S&A: “I posted this as a reference for Christians who tell me that they have encountered on many occasions, people who claim that Paul “invented” Christianity.”
Thank you. Many years ago, in a spiritual chatroom, I ran into a person who called himself Christian, but excluded all of St. Paul’s letters from his version of the Bible. His arguments never made sense to me. And I rejected them.
He was the only person I’ve ever seen declare that “belief.”
If you were studying early America would you learn more from Columbus or the American Indians?
I would learn far more from Jesus than Paul writing about Jesus. But the more sources I can get the better my understanding becomes.
Thanks for the ping. I think God would say to us, “Don’t be too hard on my servant, Paul. He did right well with his life.”
It makes one really wonder why he would claim to be a Christian at all? I mean, if the man whom Christ chose to be the apostle to the Gentiles couldn’t get the faith right, what makes people like this fellow you mentioned think that they are “wiser” and more “spiritual”?