If you could bring one person in all of human history back to life as a healthy young adult who would it be?

It could be a historical figure or a relative or a friend and tell us why.

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BlueVeins · 22-25

It would just have to be Jesus. We know very little about his life, and the sources we have about him are very unreliable. Homeboi has had a monumental impact on global culture over the past couple thousand years, so understanding him is really important; plus, he could explain parts of his teachings which are misunderstood or disputed (which is almost all of it lmao). I also think seeing Jesus as the haggardly, unkempt arab that he probably was would have a positive impact on race & class relations. As a cherry on top, doctors and historians could probably run medical tests on him to learn more about life in the old Roman Empire.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@BlueVeins i was about to suggest the same thing, haha. If we can even get him. If he's an amalgamation of multiple people it might not work though. But much could be learned.

Until conservatives decide to destroy him for being a liberal socialist.

Incomplet · 18-21

@BlueVeins [quote]I also think seeing Jesus as the haggardly, unkempt arab that he probably was would have a positive impact on race & class relations.[/quote]

So?
You'r not letting him tak a bath , shav his beard, dress, wear shoes and liv as everyon today does? Will you allow him to learn English, see the World as it is, experienc Living as a Modern Person?

helenS · 36-40, F

@BlueVeins I voted for Jesus too, without seeing you beat me to it.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Incomplet I doubt he'd accept those things to begin with, Jesus never had much of a thing for luxury.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@BlueVeins i thought he was big on feet washing, no?

smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F

@BlueVeins I think he meant someone that existed not made up

BlueVeins · 22-25

@smileylovesgaming ehhhh from what i read, historians lean towards jesus having existed as a single person, or at least being a composite character of multiple cult leaders in israel at the time. Even if the latter's the case, the name 'Jesus' has got to have come from someone in particular, so you'd still get a viable person to bring back.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Incomplet So?
[quote]You'r not letting him tak a bath , shav his beard, dress, wear shoes and liv as everyon today does? Will you allow him to learn English, see the World as it is, experienc Living as a Modern Person?[/quote]

Jesus was big on dousing himself with perfume.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@BlueVeins [quote]ehhhh from what i read, historians lean towards jesus having existed as a single person, or at least being a composite character of multiple cult leaders in israel at the time. Even if the latter's the case, the name 'Jesus' has got to have come from someone in particular, so you'd still get a viable person to bring back.[/quote]

The name "Jesus" did not exist before around 1630 A.D. The character had another name. "Jesus" was simply made up as a translation, like all of the other main characters' names in the Bible.