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...what would you change ?

...what would you change ?

No point going back in time. Wouldn't change my universe.:rolleyes:

I'd go back in time and save Jesus. I've always wondered what would have happened if a load of disciples got pissed and lynched the romans and saved Jesus.

So many stupid little things in my own life to see if I turned out happier because they didn't (or did) happen.

I'd go back in time and save Jesus. I've always wondered what would have happened if a load of disciples got pissed and lynched the romans and saved Jesus.

You really want to steal the chiristians their idol ?

So many stupid little things in my own life to see if I turned out happier because they didn't (or did) happen.
And don´t you think you will then do other stupid little things ??? :)

You really want to steal the chiristians their idol ?

Yes, but they'd thank me for it. Cos I'd bring Jesus back here and sell him to the highest bidder. I'd also have a separate auction for samples of his DNA, of which there would be 666.

Mwahahahaha

...what would you change ?

Nothing. But I would want to freeze time at one moment and just continue living that one...

You knew it was going to happen...


If I Could Turn Back Time


I don't know why I did the things I did
I don't know why I said the things I said
Pride's like a knife, it can cut deep inside
Words are like weapons, they wound sometimes
I didn't really mean to hurt you
I didn't wanna see you go
I know I made you cry
But baby

CHORUS
If I could turn back time
If I could find a way
I'd take back those words that have hurt you
And you'd stay
If I could reach the stars
I'd give them all to you
Then you'd love me, love me
Like you used to do
If I could turn back

My world was shattered, I was torn apart
Like somebody took a knife
And drove it deep in my heart
When you walked out that door
I swore that I didn't care
But I lost every thing darling then and there
Too strong to tell you I was sorry
Too proud to tell you I was wrong
I know that I was blind, and darling

CHORUS

...what would you change ?
I'd go back in time and delete this thread to see what happens.

And don´t you think you will then do other stupid little things ??? :)Then I suppose I'd want to turn back time and undo all of them, too. :)

I'd go back in time and save Jesus. I've always wondered what would have happened if a load of disciples got pissed and lynched the romans and saved Jesus.

The very similar cult of Mithras (who also was a Messiah, and had a last supper with twelve followers, cured the ill, had the cross as a symbol, was visited by wise men and shepherds upon birth, used bread and wine in a type of sacrament, carried keys to heaven, which he was said to have ascended to after he had "risen again" and so on, not to mention the other similarities with Christianity, that actually just up and incorporated many of its ideas) might have filled Christianity's place.

Hmm...

I have some questions about the logistics of this.

How far can we turn back time?

Can we move back to the present after doing so?

Can we move back and forth multiple times?

The very similar cult of Mithras (who also was a messiah...
Grammar.

Grammar.

No, orthography. (http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=messiah)

Hmm...

I have some questions about the logistics of this.

How far can we turn back time?

Can we move back to the present after doing so?

Can we move back and forth multiple times?

feel free

feel free

Hmm. Probably a number of expirements. Like, if I flip a quarter, and it lands on heads, and I go back and flip it again in the same circumstances, could it possibly land on tails.

That'd be a pretty solid argument for or against predestination.

No, orthography. (http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=messiah)
A thousand curses upon my educators. Teaching me there's only the Messiah.

Wouldn't change a thing! I'm not smart enough to know how to fix a thing. Anyone who wants to time travel is either a masochist or a moron.

I would have put a stop to this.
http://www.photoshopdiva.com/images/new_gallerys/politcal%20words/images/3%20die%20from%20hunger.jpg
and this
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Truely crimes against Humanity.

A thousand curses upon my educators. Teaching me there's only the Messiah.

That's where religious bias gets you.

Although it would definitely be a challenge, I would try to save the Great Library at Alexander (http://www.bede.org.uk/Library2.htm). Had this Library never been destroyed, I cannot but think that we would be living in a vastly different world today.

That's where religious bias gets you.
We supposedly studied the Old Testament through and through, but that Messiah thing never came up. It was always, "Jesus is the Messiah!" and it never crossed my mind that while Jews, according to most opinions, are still waiting for a messiah, they certainly weren't waiting for a Messiah. I actually learned two things today. Wowzers!

Although it would definitely be a challenge, I would try to save the Great Library at Alexander (http://www.bede.org.uk/Library2.htm). Had this Library never been destroyed, I cannot but think that we would be living in a vastly different world today.

That's an interesting one.

Me, I'd try to put a stop to the current madness that is the global economy. Or prevent BushCo from getting elected.

I'd kidnap Hitler, with the help of Einstein

I'd kidnap Hitler, with the help of Einstein
C&C? Oh, noes! :p

I'd by a crapload of aluminium in my time, travel to the 18th century were it was worth more than gold, sell it, then put the large amount of money in the Bank of Scotland. With any luck, such a minor change will not adversely effect the timeline and I'll be able to collect my vast fortune in the present.

But this would only be the start. I'm now independently wealthy and I've got the whole of time ahead of me. Think of playing the stock market with enormous wealth and time travel. HAH!

Of course, if limits were tighter, I'd go back and attend a party that I didn't. I can safely say that was a major turning point in my life and things would have been very different if I'd have attended.

Either that, or I'd kill my own grandfather, just to see what happens next.

If i could turn back time, i would never have left last june...:(

I'd go back about 5 minutes and make myself a sandwich, which I could be eating right now ... :( ... I want a sandwich.

I'd got back to 1900 and give the Imperial Germany Army AK-47s and Leopard tanks and whatnot. Face it, the world would be a better place if the Germans had won.

Shoot the following at birth: -Blair
-Gandhi
-Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Engels, Bukharin, Kamenev, Zinoviev et al.
- Hitler, Himmler, Goebells and Goering

Secondly, and more pertinently, interdict the crusades, or have them prosecutred effectively concurrent to Byzantine imperialism.

Either that, or I'd kill my own grandfather, just to see what happens next.

But then you'd cease to exist. But if you ceased to exist you could never go back in time to kill your grandfather, so you would exist and your grandfather would not have been killed. I think.

Temporal mechanics hurts my brain.

But then you'd cease to exist. But if you ceased to exist you could never go back in time to kill your grandfather, so you would exist and your grandfather would not have been killed. I think.
Your assuming that the person that would be murdered is his biological grandfather. ;)

I'd invent the lightbulb in 1200 AD.

If I could go back I wouldn't change anything - at the moment I'm pretty ok with life as it is. I'd just go back and do all the really good bits again :) Last night springs to mind...

Nothing, i think that everything happens for a reason. Besides, changing even the littlest thing could forever alter the entire universe, and you don't know if it will change it in a positive or negative way. Even something you think may help future generations, like killing Hitler, might have negative consequences.

...what would you change ?
Well, let's see here. I could spout off crap about wanting to fix a few big mistakes, then realize the whole thing about learning from your mistakes, how you couldn't learn from them if they didn't occur, and all that crap. So, rather than go through that: I'd not change a thing.


INSTEAD:

I'd steal this power and use it to obtain the technology to construct a starship capable of taking me anywhere, anywhen, and anyhow(the how referring to alternate universes, as a reference to the quantum many worlds theory.) Then I'd have a ball exploring everything. First thing I'd find, of course, is a way to make me immortal so I could learn all that there is to know without having to worry about dying of old age.

I wouldn't change anything, a lot of stuff has happened in my life that sucks, but I figure I am where I am now because of some of it, and without knowing which is important I wouldn't want to mess with anything, since I am pretty happy with my life now.