(August 20, 2015 at 1:05 am)robvalue Wrote: Paul just made shit up, or got deluded, based on a vision. Anyone can do that. Why is he in the bible? Even if you actually believe it happened, it's still not credible evidence of anything.
Paul was a young scholar moving rapidly up the chain of command within the ranks of the Pharisees. His future in Jerusalem was assured.
And then he threw it all away to join the very group he had been persecuting?
Why? What was his motivation?