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MakeMeGrrrrowl · 11-24-2004, 10:19 AM

WHO AM I?

Adam, God made out of dust, but thought it best to make me first. So I was made before man, to answer God's most Holy plan, a living being I became, and Adam gave to me my name. I from his presence then withdrew, and more of Adam never knew. I did my Maker's law obey, nor ever went from it astray.

Thousands of miles I go in fear, but seldom on earth appear. For purpose wise which God did see, He put a living soul in me. A soul from me God did claim and took from me the soul again. So when from me the soul had fled, I was the same as when first made. And without hands, or feet or soul, I travel on from pole to pole. I labor hard by day, by night, to fallen man I give great light. Thousands of people, young and old, will by my death great light behold. No right or wrong can I conceive, the scripture I cannot believe. Although my name therein is found, they are to me an empty sound. No feat of death doth trouble me, real happiness I'll never see.

To heaven I shall never go, or to hell below. Now when these lines you slowly read, go search your Bible with all speed. For that my name is written there, I do honestly declare!

I can't figure it out

who · 11-24-2004, 10:28 AM

A fish.

who · 11-24-2004, 10:37 AM

Or a whale?

azguy · 11-24-2004, 10:39 AM

Leviathan, the whale.

azguy · 11-24-2004, 10:40 AM

100% the whale.

Krille · 11-24-2004, 10:44 AM

http://www.pioneernet.net/abbott/Hum...es/Riddle.html

MakeMeGrrrrowl · 11-24-2004, 10:49 AM

Thank you =)

StuartD · 11-24-2004, 10:49 AM

It is Leviathan, the whale. Genesis says all living creatures were
created before Man, and that Man named them all in turn, after which they withdrew
to their several habitiats. Since the whale lives in the ocean, it knew
Adam no more, and by travelling from pole to pole, it labours night and
day.

Whales, possess neither "hands nor feet", but flippers and tail, and as
mere animals in the Theological sense, they have no soul and no sense of right
and wrong. Since they are at the top of their food chain, they do not
customarily fear death, and they only "appear on earth" when they are
beached accidentally.

When God put Jonah in the belly of the Leviathan, then rescued him, he
placed a living soul in a whale, then took it out again.

In the 19th Century, when Biblical conundra like this were most popular,
whale oil was the preferred source of lamp-light, as it burned cleanly and
with little odour. And of course, a hunted whale might well run for miles
in fear.

thePelican · 11-24-2004, 11:25 AM

A Whale

11-24-2004, 10:19 AM	#1
MakeMeGrrrrowl Grrrrrrrrr Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dreamland Posts: 4,974	What's the answer to this riddle?!? WHO AM I? Adam, God made out of dust, but thought it best to make me first. So I was made before man, to answer God's most Holy plan, a living being I became, and Adam gave to me my name. I from his presence then withdrew, and more of Adam never knew. I did my Maker's law obey, nor ever went from it astray. Thousands of miles I go in fear, but seldom on earth appear. For purpose wise which God did see, He put a living soul in me. A soul from me God did claim and took from me the soul again. So when from me the soul had fled, I was the same as when first made. And without hands, or feet or soul, I travel on from pole to pole. I labor hard by day, by night, to fallen man I give great light. Thousands of people, young and old, will by my death great light behold. No right or wrong can I conceive, the scripture I cannot believe. Although my name therein is found, they are to me an empty sound. No feat of death doth trouble me, real happiness I'll never see. To heaven I shall never go, or to hell below. Now when these lines you slowly read, go search your Bible with all speed. For that my name is written there, I do honestly declare! I can't figure it out

11-24-2004, 10:49 AM	#8
StuartD Sofa King Band Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 29,903	It is Leviathan, the whale. Genesis says all living creatures were created before Man, and that Man named them all in turn, after which they withdrew to their several habitiats. Since the whale lives in the ocean, it knew Adam no more, and by travelling from pole to pole, it labours night and day. Whales, possess neither "hands nor feet", but flippers and tail, and as mere animals in the Theological sense, they have no soul and no sense of right and wrong. Since they are at the top of their food chain, they do not customarily fear death, and they only "appear on earth" when they are beached accidentally. When God put Jonah in the belly of the Leviathan, then rescued him, he placed a living soul in a whale, then took it out again. In the 19th Century, when Biblical conundra like this were most popular, whale oil was the preferred source of lamp-light, as it burned cleanly and with little odour. And of course, a hunted whale might well run for miles in fear. __________________ This is me on facebook This is me on twitter

11-24-2004, 11:25 AM	#9
thePelican Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: theAtlanticOcean Posts: 663	A Whale __________________

11-24-2004, 10:28 AM	#2
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	A fish.

11-24-2004, 10:37 AM	#3
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	Or a whale?

11-24-2004, 10:39 AM	#4
azguy Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,167	Leviathan, the whale.

11-24-2004, 10:40 AM	#5
azguy Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,167	100% the whale.

11-24-2004, 10:44 AM	#6
Krille Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 2,436	http://www.pioneernet.net/abbott/Hum...es/Riddle.html