[pgyanke]

So then when the author was with them in person, he could not speak the same truths that he would convey in his letters; he had to confine himself to speaking magical, mystical secret unwritable pagan mumbo-jumbo not found anywhere in the scriptures?

No, he taught them the truth through the authority of his own testimony. In 1 Thess 3:10, we find St Paul desiring to come and teach the Thessalonians personally. His letter was not enough and he didn't assign others as a reading list. Think about it... St Paul spent weeks and even years in these congregations instructing them. There is no way his letters contain all that he taught just as the Gospels don't contain all that Jesus said and did (John 20:30 and John 21:25).

You must be a freemason, right?

Strange question. You're free to read my profile. I'm pretty open about my convictions.

Surely you realize that what you have proven is the total absurdity of your premise!

Ummm... No.

[editor-surveyor]

Firm in your dedication to an illogical POV is what shows.

The fact that he had a desire for personal contact in no way indicates that his letters in any way lacked the full message.

You seem to demonstrate a desire to believe in the existance of mystic secrets, and other nonsense that Yeshua denounced. There is no Oral tradition in the Earthly ministry of Yeshua Ha Mashiach; that is what he most denounced.