Paul's value?

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I was not aware that the only evidence of Paul's encounter with Jesus.....was only Paul himself.

I had thought Paul met Jesus while Jesus was still alive....I was wrong.

I thought Paul was mentioned in the Gospels.....I was wrong.

I was not aware that Paul's writings were written before the Gospels.

Combine that with the notion that Paul seems to be preaching an entirely different message than that of Jesus.

You can read the posts of FMF and ThinkofOne in this thread, who both pointed out these things.

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Did you read the post by ThinkofOne at the bottom of page 3?

Theologians, not me, are implying that Paul is preaching "Paul's message", and not that of Jesus.

@chaney3 said
I was not aware that the only evidence of Paul's encounter with Jesus.....was only Paul himself.

I had thought Paul met Jesus while Jesus was still alive....I was wrong.

I thought Paul was mentioned in the Gospels.....I was wrong.

I was not aware that Paul's writings were written before the Gospels.

Combine that with the notion that Paul seems to be preaching an e ...[text shortened]... .

You can read the posts of FMF and ThinkofOne in this thread, who both pointed out these things.

Combine that with the notion that Paul seems to be preaching an entirely different message than that of Jesus.

The gospel message believed by the vast majority of Christians which is largely based upon the teachings of Paul IS antithetical to the gospel preached by Jesus.

It's not that Paul merely SEEMS to be preaching an entirely different message than that of Jesus

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Fine, don't offer an opinion.
You're boring.

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Theologians are basically saying that Paul does NOT serve Christianity well because he has distorted the original message of Jesus......and your only response is that it's "interesting".

As I stated, you're boring, and just trolling at this point.

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I'm not sure yet.
Do YOU think Paul preached a differing view than Jesus?

It seems a very relevant question.

@chaney3 said
I'm not sure yet.
Do YOU think Paul preached a differing view than Jesus?

It seems a very relevant question.

You could just wait for FMF to chide divegeester for playing the man instead of the ball like he has with so many others.

Oh wait. That doesn't happen.

@thinkofone said
You could just wait for FMF to chide divegeester for playing the man instead of the ball like he has with so many others.

Oh wait. That doesn't happen.

In this thread I have no beef with FMF because he presented some valid points on the subject.

Dive, however, showed terrible forum etiqutte by ignoring every post by FMF, yet deciding to confront me on my replies to FMF. Showing such favoritism is bad for debating.