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    1. 01-24-2006 05:55 AM #1
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      Greatest Person of All Time

      Thought this would be a fun topic. The criteria is pretty open: your nomination can be for the most influential, most intelligent, most epitomizes humanity or if you fancy nominate worst/most evil person.

      Just gonna list some of my favorite people....

      Charles Darwin
      Plato
      Ghandi
      Jimi Hendrix
      Albert Einstein
      Jesus
      Martin Luther King jr.

      .....that's all i can think of off the top of my head

      Well i'll enjoy your responses.
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    2. 01-24-2006 06:01 AM #2
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      Most influential?

      Johann Gutenberg (1398 - 1468).

      Invented the first fast and practical printing press, this lead directly to the information explosion in Renaissance Europe.
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    3. 01-24-2006 09:08 AM #3
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      Ghandi, He did everything, from achiving independece of his country, to stoping civil war, with out violence of any kind.
      Here and there...
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    4. 01-24-2006 03:35 PM #4
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      Elvis - for rock and roll baby
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      Chuck norris > god. - - Nah. Everything > god. But really, the best person every, at least the smartest, was lenardo da vinci. That man was a genious.

      But it's a close call between him and chuck norris!
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    6. 01-24-2006 06:18 PM #6
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      Originally posted by OpheliaBlue
      Elvis - for rock and roll baby
      They say you can tell a lot about a person by who they're a fan of; Elvis or The Beatles.

      I've always found myself in the Beatles camp...
      Jesus of Suburbia likes this.
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    7. 01-24-2006 07:08 PM #7
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      Originally posted by bradybaker

      They say you can tell a lot about a person by who they're a fan of; Elvis or The Beatles.

      I've always found myself in the Beatles camp...
      That's very true. I would have to agree with your choice........

      Anyway, the most influential person I can possibly think of is Newton. He was a pretty big part of history.
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    8. 01-25-2006 04:56 AM #8
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      Bach for writing music that was amazing
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    9. 01-25-2006 05:37 AM #9
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      Who ever invented the pillow. Imagine life without them, scary huh.
      enjoy my quality responsibly
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      Past- Beethoven or Plato
      Present-Thom Yorke
      Future- Me. In a few years, you'll agree.
      .......Then I think of my youth and of my first love-when the longing of desire was strong. Now I long only for my first longing. What is youth? A dream. What is love? The substance of a dream.
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      I'm going to go with Aristotle. He invented a lot of our modern sciences, and it would take nearly 2000 years before the Aristotelian universe was finally outdated. Name somebody else who had a direct influence on the course of history for 2000 years, I dare you.
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    12. 01-25-2006 05:46 PM #12
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      Originally posted by Jalexxi
      Name somebody else who had a direct influence on the course of history for 2000 years, I dare you.
      Caesar
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    13. 01-25-2006 06:08 PM #13
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      Originally posted by Jalexxi
      Name somebody else who had a direct influence on the course of history for 2000 years, I dare you.
      Constantine

      (not quite 2000...but close enough)
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    14. 01-25-2006 08:31 PM #14
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      Well, if Jesus existed (as a person, not as a prophet), then he would be the influential (but not the greatest person .
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      Originally posted by ataraxis
      Well, if Jesus existed (as a person, not as a prophet), then he would be the influential (but not the greatest person .
      hey ther's lots of people named jesus, so he did exist
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      Originally posted by ataraxis
      Well, if Jesus existed (as a person, not as a prophet), then he would be the influential (but not the greatest person .
      it's true

      even if tomorrow let's say, it was proven 100% that he NEVER existed, he was still one seriously influential person

      going on about 2000 years now
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      He started a cult, Constantine started the religion.
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      Originally posted by bradybaker
      He started a cult, Constantine started the religion.
      good point

      so if Constantine hadn't existed, would "Jesus's" teachings have left such a mark I wonder
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    21. 01-27-2006 03:02 AM #21
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      Yeah, Jesus was a real person that's not a matter of belief. He is a historical figure, the whole son of god thing is whats disputed.
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      Originally posted by Cole5250
      Yeah, Jesus was a real person that's not a matter of belief. He is a historical figure, the whole son of god thing is whats disputed.
      It's not as if they've found proof of his existence. At any rate, his abilities were surely exaggerated as well
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      Well historians like Josephus talk of him. And these werent ppl that became christians or believed he was the son of God.
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      Originally posted by Cole5250
      Well historians like Josephus talk of him. And these werent ppl that became christians or believed he was the son of God.
      Josephus wasn't even born until 50 years after JC supposedly died on the cross.
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      Originally posted by Cole5250
      Well historians like Josephus talk of him. And these werent ppl that became christians or believed he was the son of God.
      Actually almost all of the near-contemporary historical references to him have been discredited. Jesus doesn't come close to a great person, you might call some of his followers great, but Jesus himself was some hippy prophet running around Israel with a few hundred followers if he even existed at all.

      I would say Hitler would be among one of the greatest people ever. I mean, he went from a vagabond on the streets of Vienna to the most powerful man on Earth. I really don't see many people competing with him.
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