A man states, "All Cretans are liars. I should know, I am from there." How can this be?

Lynnie2442

Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimenides_paradox and you can read all about this statement. It was writtten by Epimenides who was a philosopher and religious prophet who, against the general sentiment of Crete, proposed that Zeus was immortal. As he wrote in his poem Cretica, They fashioned a tomb for thee, O holy and high one- The Cretans, always liars, evil beasts, idle bellies! But thou art not dead: thou livest and abidest forever, For in thee we live and move and have our being. Apr 11 06, 6:58 PM

kaylofgorons

That last line looks very, awfully, familiar... Apr 12 06, 4:51 PM

mementoflash

St. Paul in his letter to Titus writes: "A man of Crete, one of their own prophets, has testified, 'Cretans have ever been liars, beasts, and lazy gluttons,' and that is the simple truth!" (Titus 1:12-13) Apr 12 06, 8:59 PM

kaylofgorons

I know WHY it looks so familiar! "That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from everyone of us: ***For in him we live, and move, and have our being***; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring." (Acts 17:26,27 Paul speaking in Athens) Apr 12 06, 9:13 PM

Blakey1990

Because Cretans are a type of people from Crete. Apr 12 06, 11:44 PM