RE: Evidence: The Gathering
August 20, 2015 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2015 at 11:24 pm by Randy Carson.)
(August 20, 2015 at 10:07 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(August 20, 2015 at 7:49 am)Randy Carson Wrote: 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?
Uhm... How about this - he had a stroke, which caused him to lose his sight, as well as some of his mental facilities. In other words - HE WENT NUTS, A-DUH!
Or perhaps your explanation makes more sense - god chose him to spread his teaching and in order for him to do a good job... made him blind (???)...
Well, that's possible. But is it probable?
Tell you what...you find some respected scholars who hold this "Stroke Theory", and we can consider their arguments, okay?
In the meantime, there are still three other "Minimal Facts" that are not accounted for by Paul's stroke...