Ajax's Question of the Day: The Dinner Party

You'll have to forgive me, this is an old one. Its been a long weekend. And not just because of all the hotties on Spring Break.

The question is:

You're throwing a dinner party for eight, plus yourself (and a significant other, where applicable). The eight people invited can be anyone, living or dead. For the purposes of this question literary, movie, and television characters are NOT considered dead. Only the living and once living may be invited. As well, for purposes of simplicity, we assume a single common, shared language will be used by all attendees. Whom do you invite?

I would invite religious icons, along with the folks I feel most likely to benefit from being in their prescence.
Mohammed, representing Islam: President Ahmadinejad (of Iran), Ismail Haniyah (leader of the new Hamas Palestinian Government), and King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia). (apologies for any incorrect or misspelled names).
Jesus of Nazareth, representing Christianity: Pope Benedict XVI (Catholic), Pat Robertson (oh yes indeedy, U.S.A.), and Pastor Jim Marshall (Canada, formerly U.S.A.).

Now you're saying to yourself, putting Benny, and Pat at the table (I wanted to sneak George Walker Bush in as a waiter, but I think that sort of thing might be held against me later) might make a certain kind of 'Let He Who Is Without Sin Cast The First Stone' sort of sense, who the heck is this Jim Marshall fellow? Well, I'll just say that of all the christians I've known, Pastor Jim is one of the few folks I think who would be able to sit easily through that meal, and enjoy the conversation as it comes.

See you tomorrow.