If you could have a conversation with any historical figure, living or deceased, and ask them one question, who would it be, and what would you ask?

[Anonymous]

[FreyaRed]

If I can't change the timeline while convince them to other decisions or eliminate them to change the history, a discussion won't make no sense.
Of course I would with pleasure visit Adolf baby with a silenced P99 or convince Constantine the Great that embracing Christianity brings Europe in 1000 years of dark ages. However talk alone might be entertaining for a while but nothing more.

[jennifer_bloom]

I would ask either God or an angel or saint, one of two questions

Either how I can succeed forever while on earth so that I never have to worry about having my needs met

Or

How I can protect myself from sickness, disease, and tragedy so that I go through life totally safe and free from danger and pain

[Friendlybro79]

@jennifer_bloom I am clearly neither God, saint or angel but this was from the Bible. I am not the most religious. If you are these answers are in the Bible. Maybe this is helpful.

Question 1
Luke 6:31
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
Matthew 7:12
"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets"
Proverbs 11:25
“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth"

Question 2 I found some answers I clipped below here for you at this link

https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-protection.html

God’s promise of protection does not guarantee that we will never know pain or loss. Job’s story shows us that, although God is able to deliver us out of every physical calamity or trouble, it may not be His will to do so. Sometimes He uses trials to purify us. At these times, we should “count it pure joy” because, by allowing trials, God tests our faith to develop a deeper faith so that we persevere and grow to maturity and Christlikeness (James 1:2–3). Protecting us from trials is not always beneficial to us.

[Friendlybro79]

Continuation of above:

Also, God does not always shield us from the results of our own sins or the negative effects of the sins of others. Our world is fallen, and we endure its hardships. Many in Jesus Christ endure persecution (2 Timothy 3:12). Jesus assured His disciples, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). In every situation, however, God remains in control, and our sufferings have a limit. God will not allow us to be tested beyond our ability to bear it (1 Corinthians 10:13). “The waves may toss and roar,” God says, “but they can never pass the boundaries I set” (Jeremiah 5:22, NLT).

The promise of physical protection is not ours under the New Covenant; rather, our focus is on God’s spiritual protection against the enemies of our soul. For our spiritual protection, God has given us spiritual armor (Ephesians 6:10–18) and His own peace to guard our hearts and minds (Philippians 4:7). The essence of God’s protection is the eternal indwelling of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:21–22). It is this protection that Paul had in mind when he wrote, “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen” (2 Timothy 4:18). The Romans could do their worst, but Paul had confidence that “to be absent from the body [is] to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).

[BadApple69]

I think I would like to go back and have a conversation with Albert Einstein. That could be very educational.
My second choice would be Carl Segan.


My questions to both of them is where did we come from and where are we going?


Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.



Carl Segan.

[strateguy632]

who bush 41, rnc, ask how did you arrange soviet crumble in 1991.

[Simslover92]

Marilyn Monroe. Not sure what I would ask her. Maybe what was her favorite book to read. She was misconstrued to be a dumb blonde but there was so much more to her than that image she had to pose.

[Asker]

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and On the Road by Jack Kerouac were two of her most beloved novels.

[Simslover92]

Oh ok. I've never read those books but it sounds like she had a lot of depth to her based on those selections.

[exitseven]

I would want to know which one (or both) of the Kennedys she had sex with and did the cIA kill her.

[Simslover92]

Oh yeah that too!

[purplepoppy]

A pirate and ask, "So where exactly did you bury your treasure?"

[7Phoenix7]

I'd ask Eve, "how good did that apple taste?"

[IlllllIll]

I'd meet Hitler and ask him if he'd be interested in an art school scholarship.

[QuietRunner]

@IlllllIll I like this one

[exitseven]

Nikola Tesla. I would talk physics and electronics. I would ask him what he was working on when he died.

[wiltingrosepetal]

I'd ask Anne Frank how it feels to know her diary has been read on a global scale 💀

[bededazzle]

I would ask the Zodiac Killer how he learned to make cyphers (oh, and now I would know who he is)

[DaBiggestBird]

I think I would ask George Washington or Abraham Lincoln what America was like when they were president.

[Nifrayu]

Bruce Lee. I would ask him if he would give me a lesson in martial arts.

[KostasKouvalis]

King Leopold of Belgium

I would ask him, "WHY?"

[animesenpai]

Andrew Jackson and ask how many illegitimate kids he had

[Surely]

Tesla. And ask him for his notes.