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Bringing Down the King
May 3, 2011 at 1:55 pm
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.
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RE: Bringing Down the King
May 3, 2011 at 2:08 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2011 at 2:09 pm by Doubting Thomas.)
Assuming that Jesus really existed, yes. That, and if Jesus didn't have a terminator protecting him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJKye7J3-54
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RE: Bringing Down the King
May 3, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Paradoxes aside, I think killing Jesus and getting away with it could've been rather easy. I mean you have to assume he spent a lot of time traveling and a lot of time praying in solitude. No DNA or finger prints. He was known to turn the other cheak, so he probably wouldn't have fought back too much. I mean killing Jesus should've been a cakewalk. The question is, would it have just created a martyr earlier than it already did?? At what point of his life would you have to kill him to avoid the entire religion taking off??
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RE: Bringing Down the King
May 3, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Constantine would have found some other dick head to worship.
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RE: Bringing Down the King
May 3, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Whatever it was could it have been any worse?
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RE: Bringing Down the King
May 3, 2011 at 2:58 pm
In this assumtion are you saying Jesus is the Son of God, the creator of the universe.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.