[freedumb2003]

That is some really theowonky stuff!

[Alex Murphy]

Many skeptics assert that Paul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul) hijacked the early Christian religion, changing the theology from what Jesus originally taught. Usually offered as proof for this claim are the doctrines found in Paul's great theological work, his letter to the Romans.

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[txrefugee]

Homosexuals and feminists hate the teachings of Paul, but Jesus instructed Paul after his conversion. Paul’s teachings are Jesus ‘ teachings.

[wonkowasright]

Peter.

[Zionist Conspirator]

It doesn't matter.

It is incontrovertible that Judaism/Noachism was founded by G-d A-mighty. People should be satisfied with that. No further "development" attributed to a "prophet" or (chas vechalilah!) "gxd-man" is even necessary.

Why do all chrstians without exception simply assume from the outset that J*sus/the Church/the "new testament" have the right to authentically interpret and apply the prophecies in the Hebrew Bible???

[Linda Frances]

God predestined Saul to be on the road to Damascus and thus give us so many books of the bible. The things God gave him went against everything he believed when he was Saul. Paul was faithful even unto death.

Some people want Paul out because he calls homosexuality a sin. They think removing Paul will free them of their guilty feelings. Once Adam and Eve at of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there eyes (and ours) were open to good and evil. Some people continue in sin and have hardened their hearts and no longer have there eyes open. Satan has blinded them.

[detective]

Paul’s letters are consistent with Jesus’s teachings as are the words of the prophets of the Old Testament. Paul said repeatedly that he was a follower of Jesus, that he believed in Jesus and that he wanted to spread the gospel of Jesus. Paul’s letters were probably no different than the gospel spread by the Apostles and the other early Christians. Paul is significant in that his writings survive until today.

[jeffc]

Paul’s mission was to carry Jesus’ ministry to the Gentiles.

[DungeonMaster]

Christianity was never “founded”.

[Gee Wally]

I found a trilogy of books by Paul Barnett to be illuminating to my untrained mind.

The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years (Vol. 1)
Paul, Missionary of Jesus (Vol. 2)
Finding the Historical Christ (Vol. 3)

[lurk]

Paul. The heretics’ favorite bad guy.

[JSDude1]

Why is anyone even asking this? I guess the person who wrote the article believed that to be a Christian is to practice a religion rather than having a relationship with God because of the finished work of Jesus Christ!

[xone]

Tough article on the Catholics.

[TalBlack]

Yep. The Alpha and Omega, the Author of Time, God the Father was thwarted in his ambitions by one of his amoeba with the result that Jesus failed to accomplish what He was sent to do.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Thanks for posting this.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[RansomOttawa]

In my experience, when someone tries to set Jesus and Paul against each other, it’s a major hint that I’m dealing with some kind of apostate. Suddenly, my open-mindedness goes on vacation.

[aimhigh]

Jesus plainly said more info was coming.

Jesus said, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you." John 16:12-14

Many of those things to be revealed were revealed through Paul.

[logitech]

Ping

[Talisker]

However, he did write the greatest theological treatise of all time in the Book of Romans.

Not hardly.