[AnAmericanAbroad]

“Killing Hitler” always makes for an interesting ethical debate.

I enjoyed this one singular comment from the article more than the article itself:

“If travel backwards in time becomes possible in the future, then we are already living with the consequences.”

Touche.

And of course, none of us would know it, would we? Suppose some time-traveler from the year 2763 went back tomorrow and prevented the crucifixion of Jesus? We’d all wake up tomorrow believing in Zeus, or Odin, or Zoroaster or whatnot. Heck, maybe we’d all be Buddhists!

If time-travel ever does become possible in the future, I can only imagine there will be only one rule:

DON’T DO ANYTHING!!!! JUST OBSERVE, DON’T INTERACT!

[xone]

Suppose some time-traveler from the year 2763 went back tomorrow and prevented the crucifixion of Jesus?

Couldn't happen, no one took Jesus' life, He laid it down willingly. John 10:17-18.

[higgmeister]

And of course, none of us would know it, would we?

I cannot believe this got to 38 comments before someone mentioned the obvious!

Some people need to read "Methuselah's Children", Time Enough for Love", "The Guns of the South", or "Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War." Heck, every other episode of Doctor Who mentions the hazards of a temporal paradox.