What Person do you think had the most influence on history?

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I'm going with Mohammed, from the foundation of the three great Islamic Empires to the establishment of terrorist organizations and many middle eastern countries and to the Zimbabwe city states of yore, extending throughout Africa, even via northern routes, Islam spread affecting the cultures of Africa, and, as an extension, through Spain, Europe, with their inventions and culture, and even threatening Europe itself, under Suleiman, the Ottoman Empire. In fact, as you can see today, Mohammed's religion affects the world continually, and in a more dramatic and noteworthy fashion than any other religion or person's legacy.

Gaius Julius Cæsar. Ya'll know what he did.

L. Ron Hubbard because he shook the core of science and philosophy more than any man.

Nikola Tesla our guy

Alexander the great. He conquered the known world at the time, put an end to Ancient Greece but spread that culture to other countries which would adopt greek traditions which part of most societies is now based off of

Well if you don't count religion, then ofc I'll say Jesus Christ..But for those that don't believe in him, I'd say

Confucius - His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines.

LMAO for some reason I read the title as "What PERSIAN" and was about to come in here because I thought it was a race flaming thread lol

And Nihil I counter with Jesus. Jesus has had much more influence on a wider global scale than Muhammed. Although granted, after the terrorists blew up the towers it seems islam is blowing up with popularity (haha I made funny). Kinda weird that all these people who were christians are flooding to islam now, my take on it is they are a bunch of cowards who are scared and think that if they convert the mean old terrorists will leave them alone. Of course this is all subconcious in their minds, they may not even know they are cowardly.

Probably the Beatles...

They sorta headed the whole hippie movement and experimentation of music and "other" stuff.

But then there's people who actually changed the world.

I think maybe Jesus.

He was a big part of the reason that Rome fell. Also, Christianity is still a huge part of the world, and the whole US of A was built on Christian beliefs.

I nominate myself for this position for the sole reason that im such a badass

Id say Weegee.

God.

That's pretty broad...

But i guess that's the point.

Anyway, god's not a person, no matter what that song says...

thing944 wrote:That's pretty broad...

But i guess that's the point.

Anyway, god's not a person, no matter what that song says...

Trinitarians will say otherwise.

Dray The Fingerless wrote:God.

You believe in God?

Why would you need to believe in God to say he was the most influential person in history?

Because thats contradictory. If you believe he didn't exist, then how was he influential. Now the teachings is different but if you don't believe in God then you don't believe in his teachings. Thats like believing in a painting but not the painter who painted it.

Worst. Comparison. Ever.

No its not. It's an exact parallel. Gods work on earth was to spread his teaching. A painters work is the paintings he paints... Exact parallel...

That is rep worthy.

But its a logical fallacy to believe in the teachings of someone who you believe to be non-existent... Others can believe but if you truly didn't believe in God, then you wouldn't believe in the change or the influence he had because of teachings. Why? Because you don't believe in him to begin with. Logical fallacy...