If you had a time machine....

Since you guys all took Jesus, I will just let you guys tell me what he had to say.

1.I will take another Biblical figure however. Isaiah, the author of my favorite Biblical passage.

10 Hear the word of the LORD,
you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the law of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!

11 "The multitude of your sacrifices—
what are they to me?" says the LORD.
"I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;
I have no pleasure
in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

12 When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,
this trampling of my courts?

13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!
Your incense is detestable to me.
New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—
I cannot bear your evil assemblies.

14 Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts
my soul hates.
They have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.

15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even if you offer many prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are full of blood;

16 wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds
out of my sight!
Stop doing wrong,

17 learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed. [a]
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.

2. Rodney Dangerfield: I wanna give that man some respect.

3. Markus Garvey

4. Malcolm X

5. Mmmmm... Madeline Khan...and I would ask her to marry me.

Look up french actress, director and children's author Cécile Aubry on Wikipedia. Come to think of it, I believe she's still alive today.

Then again, so is Lauren Bacall, who married Bogey when she was 19 and him 45.

Have you ever noticed how the entire female cast of The Big Sleep (The Howard Hawks version of '46) is comprised solely of attractive women?

Huh. I should go back to the early 1920's and just stay there. Make a lot of money before the stock crash, then buy everything I can get my hands on on the cheap, and do the Howard Hughes thing. Get into movies.

I was born in the wrong era. Sound familiar?

-Fred

Baf, no offense taken and I too, appreciate science and logic....just not as far as Mr. Spock.

I also enjoyed the jokes surrounding my, um, length of life. Too funny.

Agatha Christie is a good choice and so is H. G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And just for good measure, let's throw in Homer.

Nice quotation, Freep. Impressive!

1. My Grandfather on the day he died.... I never said goodbye =(
2. Jesus - Most enlightened individual to ever live
3. Einstein - The most influential physicist of our time
4. Da Vinci - The greatest inventor who was way ahead of his time
5. George Carlin - Funniest comedian outer there.

1. My Grandfather on the day he died.... I never said goodbye =(

Good call. I hear you on this one. I remember comming back from the cabin late at night and seeing the whole family gathered on the patio at my parents'. At the same time my brother and I walked in, the hospital was calling to give the news.

The first ones that come to mind for a truly interesting evening are:

1. Homer (first of the great story tellers)

2. Herodotus (first historian)

3. William Shakespeare (greatest story-teller of all time)

4. Ludwig von Beethoven (I'd like to meet him before his deafness and play him a recording of the his 9th Symphony - although that might violate causality.)

5. Marilyn Monroe (Who wouldn't want a nice dinner with Marilyn?)

With me being a scientist, you may find it strange that scientific figures are conspicuously absent from my list. I can't explain why because I don't know.

Also absent from my list is Jesus - but not because I'm a physicist. Physics is actually what made a believer out of me. Also, I don't need a time machine to be with someone who is always with me.

DrPaul wrote:Also absent from my list is Jesus - but not because I'm a physicist. Physics is actually what made a believer out of me. Also, I don't need a time machine to be with someone who is always with me.

I was expecting this from someone, I'll admit! And, no, I'm not poking fun. I was just inwardly certain someone was going to say it.

If I did have a time machine handy, though, I would also like to go back to the beginning of the universe. See if I bumped into the Big Kahuna or not.

Then again, God would probably see me coming. God could manage to hide, even before the beginning of everything. God is crafty that way.

Worth a try, however!

-Fred

If you did that, you might preoccupy him and the big bang may never happen !!

Good work Fred

Or... Maybe it wouldn't be as big a bang as it was supposed to be.

Maybe it was just a bang.

I like that. Sounds more festive.

In the beginning, there was nothing. Then God started the Universe off with a bang!

Yeah, I like that.

-Fred

Fred Buer wrote:In the beginning, there was nothing. Then God started the Universe off with a bang!

Then this man appeared from the future and spoke with the Creator and thereafter it was known as The Big Bang...

My 6th choice is: God, when Fred is talking to Him.

Nice reasoning, Doc. When someone is with you all the time there is no need to go back and visit with them. Although, it would have been nice to see Peter cut off the ear of the high priest's servant and then healed by Jesus. Why? Peter - a fisherman - had to be the worst swordsman on the planet! I mean, he missed the whole head!

Beethoven and/or Mozart where in my top ten. I would have loved to been at opening night of Don Giovanni.

I'd like to go back and Meet Spartacus, just so I can ask him what his real name is and so that I know if he fled into the mountains or if he died along side his men...