How exactly is Paul “a goofball?” He was an educated Roman Jew, a Torah scholar and teacher. He was preordained by God to be the apostle to the gentiles. He used his deep knowledge of Torah and the Prophets to explain Christianity. Preaching to the Greeks he is responsible for the world becoming Christian.
Jesus knew him personally and taught him. The fact that you and others have no gift to understand his writings does not make him “goofy”
Oh, sure, he was a big guy, as opposed to Mary, who was just a Jewish momma.
Paul never has and never will impress me. I didn’t just skim the Bible and then ignore Paul, I read the whole thing cover to cover multiple times, and not in a rush, either.
It seems that it’s sacrilege to dislike Paul, or to refuse to take him seriously. Feh, say I.