Which historical figures do you despise the most?
Q. Which currently deceased historical personage do you feel the most contempt for and why do you feel this way?
Asked by shadowyfigure - Mon May 11 20:19:26 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Julius Caesar. I know, extremely odd choice when there are so many horrible people out there (Stalin, Hitler, etc.) But at least all of those people made no secret of where they stood, their policies were fairly straightforward, and they often believed they were doing the right thing (at the very least they stood by their convictions) Caesar, on the other hand, was the eptiome of a dirty politician, constantly shifting his stance and what he said, changing allies, pandering to the people in an attempt to gain power to himself while claiming he was a "man of the people." And beyond that, never in a history has someone's role been so ridiculously over-rated. Caesar was not a true military genius. His victories in Gaul were more due to the… [cont.]
Answered by Greg the History Addict - Mon May 11 20:48:06 2009

need to write about an important World Historical Personage (not an American) who lived between 1815 and 1990?
Q. any ideas on someone who there is alot to write about??
Asked by Ethan A - Fri Jul 17 19:12:14 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. How about Tecumseh of the Shawnee, he created an alliance of many tribes in an attempt to save their lands and rights. Geronimo of the Chiricahua Apache, he fought winning wars with the Americans and Mexicans at the same time, and rarely had more than 50 men in his fighting force.
Answered by Roman C - Sat Jul 18 23:18:50 2009

Was Charlotte de Berry a real historical personage?
Q. According to Wikipedia and other sources she was a famous pirate of the mid seventeenth century: Yet at least one on-line source claims she was a nineteenth century literary invention: Any pirate experts or historians have a take on this, was she real or mythical? Thanks. Well, I suppose I should have asked if anyone knows of any historical references to her that predate 1836, which is where she first appears in the historical record apparently. It is hard for me to imagine that a famous pirate has zero citations in any records until two centuries after her life, I mean, we aren't talking the dark ages here. :)
Asked by unitedcats2004 - Mon Sep 29 10:07:47 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. according to the history, she really existed and since she died young, nobody can verify her existence until lately with some records on her birthdate and such. her existence was doubted and she became a part of sailors' stories, exaggerating her woes and fights, thus, considered her to be a mythical figure.
Answered by ambitiouzzz... - Mon Sep 29 12:20:39 2008

"Get your interview on" Survey?
Q. What historical personage would you most like to interview, and what's your #1 question?
Asked by C Man - Fri Oct 2 02:53:39 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. ...Caesar!! Q : Was it really Brutus ??
Answered by Miss Fedora Sheriff - Fri Oct 2 03:15:22 2009

Can you name some of famous personages?
Q. Either a historical or literary character who is not usually thought of in a humorous vein
Asked by kclynn - Sun Apr 27 18:59:52 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Scrooge Hitler Satan Stalin Mussolini
Answered by rousseau - Sun Apr 27 19:09:26 2008

Che Guevara's image licensed?
Q. I just heard that Che's image, seen on millions of T-shirts, is copyrighted and/or licensed! Incredible to this admirer of Che! Who holds the license? And, is it possible to license an image of a historical personage?!
Asked by jimthecelt - Thu Jan 29 16:47:45 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you create a piece of art, you own the copyright to that art. So if I draw a picture of George Washington, then I own the rights to that picture and all reproductions of that picture. That doesn't mean I own every piece of art that features George Washington! So if you create a new T-shirt with an original drawing of Che, then you own that image. But if you copy the popular one you see on all the T-shirts, you are breaking copyright laws.
Answered by dnafairy - Thu Jan 29 17:03:38 2009

HELP ME WITH MY COLLEGE ESSSAY PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE! I JUST NEED SOME IDEAS/SUGESTIONS!?
Q. common essays: - a major personal experience, achievement, risk or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. - an issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. - an individual who has deeply impacted you and why. - a fictional character, historical personage, or create work that has profoundly influenced you and why. i have to do a rough draft for my college essay for tomorrow, when its due. i have no idea what to write about! i have no major personal experiences, i dont have any achievements, im not sure of any personal/local/national/i nternational concerts, no one really impacts me, & no fictional character or whatever has influenced me :[ i want to do the first one. but like i… [cont.]
Asked by hi (: - Tue Sep 15 18:53:20 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

