Ever notice how few people can even mention Jesus without adding that they are or are not Christian. Don’t know if that is good or bad, but it’s an observation.

Who would I meet? Hmmm. Maybe Charles Dickens. Einstein. L Frank Baum. Sylvia Plath–though she’d probably be a huge headache. Lincoln. And if I were picking from the Bible, I’d pick Eve.

What if you played with the question and asked, “If you could meet any historical person and bring them to live in the year 2009, who would it be?”

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Cheers!

You know, you might be right! I’m going to look into it. I do remember something like ‘from whom seven demons had been cast out’, but of course that’s a different issue. There is mention of prostitutes and tax collectors (the two seem to be associated somehow) in connection with both John and Jesus, so I think the idea of Jesus being sympathetic generally to the plight of such women is well supported. I guess it’s like the three kings of the Nativity, and the ‘hill of Calvary’, things that crept into tradition without any basis in the text…

Thanks again for pointing that out!:)

Mr. Cantrell was acquitted by the testimony of Bill Jordan, one of the fastest draws in American history. Mr. Jordan was clocked at being able to acquire, decide, draw, aim and fire a side arm in .27 seconds, which is about a quarter second faster than a normal person can just decide on a target.

Mr. Jordan was asked if he knew Mr. Cantrell by the defense attorney. He said he did indeed know Mr. Cantrell. Mr. Jordan was asked how fast Mr. Cantrell was on the draw. Mr. Jordan’s response?

“Well, sir … he was a mite bit faster than me.”

The jury acquitted in less than two hours.

Ed Cantrell was among the last of the fast-gun style lawmen in the West. I find him very interesting for some reason, and I’ve wanted to meet him. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2004.

But mostly I was just kiddin’. In all honesty, I have no idea who I’d like to meet. I seriously don’t.

I don’t think there’s any actual Biblical reference to Mary Magdalene being a prostitute, I think that was something one of the Pope’s assumed and has now become a “tradition” without having any basis in fact. If you have any Scriptural references about that, I’d love to see them. :)

If you want to read about a courageous woman during the Holocaust, you can read “The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom.

It’s a tough question, isn’t it? I was asked a similar question in 6th grade, and still haven’t decided on a single answer, lol.

I’ve actually been to Magdala in Galilee where she was from. It’s a beautiful place. A lot of fruit farms there, which as I understand is how it was then. Didn’t see any towers (Heb: ‘migdal’) though.