In your opinion, who is/was the greatest human being of all time?

[ProfessorLayton]

Psh Jesus was nothing compared to Moses, dude parted the seas, climbed a big ass mountain and chatted with god, plus he had a kid when he was 90 way to go gramps.... lets not mention that he almost dabbled in a little child sacrifice later on

Yeah, but was Moses literally God? What's better, parting the Red Sea, or creating the universe? I'm not talking bad about Moses, but Jesus pretty much wins this one.

Since comparing anyone to Jesus is like comparing someone to... Jesus... I'm going to say George Clooney. I don't know why.

 

[MoNKeyYy]

My prediction for this thread:

Lots of people saying Jesus.

Someone mentions Hitler.

Huge ass discussion about whether Hitler's actions were impressive or not.

Hitler. The prophecy is being fulfilled.

In all seriousness though, Hitler was by far one of the most historically important figures of the past millenium. And I could rant on and on about how great he was, minus the whole little "genocide" thing.

 

[Dango]

Yeah, but was Moses literally God?

Ya know who is literally God? Haruhi Suzumiya. And ya know who voiced Haruhi? Hirano Aya. Bam.

In all seriousness though, I'd say the greatest person of all time is (sorta) Tokugawa Ieayasu, responsible for Japan's isolation, which eventually caused the Meiji revolution, which eventually led to Japan being a superpower, which led to awesome amounts of modern technology. And one not so awesome one (the atomic bomb). That's right, Tokugawa Ieayasu is partially responsible for nukes.

 

[Xskills]

Friedrich Nietzche, had the balls to say religion was obsolete and that we should live for what's in life and not the afterlife (which was what Platonic Christianity was making people to do and it was miserable).

 

[lukenhiumur]

Number 26, Teddy Roosevelt.

 

[Flig]

Samuel L. Motherfucking Jackson.

Or Kurt Vonnegut.

Actually Ima stick with Vonnegut.

 

[olendvcook]

George Carlin is the man

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

Without trying to change this into a religious thread, Jesus has influenced the world more than any other human being I would say.

 

[Enigmers]

Saxton Hale. [http://saxtonhalefacts.net]

 

[The Austin]

John F. Kennedy?

Mostly because he has a kick-ass conspiracy.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

We all could be, if we really made an efford to try.

 

[Nossy]

Bruce Campbell.

/endthread

 

[Julianking93]

Lots of people saying Jesus.

Jesus? You know that most people here are atheist, right?

 

[Irradiated Tiger]

I'm going to say Da Vinci. I don't have someone I look up to but if I did, it'd be him. That man was a scientist and and excellent painter.

 

[SD-Fiend]

well 2 people jesus and my grandad

 

[Chaos Incarnate]

Psh Jesus was nothing compared to Moses, dude parted the seas, climbed a big ass mountain and chatted with god, plus he had a kid when he was 90 way to go gramps.... lets not mention that he almost dabbled in a little child sacrifice later on

Yeah, but was Moses literally God? What's better, parting the Red Sea, or creating the universe? I'm not talking bad about Moses, but Jesus pretty much wins this one.

So Jesus=God now? Seriously, I suppose not being all that religious has left me rather ignorant of most biblical matters but sense when did Jesus create the universe?

 

[Samus Aaron]

Good choice!

My prediction for this thread:

Lots of people saying Jesus.

Someone mentions Hitler.

Huge ass discussion about whether Hitler's actions were impressive or not.

Hmm... let's see...
Jesus... check
Hitler.. check...
Discussion about Hitler... Well I guess I'll finish the prophecy.

Guy 1: Hitler's actions were very impactful and significant. They were also impressive.
Guy 2: No you are wrong and here is why: *posts 84 page summary of his argument plus an annotated bibliography*
Guy 3: Guy 2 is gay lol

There, done. Now what, the anti-christ rises from hell? the escapist basement opens? What happens?!

OP: I'm not sure who the most significant person was, but I agree that Teddy Roosevelt is teh coolest guy evar! Truly a man of the people, and the first champion of Progressivism. I even wrote a paper explaining why he was the greatest president for US History class.

 

[The Code]

I think I'm gonna have to go with Nikola Tesla, the Serbian god of lightning. He invented wireless energy transmission, the Tesla Coil, and even made a machine that could have destroyed New York City. This man, this wonderfully insane man was the one and only real life definition of the Mad Scientist.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

I think everyone already knows this
But im going to go ahead and say it
ME