COLLEGE ESSAY! PLEASE HELP ME, GIVE ME IDEAS, ANYTHING!!! :/?
Q. common essays: - a major personal experience, achievement, risk or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. - an issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. - an individual who has deeply impacted you and why. - a fictional character, historical personage, or create work that has profoundly influenced you and why. i have to do a rough draft for my college essay for tomorrow, when its due. i have no idea what to write about! i have no major personal experiences, i dont have any achievements, im not sure of any personal/local/national/i nternational concerts, no one really impacts me, & no fictional character or whatever has influenced me :[ so i have nothing good to write about.… [cont.]
Asked by hi (: - Tue Sep 15 19:30:02 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The good thing about some of these topics is that they are asking for your opinion and then to back them up. The reason it is good is because they don't have to just be based on standard facts but you can share how you feel about something and why. So, for example, why did you decidd to teach summer school? Did someone suggest it? Did you take summer school at one time and your teacher made an impact on you so you decided to try and make a difference too? Faith can deeply affect people. Do you have a faith...like, are you a Christian? Why? Did someone influence your decision to become a Chrisitan...you can write about that. Hmm, if you look at your family and extended family is there any one person that really sticks out to you… [cont.]
Answered by Cory W - Tue Sep 15 19:44:23 2009

By what Jesus said about the rich man and Lazarus, did Jesus teach torment of the wicked after death?
Q. Is the account, at Luke 16:19-31, literal or merely an illustration of something else? The Jerusalem Bible, in a footnote, acknowledges that it is a parable in story form without reference to any historical personage. If taken literally, it would mean that those enjoying divine favor could all fit at the bosom of one man, Abraham; that the water on one s fingertip would not be evaporated by the fire of Hades; that a mere drop of water would bring relief to one suffering there. Does that sound reasonable to you? If it were literal, it would conflict with other parts of the Bible. If the Bible were thus contradictory, would a lover of truth use it as a basis for his faith?
Asked by arioch - Fri May 2 08:03:29 2008 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments

A. All these facts in fulfillment of this illustration find a striking parallel in our day. For a long time the hypocritical, greedy, tradition-following clergy of Christendom had things all their own way in exploiting their flocks and neglecting their spiritual interests, whereas the remnant of anointed spiritual Israelites were viewed and treated as a diseased beggar fit only for association with dogs of the street. But with the preaching of the good news of Jehovah s kingdom a change has taken place in these two classes, and since 1919 this once-despised, outcast spiritual remnant of anointed Christians have been lifted high in the favor of the Greater Abraham, Jehovah God, and have been given Kingdom interests, especially to preach the… [cont.]
Answered by Luke - Sat May 3 08:48:33 2008

Does this explain the book of Revelation?
Q. It seems as if there was something lovable even about this monster, which led a freedman to remain faithful to the last, and his two old nurses and cast-off concubine to care affectionately for his remains, and for a long time there were not wanting hands to strew his grave with spring and autumn flowers and to display his effigy (Suet. lvii). But, whether from the strange circumstances of his death, or the subsequent terrible confusion in the Roman world, or from whatever cause, there soon arose a belief that Nero had not really died, but was living somewhere in retirement or had fled among the Parthians, and that he was destined in a short time to return and bring great calamity upon his enemies or the world (quasi viventis et brevi… [cont.]
Asked by jrrose - Sun Sep 28 23:07:13 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, this is the general view by scholars. It's also what is mentioned in the Oxford Annotated Bible. Also, "seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman [the Great Whore of Babylon] is seated" - the seven hills of Rome. The Whore of Babylon is Rome itself.
Answered by The Doctor - Sun Sep 28 23:15:41 2008

Which of the arguments noted below in regards to the existence and non-existence of God are better?
Q. Arguments for the existence of God * The cosmological argument argues that there was a "first cause", or "prime mover" who is identified as God. It starts with a claim about the world, like its containing entities or motion. * The teleological argument argues that the universe's order and complexity are best explained by reference to a creator God. It starts with a rather more complicated claim about the world, i.e. that it exhibits order and design. This argument has two versions: One based on the analogy of design and designer, the other arguing that goals can only occur in minds. * The ontological argument is based on arguments about a "being greater than which cannot be conceived". It starts simply with a concept of God. St.… [cont.]
Asked by Ron - Tue Dec 15 00:54:51 2009 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

