If you could go back in time and rescue Jesus from the Romans,

[Dhalgren]

would that be a sin?

[WI_DEM]

1. yes

because he had to die to fullfill his destiny. But I could go back and save JFK or Lincoln.

[NewJeffCT]

2. who knows?

How about going back in time to kill Hitler? Does that break the "thou shalt not kill" commandment? Would somebody even worse taken his place?

[Richardo]

4. Actually, probably all you'd have to do with Hitler is buy his paintings..

Maybe If he had been a success as an lousy insane artist, he wouldn't have had the motive or opportunity to drag the entire world into war and genocide. :shrug:

[KurtNYC]

3. Don't think so

But it sure would change the icons of Christianity (the crucifix).

[LiberalFighter]

5. If it was meant to happen then anyone would be stopped by god

[Lone Pawn]

6. Yes, since without the martyrdom angle

Y'shua's particular one-man-reform movement didn't have anything to differentiate itself from the hundred other guys wandering around performing parlor-trick miracles and calling the system corrupt. Only a few Jewish scholars would have even heard of Y'shua son of Yosef.