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The true answer is "To get to the other side." I warned you ahead of time, that you would not know this was the true answer when you heard it, but when you understood it. In the genre of riddle, there is word play. The answer given in the first paragraph has no word play because you assumed it was literal. The second answer, which appears to be identical, is a different answer because there is word play. | The true answer is "To get to the other side." I warned you ahead of time, that you would not know this was the true answer when you heard it, but when you understood it. In the genre of riddle, there is word play. The answer given in the first paragraph has no word play because you assumed it was literal. The second answer, which appears to be identical, is a different answer because there is word play. | ||
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'The other side" is a common euphemism for having passed from life to death. This is the basis for the true answer. | 'The other side" is a common euphemism for having passed from life to death. This is the basis for the true answer. | ||
A feature of riddles is that one can hide things in plane sight because a riddle cannot be solved by the contents of the riddle. you must know something else. The riddle is known when the answer is given, or when the additional information is surmised. There is a clue. The question asks about a specific chicken; "The chicken." | |A feature of riddles is that one can hide things in plane sight because a riddle cannot be solved by the contents of the riddle. you must know something else. The riddle is known when the answer is given, or when the additional information is surmised. There is a clue. The question asks about a specific chicken; "The chicken." | ||
In the country, chickens cross the road all the time. This isn't a secret, nor a mystery. But which chicken is THE chicken? It is the one that didn't make it, and it's carcass still lies in the road. | In the country, chickens cross the road all the time. This isn't a secret, nor a mystery. But which chicken is THE chicken? It is the one that didn't make it, and it's carcass still lies in the road. | ||
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Now we can understand that when a dead chicken is seen in the road, the riddle is asked, and the answer is, "He wanted to die" worded as "To get to the other side." | Now we can understand that when a dead chicken is seen in the road, the riddle is asked, and the answer is, "He wanted to die" worded as "To get to the other side." | ||
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His teaching in riddle could not be understood until something outside the riddle was known. One had to know that "the other side" is a euphemism for death to solve the chicken riddle. One has to know about the cross to understand the parable of Christ in the Old Testament record. The cross is the key to understanding his teaching. The genre of the Bible is a prophetic riddle hidden in the literal historic record. And now we hold the keys to unlock the mystery. | His teaching in riddle could not be understood until something outside the riddle was known. One had to know that "the other side" is a euphemism for death to solve the chicken riddle. One has to know about the cross to understand the parable of Christ in the Old Testament record. The cross is the key to understanding his teaching. The genre of the Bible is a prophetic riddle hidden in the literal historic record. And now we hold the keys to unlock the mystery. | ||
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