Choose your character, and entrance music, to a CM "Halloween" MASQUERADE Ball?
Q. Please accept this formal invitation, all patrons of the Classical Music Forum, to a celebratory "Halloween" masquerade ball. Am sure everyone will most heartily enjoy themselves. To insure its most entertaining success, please be advised that everyone is expected to choose an historical, classical music character, coming dressed in an appropriate costume; and let me know before Friday, October 30, 2009, what exemplary music selection you wished to be performed upon your announced entrance. Your chosen character may be any personage, past or present: composer, singer, instrumentalist, conductor, a well-known relative of any of these, whatever delights you. Your entrance music need only relate in some meaningful way to your… [cont.]
Asked by Alberich - Tue Oct 27 15:29:09 2009 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. such an awesome concept!!! OK I had to wrestle with this, I finally decided on Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle. It was a toss up between this and Wozzeck! I chose Bluebeard's Castle as she had no idea what she was walking into as she opened the first door to the torture chamber. She just blindly accepted Bluebeard as her lover. . . poor girl So, as a halloween character I'd come down as Judit (yea I'm a guy) singing the response to her reaction to opening the first door (i.e. the torture chamber doors) That to me is chilling. . .
Answered by Surfabilly - Tue Oct 27 21:59:44 2009

Christians and Muslims , plz read the below to find out what Mr.Paul Kurtz said and your commence on that ?
Q. The Bible, Qur'an, and other classical documents are full of contradictions and factual errors. They were written by human beings in ancient civilizations, expressing the scientific and moral speculations of their day. They do not convey the eternal word of God, but rather the yearnings of ancient tribes based on oral legends and received doctrines; as such, they are hardly relevant to all cultures and times. The Old and New Testaments are not accurate accounts of historical events. The reliability of the Old Testament is highly questionable in the events and personages it depicts; Moses, Abraham, Joseph, etc. are largely uncorroborated by historical evidence. As for the New Testament, scholarship has shown that none of its authors knew… [cont.]
Asked by Thomas Alva Eddison - Thu Oct 5 15:33:41 2006 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You are barking up the wrong Tree, you are addressing this to a bunch of: irreversible Morons who still deep down believe that a bad Woman (Witches) should be burned to a crisp at a stake. stubbornly clinging to the misconception that a( God ) will save their Hypocritical lives, if they live by a Book even Stanley Kubrick had a problem with not to mention Stanislaw Lem. and furthermore wont listen to anything or anybody, even if it hits them on their head, and I do include Meteors the size of Manhatten.
Answered by tyler durden - Thu Oct 5 15:52:13 2006

Reflections of Paul Kurtz during his 80th birthday - I beg you to read it and write ur comment - Jesus/Allah?
Q. The Bible, Qur'an, and other classical documents are full of contradictions and factual errors. They were written by human beings in ancient civilizations, expressing the scientific and moral speculations of their day. They do not convey the eternal word of God, but rather the yearnings of ancient tribes based on oral legends and received doctrines; as such, they are hardly relevant to all cultures and times. The Old and New Testaments are not accurate accounts of historical events. The reliability of the Old Testament is highly questionable in the events and personages it depicts; Moses, Abraham, Joseph, etc. are largely uncorroborated by historical evidence. As for the New Testament, scholarship has shown that none of its authors knew… [cont.]
Asked by Thomas Alva Eddison - Thu Oct 5 13:27:29 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Who is Paul Kurtz?
Answered by irenaadler - Thu Oct 5 13:28:45 2006

how do u feel about the articles of faith lds church?
Q. Gospel Classics: The Wentworth Letter By Joseph Smith Jr. (1805 44) Next > < Previous Print E-mail Joseph Smith Jr., The Wentworth Letter, Ensign, Jul 2002, 27 Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization modernized. Of this classic, Elder B. H. Roberts (1857 1933) of the First Council of the Seventy wrote: The letter is one of the choicest documents in our church literature; as also it is the earliest published document by the Prophet personally, making any pretension to consecutive narrative of those events in which the great Latter-day work had its origin. For combining conciseness of statement with comprehensiveness of treatment of the subject with which it deals, it has few equals among historical documents, and… [cont.]
Asked by Tracey P - Tue Mar 13 05:54:50 2007 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Ah the Wentworth Letter. When it is published in the Ensign, I've heard it is the most requested issue. I love it. I also have a special place in my heart for the AofF, for they are what led me to the church. Will you do me a favor, when you copy/paste, will you only copy the article itself and not all the "^Back to top", "Next", "Previous" etc stuff. I'm assuming you will not stop posting lengthy articles, so at least consider doing this. Thanks.
Answered by Tonya in TX - Duck - Tue Mar 13 16:22:40 2007

Why is the story of the jewish nakba Ignored by arabs?
Q. A long series of massacres was perpetrated against the Jews in Arab countries. They did not declare war on the countries in which they lived. They were loyal citizens. That did not help them. Their suffering was erased. Their story is never told. The Palestinian narrative has overpowered the historical dialogue. There is no need for a Palestinian narrative versus a Zionist narrative. We need to shake off narratives in favor of the truth. And the truth is that the Jews were murdered more, dispossessed more, and suffered more. A stunning testimonial from those years, which actually comes from the Arab side, sheds light on the issue. In 1936, Alowite personages send a letter to the French Foreign Minister in which they expressed their… [cont.]
Asked by ori c - Tue Jun 30 06:19:43 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. nazis are still around in great turbaned numbers.
Answered by Peter J - Fri Jul 3 14:39:07 2009

