“Paul said he saw a blinding light and heard a voice. That’s very convenient for a man who seeks power, and he clearly sought power initially by persecuting Christians. Paul seems a little shady to me.”
So you believe a man who persecuted Christians - and knew more persecution was coming to Christians - chose to become a Christian for personal gain? Really? What would he gain but persecution? He spent decades traveling and preaching, was shipwrecked, stoned and left for dead, beaten, imprisoned - and all of that suffering could have been foreseen in his own career as a persecutor. And you think he knowingly CHOSE that for PERSONAL GAIN? What pray tell did he gain of a worldly nature when he gave up his life to carry the gospel to people all over the Roman Empire, suffer persecution, and die as a martyr?
Power, influence, fame, immortality... he got them. I have no doubt he really believed he was chosen. Of course, so did David Koresh.
Amen! Good points.