, you die.

I think that nothing is the answer...
just change it to nothing =>

nothing's greater than god, nothing's more evil than the devil.
the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing.
and if you eat nothing, you die.

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"Follow me," the wise man said, but he walked behind...

lol. Good one PoeticGenious.

RiMMEr: Dont you hate it when this happens. lol. will PM with the answer. Its not gonna be straight out, but it might help (if you think about EXACTLY what i send you)

lol. i missed ur last post. I was gonna send you a msg with nothing written on it. Too late but.

Let me try and think of another riddle.

Ok. Long one, but bare with me:

Your a sailor who gets court by a bunch of pirates, but the captian, being the loving scallywag that he is, offers you a riddle: You must utter a statement based on fact. If the statement is true, i will fry you in oil, but if the answer is false, ill only boil you in fat.

What would you say?

(And if you get this one, theres a second part to it, but well see what happens here first. Only problem is, if one person gets it, you all find the answer. Oh well, stuff happens)

Nemesis21 where's the problem? I think I'm correct, even without PM

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"Follow me," the wise man said, but he walked behind...

oh yeah. If you dont say anything ill kill you anyways (you can use your own imagination on how your going to die. Getting strung along the back of the boat is always a good one)

RiMMER, yes the answer is nothing.

and i belive the answer to Nemesis's question is "I will be boiled in fat" its not true, im boiled in fat, making it true, making it false, infinitly many times over.

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Why do we kill people, who kill people, to show that killing people is wrong?

Ok, so its a paradox. Good. Heres the next one.

You are an assassassasssasssin (got a little carried away there, sry) who gets caught. The king says to you "Give us a your daggers and well let you live" BUT because you killed so many of my best men, you are obviously a good fighter and as such ill allow you one statement. If that statement is false or unprovable, ill slice your head off. If it is true ill burn you alive. If it is a paradox (like the other one before) then ill.. umm.... kill you in some other way. IF you say nothing ill feed you to my lions (who are very hungry for assassins) umm... i think thats about it"
So what do you say?

No I'm not handing over my weapons
Failing that "7 is the google digit of pi"
Then sit back and wait.

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"The Truth may be out there but the lies are in your head"
"I tend to think if God wanted us to believe in him he'd exist."

good answer

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
-Miss Piggy

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Why do we kill people, who kill people, to show that killing people is wrong?