If you could go back in time to a time before your birth when and where would you go?
You would have to stay for at least six months
2
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
35 comments (26 - 35)
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.the arty & socialist cafehaus society in vienna in 1925 would have suited me for a while. hungarian gypsy violins, women finding their power, painters, workers' unions, yes, i would have liked it.
walklightly
Level 8
Apr 5, 2018
1
I'd go to Farmington, Maine in about 1920, want to be about age 20 and enjoy the Sandy River and Rangely Lakes Railroad. Very unique, two foot gauge. After 1935 I'd migrate to Bridgton, Maine, for a couple of years, then probably to the Colorado three foot gauge railways, stopping in Orbisonia, Pennsyvania for a while on the way at the East Broad Top.
Now, all this being said, I would probably died at age 49, as the cancer I had was a death sentance at the time, however, since that cancer was likely the result of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, that might not be an issue.
Lincster45
Level 6
Apr 5, 2018
1
The way I would look at it is, you had a good life before you left, you added to life by becoming 20 again so even if you died 25 to 30 years later you still lived a good long life.
Used to work in Bridgeton, ME/Lake Sebago area back in college. Please check out our Cancer Survivors Group.
I am a big fan of Leonardo Da Vinci, so would love to go back and meet him. I wouldn't stay long though, because of the danger to a pagan back then. I am also fascinated by the Victorian era. It was a time of invention, a time when women were beginning the stirrings of suffrage, advancements in medicine, science and science fiction, writing, dancing, music, mysticism. Besides that, Steam punk is kinda cool.
Wisewoman3
Level 7
Apr 5, 2018
1
Dr. King please don't go out on that balcony.
Not before m birth....but still.
BufftonBeotch
Level 8
Apr 4, 2018
1
That might be good, it also might be very bad. It's a big roll of the dice.
@paul1967 You mean in his work having more attention as a martyr?
@BufftonBeotch Not martyrdom so much, because Martin Luther King Jr was a passivist, but It could be any number of things from white power movements gaining more support or the impact that could have been lost on whites American consciousness. I don't have any way of measuring the effect of watching the aftermath of the murder committed by James Earl Ray on TV. I have to imagine many Americans who were willing to not get involved rethought their position after seeing just how evil it is to do nothing while white supremacist pushes back on equal rights laws. It could be however that by saving his life, you expedite a change in America and things get better quicker. I just don't know.
1980s man
LadyAlyxandrea
Level 8
Apr 4, 2018
1
Why 1980?
JimG:
Go visit me before 'July 85 and talk me out of going camping on the 4th. ;}
@paul1967 bowie man
@LadyAlyxandrea Of course! Silly me, that would be a trip (pun intended) worth taking.
I would actually go to when Jesus walked the earth. I don’t believe in god so I’d really like to hear Jesus speak in person.
teresarocks42
Level 2
Apr 4, 2018
0
You might be disappointed. The Bible tends to exaggerate the qualities of its leading characters just a bit, don't you think?
I think there is a reasonable chance you wouldn't find him.
i believe that jesus lived a long life and died a Buddhist monk and is burried in a tomb in the middle east.
@pnullifidian that’s exactly why I want to go. To see the truth.
@paul1967 perhaps. But then I would know. I think he might have been the worlds first salesman.
@BAMBISPICE I would wager that you are correct.
@BAMBISPICE I'm just curious, was your statement about the life of Jesus based on any solid evidence or were you just joking?
Alpha Centauri
4M years ago
WileEQuixote
Level 7
Apr 4, 2018
0
Why?
@paul1967 Nothing to see here, rather go there.
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
Share this post
Categories
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.