If you could invite five figures from religious history to dinner, who would they be?

Jesus, Elijah, David, Mary Magdelene *sp*, Mary - Jesus's mother.
If you could invite five figures from religious history to dinner, who would they be?
I only want to have dinner with one figure, and though he wrote about religion, I doubt anyone but me would recognize him as a religious figure...





Richard Hofstadter, the author of THE PARANOID STYLE OF AMERICAN POLITICS.





I like to see how he'd handle the alarmist nonsense we have to put up with today.
Reply:Gandhi and Gandhi alone!





Gandhi quotes:





"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."





"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."





"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
Reply:Now that's a fun question!


I need to ask my personal spritual guidance team about that.


I could throw out some names, but I think I really want to take this one in, and truly ask from within who I would have dinner with. There's lots to chat about that's for sure.


:) Thanks for the question.


Have a good night!


Oh, and what about you? Who would you invite?
Reply:Instead of asking about an event that can never happen, why not ask yourself which 5 people that you know around you that you can and do invite to a real dinner party at your place. Forget the impossible and concentrate on the feasible and practical.
Reply:Rabbi Luria (The Ari, 'The Holy Lion') - A major figure in Judaism and Kabbalah


Maimonides -- One of the foremost Jewish Arbiters.





Heck, give me just those two and I'd be happy.





But to round out the group --





The last of the Shogun


The Buddha


The first incarnation of Vishnu.
Reply:Odin, Jesus, Brigid (A celtic goddess converted into a christian saint, also pronounced "breed" And I would want to talk to the goddess not the saint.), Cali, And The great spirit.


Though I think that might be one hell of a conversation.


Damn too bad there are only 5 cause I would definatly include Buddah and Confusius in that as well.


What a fun question. Star for you.


I like it....
Reply:Jesus, Peter, Paul, John, and David.





I would ask Jesus when He is coming back to get us.





I would ask Peter what it felt like when He realized Jesus was God?





I would ask Paul what is was like going up against the entire world?





I would ask John to tell me more about seeing heaven.





I would ask David to tell me why he loved God so much?
Reply:First 3, definitely:





1. Simon Peter - To ask him if Jesus was a flesh-and-blood person; and slug it out with Paul.





2. Saul "Paul" of Tarsus - To slug it out with Peter.





3. Muhammad.





The last 2 are toughies:





4. David Hume.





5. Montezuma.





(A lot of other people on the "short" list, including Jesus, Voltaire, and Siddharta Gautama.)
Reply:Jesus of Nazareth- Should be obvious enough (plus, we'd need some wine)





Simon Bar Kokhba- See if he viewed himself as the Messiah





Siddhattha Gotama- Founder of the very peace-loving religion





Abu l-Qasim Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Hashimi al-Qurashi- Get the views of Islam from its actual founder





L Ron Hubbard- Just for the heck of it
Reply:1-2) Adam %26amp; Eve: because they're the ones I really want to ask "why". :)


3) Moses: because I would like to find out the actual route he took from Egypt.


4) Abraham: because I would like to have him confirm for some folks (not saying who) which son he took to the alter.





and of course





5) Jesus: because to be in his presence for even a moment would be more wonderful than anything I've known in my life.





Good question by the way. It actually gave us something to think about.
Reply:Wow, tough pick because I find many of the prophets and the apostles amazing. Jesus. I've always been drawn to Paul. Moses because God considered him a friend and of course Abraham and John the beloved.
Reply:Moses, Jesus, Mohammad, Siddhartha Gautama, and Confucius.





I'd like to see them come to some kind of agreement, and make a religion which makes perfect sense.
Reply:ya, i'd have trouble limiting it to five. five hundred maybe. i gotta lotta questions.
Reply:Is there a requirement that the invitees must be real...? .... cuz I'm thinking of God, Allah, Jesus, Moses, and Adam.... and I doubt that any of them were actually real.
Reply:Moses cos I love sailing - no seriously - Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalen, the infamous doudting Thomas and yes Moses cos I would love to hear of his epic journey and Josephus (a religoius writer of Christ's time)
Reply:Carl Sagan, Bertrand Russel, Fredrick Nietzche, Timothy Leary, and Terrence McKenna.
Reply:Morrison


Hendrix


Christ


Bill Hicks


Goat (dead friend)





Ok so they maybe ain't all religious but Jim is cool and Hendrix was a God. Hicks was too funny.


And I miss Goat.





Blessed be Goatie.
Reply:Jesus


Dahli Lama


Buddha


Judas


Noah


That would be a rather interesting dinner don't you think?
Reply:Enki, Enlil, Anu, Marduk, Inanna.
Reply:King David,of coarse.Jeremiah,John,Jesus %26amp; Paul.
Reply:Adam, Enoch, Noah, Moses, and Jesus.
Reply:God, Jesus, Abraham, moses, King David.
Reply:Jesus, Satan, Adam%26amp;Eve, Moses
Reply:Jesus, Paul, Joshua, Joseph, Martin Luther
Reply:Moe, Larry, Curley, Laurel and Hardy....
Reply:none of the folks in the last supper, they had their chance





wait, who's paying?


If I am I want people who dont waste their time on religion
Reply:No one of interest speaks English -- so I wouldn't be interested in any of them. Well -- maybe Jesus -- but only if he brings that good wine he makes.
Reply:Jesus, Moses, Noah, Abraham, and Adam or Eve its a toss up how bout you?
Reply:Jesus


Moses,


Job


Simon Peter


Apostle Paul