What do you think about Saturday or Sunday being the Sabbath? The Sabbath is Saturday?
Q. Which Day? "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." Genesis 2:2-3 Which day is the Sabbath? "The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God." Exodus 20:10. "And when the sabbath was past, ...very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre." Mark 16:1,2. Modern and Historic Statements on the Sabbath American Congregationalist Anglican Baptist Brethren Catholic Church of Christ Church of England Congregational Christian Church Disciples of Christ Episcopalian Lutheran… [cont.]
Asked by Jade - Sat Jul 5 23:28:37 2008 - - 6 Answers - 1 Comments

A. The Sabbath day is the seventh day of the week, Saturday. The observance to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy was part of the Law of Moses, the Old Testament. In the New Testament, there is no command to observe the Sabbath. Instead, Christians in the New Testament met upon "the first day of the week". (Acts 20:7, 1 Cor. 16:1-2) In fact, the Old Law was nailed to the cross with Christ. (Colossians 2:14) This being the case, the New Testament states, "Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to... a Sabbath.." (Colossians 2:16) Remember the Sabbath is part of the Old Testament. We can learn a lot from a study of the Old Testament, but for instructions on how to worship and… [cont.]
Answered by JoeBama - Sun Jul 6 23:34:43 2008

HELP ME WITH MY COLLEGE ESSSAY PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE! I JUST NEED SOME IDEAS/SUGESTIONS!?
Q. common essays: - a major personal experience, achievement, risk or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. - an issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. - an individual who has deeply impacted you and why. - a fictional character, historical personage, or create work that has profoundly influenced you and why. i have to do a rough draft for my college essay for tomorrow, when its due. i have no idea what to write about! i have no major personal experiences, i dont have any achievements, im not sure of any personal/local/national/i nternational concerts, no one really impacts me, & no fictional character or whatever has influenced me :[ i want to do the first one. but like i… [cont.]
Asked by hi (: - Tue Sep 15 16:53:41 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

Jehovah God s Word Is Alive, The Rich Man and Lazarus What Really Is the Lesson?
Q. Jesus christ often taught a lesson by telling a story. Here is how Jesus began one famous story: A certain man was rich, and he used to deck himself with purple and linen, enjoying himself from day to day with magnificence. But a certain beggar named Lazarus used to be put at his gate, full of ulcers and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich man. Yes, too, the dogs would come and lick his ulcers. So Jesus simply said a certain man was rich, dressed expensively and ate well, while Lazarus was hungry, covered with ulcers and licked by dogs. Was this a story about real people? No. The Catholic Jerusalem Bible in a footnote explains that this is a parable in story form without reference to any historical… [cont.]
Asked by seemorebetter - Thu Oct 8 07:06:27 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The story is obviously not meant to be literal, since Abraham was dead, and was not in heaven and "the dead know not any thing." (Ecclesiastes 9:5, King James Version) And before Christ himself went back to heaven, "no man hath ascended up to heaven." (John 3:13, King James Version) David was not in heaven, neither was Abraham, nor Abraham's "bosom." (Acts 2:34) And if the rich man was in the flames of Hell, why would he ask for a drink of water? The water would have evaporated before it could do him any good. So, this was obviously a parable. And as a parable, it shows (among other things) that God has no regard for the haughty, self-righteous theologians of the world (or any other haughty, self-righteous people), and prefers the… [cont.]
Answered by bar_enosh - Thu Oct 8 09:43:31 2009

HELP ME WITH MY COLLEGE ESSSAY PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE! I JUST NEED SOME IDEAS/SUGESTIONS!?
Q. common essays: - a major personal experience, achievement, risk or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. - an issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. - an individual who has deeply impacted you and why. - a fictional character, historical personage, or create work that has profoundly influenced you and why. i have to do a rough draft for my college essay for tomorrow, when its due. i have no idea what to write about! i have no major personal experiences, i dont have any achievements, im not sure of any personal/local/national/i nternational concerts, no one really impacts me, & no fictional character or whatever has influenced me :[ i want to do the first one. but like i… [cont.]
Asked by hi (: - Tue Sep 15 18:16:15 2009 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Look into a man named John Perkins. Read his books then you will have all of the list covered.
Answered by Trufan - Tue Sep 15 18:21:14 2009