If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?
My first choice would be Jesus Christ. Assuming he really did have all the powers he said he did, the fact that I don’t speak any Aramaic would not be an issue which would prevent us from having a conversation about what he really said and meant. A conversation like that would help me decide if I really wanted to be a Christian. If the Mythicists are right and Jesus was not a historical person at all that would be good to know and would seal the deal against Christianity. In that case I would probably pick Thomas Jefferson. There wouldn’t be much of a language barrier and I’d like to know whether he said there were no gods or twenty.
3 responses to “Historical Figures”
Someday you will get the chance to meet Jesus. I’m confident that you will love the reality far more than the myth.
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Sometimes I wish I had your confidence, but of course the spirit I met was definitely not Jesus. You have the advantage that you’ve already met him.
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That’s why I’m confident that you will like Him and love Him.
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