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RabbitBounce Members 299 posts Location: Poland Occupation: Astronomer Age:	#122354 2008-05-20 04:50 GMT
	Personally I believe that person is Jesus Christ. We would not be living life today if he never existed. Weather or not you believe he is the son of God or weather or not u believe in God. What Do you think? I mean we would not be living life AS WE KNOW IT today if Jesus never existed. apologies


YvY Members 281 posts Location: Brunei Darussalam Occupation: Netmaker Age:	#122355 2008-05-20 04:53 GMT
	i'd say God since he created everything

SilentHunter Members 264 posts Location: Macedonia Occupation: Sleuth Age:	#122356 2008-05-20 04:53 GMT
	Steve Irwin, he was the best of the best

Helen Members 259 posts Location: Dominica Occupation: Stock broker Age:	#122357 2008-05-20 04:54 GMT
	Unfortunately I believe Hilter was one...

TakeItEasy Members 235 posts Location: Romania Occupation: Infantryman Age:	#122358 2008-05-20 04:57 GMT
	Jesus made the largest impact on the world,His doctrine is universal and accepted a round the world, and his teaching is being tough in places which are very distant and hard to reach

CaptainCrunch Members 260 posts Location: Tonga Occupation: Taxidermist Age:	#122359 2008-05-20 05:04 GMT
	Indeed it is Jesus Christ. Bigtime impact to the world. He is different. He is the son of God. but aside from him, there are lots of people who has a big impact as well to the world. These are Alexander the Great, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Chiang Kai Shek, Genghis Khan, Adolf Hitler, Oscar Schindler, John F. Kennedy, Ferdinand Marcos, ELvis Presly...among the few. These examples have their own contribution to our mankind history.

Ayersrock Members 293 posts Location: United Arab Emirates Occupation: Camp Counselor Age:	#122360 2008-05-20 05:06 GMT
	you can look at it negively: I'd say the Axis Power of WW2. Not only did they almost completely anihalate a whole race [the Romany] and not only did he bring forth poverty and destrcution to almost all of Eastern Europe, he ruined Europe's chance of remaining to be the world leaders in the oncoming 21st century. He also made the United States come to terms with the idea that even though they are far from the rest of the world, they are also still vunerable to attacks [Pearl Harbor specifially]. And because of that attack, the United States feels the need to be a part of international affairs... which inadvertidly put us into the wars on the Middle East.

Commitment Members 261 posts Location: North Korea Occupation: School Principal Age:	#122361 2008-05-20 05:20 GMT
	i dont really think u can actually give all the credit to one person. (apart from God of course). i believe the people who fought for freedom of all races from slavery had a great impact on the world like Abraham Lincoln but then he also thought that blacks should not be assimilated with the whites.

Solitarygrowth Members 291 posts Location: Cameroon Occupation: Prostitute Age:	#122362 2008-05-20 05:24 GMT
	I don't know his name, but a long time ago, a Chinese man invented gunpowder.

HappyCake Members 260 posts Location: Swaziland Occupation: Sociologists Age:	#122363 2008-05-20 05:30 GMT
	no doubt prophet MUHAMMAD saw.. he is no son of god or anything.. he is only a normal human being chosen by ALLAH swt as a messenger to human leading to the straight path.... teaching.. there is only one GOD

Goldriver Members 287 posts Location: Mali Occupation: Soil scientist Age:	#122364 2008-05-20 06:37 GMT
	Charles Martel. If he didn't defeat the Muslims at the battle of Tours, Europe would be entirely Islamic and Christianity would have been squashed out of existence.

FireHead Members 255 posts Location: Morocco Occupation: Sheepshearer Age:	#122365 2008-05-20 06:45 GMT
	At whose impact Jesus existed two thousand years back, and how the life existed on this earth for the last millions of years. And how many children that God had? Only one son or more? And why God did not had any daughters? If there are who are they?

Power2Frogs Members 282 posts Location: Northern Mariana Islands Occupation: Astrologer Age:	#122366 2008-05-20 07:15 GMT
	Noah, for saving the animals.

TakeItEasy Members 235 posts Location: Romania Occupation: Infantryman Age:	#122367 2008-05-20 10:53 GMT
	oprah :B

WildFlower Members 266 posts Location: United Arab Emirates Occupation: Mortician Age:	#122368 2008-05-20 12:43 GMT
	Martin Luther King.

ontheplains Members 264 posts Location: Zaire Occupation: Editor Age:	#122369 2008-05-21 00:32 GMT
	I agree. But that does not negate other like minded people in other cultures who impacted their societies in the same manner as Jesus. Indeed he is the embodiment and fulfillment not just of the Jewish tradition but of man in general and why his message has had such a universal appeal and impact on man as a whole. But in the person who invented the printing press was one person. The Wright Brothers for powered flight. Edison for electricity. Al Gore for the Internet? Not quite sure about that last one. But those are the few I can think of besides Jesus Christ.