I thought this one was a good 'un:
If you could have a 3 hour conversation with any person, living or dead, who would it be? and what would you talk about?
I would say, as a first instant response that it would be Ben Franklin. I think the discussion would obviously be about the constitution, what they really intended vs where we are today.
My first thought was George Washigton, for obvious reasons, followed by either Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, for the same reason Warren has mentioned.
Personally I think they’d all be cleaning their muskets and stockpiling ammo if they witnessed the sad state of American politics today.
Good one!
Mahatma Ghandi to get the lowdown on practical pacifism.
Albert Einstein to find out just what eaxctly started him thinking about those theories.
Jesus
Com’on, wouldnt you?. The Bible, or something close to what we know now as a single Canon, didnt exist until the 4th century AD, before that there were several ‘versions’ of Christainity each based on gospils according to different apostles, and their were 13 gospils, including Mary Magdalene and as we now know Judas, which were later purged by the Holy Roman Empire and those guys who did the snipping werent there, they were only the ‘editors’ of existing texts attempting to impose a newfangled religious Dogma over a worldwide empire of many competing faiths. I would love to know what accurate, whats been 'embellished, or might even be a complete fabrication by later authors. I’ve always felt the historic story would be far more interesting than the version from sunday school. I cant help but feel we’ve been shortchanged by a power hungry 4th century church who purged the Canon of anything that could be used to question its authority.
PS at this point there are likely some readers foaming at the mouth and there heads are spinning around simply because I’m daring to question authority… I’m just answering the Q, if you disagree with my viewpoint thats fine and dandy but please DONT try to sell me a bill of fare why you think I’m wrong to even think about questioning dogma or that stale “its in the bible therefore I beleive it” line, true for you, and thats fine, but I’ve always wondered how a gospil, from one of Jesus’ own handpick apostles, ends up on a burned book list as heretical, to who? maybe to a newly legitimized quasi-governmental religious order trying to convince non-beleivers worldwide by emphisizing the supernatural aspects and leaving the more humasitic elements out? Heritical to the authoritarian church teachings?, if so it doesnt really matter what was intended, only what the church intends. In the early Catholic churches mind, if your going up against the likes of Thor and Odin, you’d better bring a BIG god with you. Also using texts that reinforce the creation an all powerfull all encompassing church with the power of granting access to heaven or hell helps the locals in line. Dont forget many of the followers of these alternate Christianities ended up being converted and/or killed at swordpoint by the Roman soldiers acting under the churches authority. So much for Jesus’s “love your enemy” sermon…
PSPS Just my viewpoint of it and why I would love to have this conversation. Maybe someday…
Question Authority
Question Reality
The Emporer Has No Cloths
Never Mind That Man Behind The Curtain
Hehehehe food for thought
Vic,
You and I could spend an interesting several afternoons together. Watching our locomotives chase their cabeese, of course.
SteveF
ps, yes, I would. I would also like to spend 3 hours with Jefferson and Madison, Winston Churchill, FDR, Santa Ana, Napoleon, Horatio Lord Nelson, James J. Hill, just to start.
Victor, the items you stated in your first paragraph are exactly why talking to Jesus would be informative. Would like to get the straight skinny, not stuff handed down over generations. Would be very interesting I think.
Regards, Greg
Well guys, I see a problem here. 
What happens if Jesus explains things in similes and parables? Will Babelfish or Google be used for translations?
Would be nice to get the straight goods!
I think the hypothetical question should include free translation services!
Regards, Greg