For me it is the “fall of the Berlin wall” and the celebrations after the border openings.
I don’t know how much of an"historical event" it is now, but if I showed up to Steven Hawking’s “Time Traveller party” I imagine it would become one.
Plot twist: show up one day after
I guess I might say King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, because it was the foundation for the rule of law in the West. But it was just a bunch of smelly dudes in a marsh. A lot of historical events are important, but not that spectacular to see.
So if I’m honest, it’d be Queen at Live Aid.
Queen at Live Aid.
That’s a great call.
aaaaayyyyyyyy ooohhhhhhhhhhh!
For sure, some events would not be as spectacular to watch. They’re still fascinating to think about though.
Standing at Runnymede imagining how it might have happened, and then considering the legacy and impact it had in bringing me back to the spot hundreds of years later.
Hard to say for sure but some things might actually be more fun just to ponder over.
Hmm. I want to say something mysterious, like what happened to some sailing ship that disappeared, or something like that to know what happened.
Or there’s some guy that buried a treasure in Missouri and left the location in a cryptogram that hasn’t been solved to this day.
But I think it would be most fun to witness Apollo 11’s first space walk. Niel be talking about “one small step for man” and I just walk up applauding. And then ask for a lift home.
“Sorry Neil, there’s only room for him. Stand by and we’re sending you home on the next one”
Ksp players: yeah sure
The moment that life on earth began.
Hope you bring your microscope
The surrender at Appomattox, so I could tell the Union generals to keep burning until every plantation and its owners were ash
Jesus dude, you should go join the IDF, you’d fit right in.
race: plantation owner
lmfao
i already have experienced a few in my lifetime. i can’t say that they were generally positive experiences.
May you live in interesting times!
Apparently this saying is a curse and not a blessing
nobody knows that better than those who have lived in interesting times. as one of those people, i assure you it is.
Julius Caesar declaring himself an emperor, the celebration and seeing the man that essentially turned rome from a powerful republic to the most powerful empire with a military that dominated majority of europe.
Crucifixion of Jesus. Also the resurrection if staying there for a few days is allowed.
Mine would be witnessing the first nuclear explosion at the trinity test site.
Like…up close??
As close as possible
When hitler killed himself in the bunker. I would have been fascinated to witness how a guy responsible for millions of deaths somehow considered himself the victim and was forced to commit suicide. He was an evil bastard and a coward unwilling to face the consequences of his actions.
Take his bullets and poison away. Let the Russians deal with him.
I’d actually prefer to witness a fair trial. Just because I’d actually like to know how he’d try to defend and explain what he did. It might have given us the chance to study him and what led to him becoming that way.
I’m pro studying people like psychopaths and sociopaths to better understand what it takes to be or become one to prevent horrible outcomes.
We should spend way more time on studying and understanding murderers and the source of their actions.
For sure but I don’t think there’s anything that he could say that would satisfy curiosity. It just would be repetition of the same dogma, like Saddam and Milosevic.
Apollo moon landing
Jesus throwing the conmen out of the church.
I don’t care for the religion, but if this actually happened, it would be so satisfying to see. So-called “christians” act more like the ones he kicked out than their supposed “lord” himself.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.
~Jesus Christ
I don’t think it’s fair to just say “Christians”, it’s really the US-based evangelical prosperity gospel preachers. They really are the modern version of the money lenders in the temple.
They’re basically “pay for pray” m/billionaires using religion to exploit the poor and hopeless while travelling in their private jets.
They pay no tax and live in luxury while claiming that their success is proof of God’s love.
If that’s how things worked, then Mother Theresa would have been rich. Ghandi would have owned a Bentley. But of course, that’s not how God or love works at all, and it makes me really angry.
I’ve often thought about becoming a Christian version of Mr Beast; raising tons of money and giving away every single penny. Telling people that prayer is free and God loves them no matter what. Paying off people’s mortgages and bills if they are suffering, regardless of their religion.
And then turning around to those prosperity gospel preachers and challenging them to do reverse tithing, 90% of their income goes to charity, not 10%. No living in mansions paid for by their church. Not taking any appearance fees or book royalties. Exposing them as the grifters they are.
I haven’t done that already because I would want to do an actual Bible studies degree first, otherwise I’d feel like just as much of a fraud.
This. Most Christians despise prosperity preachers. A lot of churches even refuse to sing songs from “churches” which promote it who also make music en masse for money (I’m looking at you, Hillsong, Bethel and Elevation)
Matthew 23 is Jesus absolutely bitching out the religious leaders “Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.”
As you say, the so-called ‘Christians’ really act like the Pharisees in the Bible that is called out against. If the bible they claim to believe in is true, then a loooooooooooooooooot are probably going to be in for a rude awakening because they were warned in the same book, Chapter 7 verse 23 when the person they claim to follow says “I never knew you.”
There’s a quote attributed to Ghandi but it’s not verified to actually be by him. But is a very appropriate one in my day to day “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
(Putting aside if the Bible’s stories are real or not for a moment…)
Moses talking to God (aka ‘The Burning Bush’).
I’m not religious, but I’d love to witness God actually speaking to somebody.
I’d be kind of interested to see the gathering where the Dutch killed and ate their prime minister.
i wanna visit that one Christmas in world war one where they all got over their shit for a day and had snowball fights and stuff. play in the snow with some of the most damaged and traumatized people in history.
If you wanna get depressed, look up what happened to these soldiers afterwards
