The Oldest Profession A lawyer, engineer and physician are debating the oldest profession over drinks. ""Medicine is the oldest,"" declared the doctor, ""because in Genesis God surgically removed Adam's rib to create Eve."" ""That's true,"" agreed the Engineer sitting down her beer, ""but even earlier God created the universe out if chaos, and that's engineering."" ""And who"" asked the lawyer, casually knocking over the engineers drink, ""do you think created all the chaos?""