(May 3, 2011 at 1:55 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote: A time traveler from the distant future arrives accidentally in the Middle East during the reign of the Roman Empire around the year 20 (give or take). Knowing the great suffering that christianity will cause the world for the next 2000+ years he decides to find and kill Jesus Christ.
Is it possible for him to be successful?
Several assumptions will have to be made. Discuss.
Well, I would say right off that bat that if Jesus DIDNT exist, and they just made him up, then you would have to kill off WAY more people across a long period of time.
If Jesus existed and he was just a man, then killing him off would not change anything, as they would obviously make shit up about him like they already have.
If Jesus existed and he is exactly how they describe him in that book of contradictions, then you could not kill him or change anything.
So to change something, Jesus would NOT be a god, and you would have to kill many religious leaders, emperors, burn many writtings... it would be more work than what one man could do in his lifetime. You would need a group of people. Not to mention the power vacuum would eventually suck in the next popular religion.
