Edgar Allen Poe
Jim Morrison
Mary Magdalene (was she really in love with Jesus?)
Lazarus (did he see a bright light at the end of a long tunnel?)
If you could meet anyone in History past......who?
by ScoobySnax 51 Replies latest jw friends
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CountryGuy
1. Walt Disney
2. Charles Schultz
3. Mr. Rogers
What can I say, i'm a big kid!
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shamus
For sure Jim Morrison.
Also, Einstein.
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Simon
Joan of Arc
She must have been charismatic or something to convince the King of France that she should be put in charge of the entire French army ... at 15 !
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Guest 77
How about the entire history characters in one shot? Line them up and shake their hands one by one, like at the wedding!
Jesus of course.
Will Rogers "I never met a man I didn't like.'
The rest would be a flip of the coin.
Guest 77
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gaiagirl
For me, the list would be:
Constantine-I'd like to discourage him from making Christianity the official religion of the Empire. This ended up being a huge step backwards in terms of quality of life for almost everyone, and led directly into the Dark Ages. I understand some of Constantines reasons for this decision, but I think it was simply an expedient thing to do. There surely were other options which would not have had such negative consequences.
For example, Earth had been known to be spherical and to orbit the Sun for at least 600 years. After Christianity became the only accepted belief system, libraries throughout the Empire began to be systematically burned, and the official teaching became the 'scriptural' teaching that Earth was quadrangular (scripture refers to angels standing at the four corners of the Earth, and to a mountain so high that ALL kingdoms can be observed). One Christian, using the name 'Cosmas', wrote a book which was the only accepted view for more than 1000 years. To disagree with this, or any other teaching became punishable by death.
Disease became much more widespread because bathing came to be viewed as sinful, some church fathers writing that a Christian should be ashamed of their own naked bodies (a view which is surprisingly common even today).
Education came under suspicion, and many academies were closed, because a good Christian only needed to know what was told to them by their priest. (Does this sound like a WTBS teaching?).
gaiagirl
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Yerusalyim
Jesus and Friends
Moses
Julius Ceasar
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expatbrit
I'd also like to meet Jesus, but armed with a video cam to blow the whole scam.
As far as worthwhile people go, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Isaac Newton.
Expatbrit
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alirobbi
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Jesus
3. My Mother. Because I never told her thank you for loving and accepting me just the way I am.
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joannadandy
John Keats...then his poems would have been about me instead of stupid Fanny, and I certainly wouldn't have jilted him on his deathbed!
James Dean
Queen Elizabeth I
Shakespeare and Marlowe
Milton so I could kick him square in the nads for being such a jerk
Sappho
Oscar Wilde
William Blake
George Orwell