JEEVES' UNANSWERABLESI suppose this is the obvious difference between humans and computers, humans have self awareness and that gives us an advantage over "Ask Jeeves". Because of our self awareness it also leads us to become aware of our creator. So with my tongue firmly in my cheek I'll submit my answers to the "Unanswerables".
1. What is the meaning of life?
2. Is there a God?
3. Do blondes have more fun?
4. What is the best diet?
5. Is there anybody out there?
6. Who is the most famous person in the world?
7. What is love?
8. What is the secret to happiness?
9. Did Tony Soprano die?
10. How long will I live?
1. What is the meaning of life?
Everyone who has ever read a Douglas Adams novel knows it's "42". Or to put it into catechism format:
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
2. Is there a God?
Of course silly. Look in the bible and then in the mirror and you will see you are made in His image.
3. Do blonds have more fun?
Duh, NO.
4. What is the best diet?
I'd recommend a diet of moderation of all the good food God has provided. Then there is always:
The Diet of Worms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worms
5. Is there anybody out there?
Duh, YES. See the answer to question #2.
6. Who is the most famous person in the world?
Uh, go back to question #2 and look in the bible again, find the stories about Jesus Christ. Oh and he is famous for more than just everybody saying his name while they're mad.
7. What is love?
Ah. Yet another question #2 answer. See you've got to be human to pick this stuff out. Jeeves just doesn't get it. So back in the bible we read:
- Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
- This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Easy answer is that God created you to enjoy pleasure and that the best pleasure in the universe is God, but most of the time we settle for lesser pleasures and remain unsatisfied. Or to put it into catechism format:
Q. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification?
A. The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption and sanctification, are, assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.
9. Did Tony Soprano die?
Uh, a simple google brought up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Soprano where we are told that Tony Soprano is a fictional character. Fiction sometimes leaves us in the dark. It's called an "open ending".
10. How long will I live?
Well that depends. How well have you treated your parents? How well have you treated yourself? How well have you treated others. Or to go back to the bible in question #2 again:
The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. "Long upon the land" I take to be at least the average years of lifespan of my grandparents, but that is only taking genetic disposition into account. The flip side of that is what kind of person I am. My morality can influence my physical disposition and short circuit my genetics.
