Paul never met Jesus before he was crucified. It’s basically a heresy to hold the words of Paul as carrying all the weight of the words of Jesus. It’s silly to give him more weight than any of the other gospels. Even the other Apostles had some serious disagreements with him that were never fully resolved.
It is proper and wise to prayerfully judge Paul’s writings for yourself, and as a Baptist, I have the right to read the Bible, and speak to god in prayer about it. I do not have to go through an intermediary.
Anyway, the risk is less that Paul was incorrect, than that his words have been incorrectly recorded, translated through the ages, manipulated by Rome, and now applied poorly by people who decide the Founding Fathers may have sinned by rebelling against the British crown. That is the actual risk.
It’s basically a heresy to hold the words of Paul as carrying all the weight of the words of Jesus. It’s silly to give him more weight than any of the other gospels.
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Ironically enough, that smacks a bit of ... heresy. Well, some would call it heresy.
Well, this thread has been quite lively.