(January 7, 2013 at 10:02 am)paulpablo Wrote: you get to invite 10 people living or dead and assume they can speak english when entering the dinner party, just give the names and a short description of why you would invite them.
these are mine
Mohammed the prophet,
see what he was like in person and see his reaction when i tell him what his teachings have resulted in.
Jesus
pretty much the same as mohammed but also to see what he looked like, it would be funny if he actually looked like george costanza short fat and bald after all these years of him being depicted looking like brad pitt with a beard.
Cleopatra
I dont even know much about her but again to see what she looked like and how she acted.
Caligula
see if he was as mental as people say he was.
Karl pilkington ricky gervais and steve merchant.
they are my favourite celebrities and would lighten the mood.
buckethead the guitarist
hopefully i could get him to unmask himself and he could play the guitar too after the foods been eaten for a bit of a sing along.
bruce lee
im sure he would have some wierd tricks he could do to impress the guests
derren brown
see if he can do any of those mind tricks on us
Mohammed was not a prophet, he was a mere mortal who started a cult which turned into a religion. Just like Christianity and just like Buddhism. Humans invent their superstitions.
Having said that.
Thomas Jefferson, to ask him what he would think about the corporate greed today(he himself got burned by banks himself).
Hypatia of Alexandria, and ask her what it was like back then to know that superstition was all bunk yet surrounded by idiots who bought into it.
Adolph Hitler, just so I could fucking beat the shit out of him and not allow him to take the coward's way out that he did.
Silvia Plath, to thank her for her poem "Cut". Maybe try to convince her she shouldn't have checked out the way she did.
Living.
Stephen Cobert, for exposing Fucks News for the clown show it has always been.
John Stewart, same reason.
Bill Mahr(sp), to thank him for the undervalued movie Religioulous.
I am sure I'll think of others, this is my short list. I was fortunate enough to meet the 4 Horsemen Dawkins, Dennet, Harris and Hitchens at the Cyrstal Clear Atheism convention in DC in 07. Didn't say much to them.
