(February 5, 2018 at 4:38 pm)alpha male Wrote:(February 5, 2018 at 2:11 pm)Jehanne Wrote: He was rejected, by lots of people, but some of the folks who he was corresponding with were hundreds of miles away from him, and we're simply unwilling and/or unable to vet his claims.
Seems like they would have had sufficient knowledge of Roman operations to know that Paul's claim was impossible. You're sitting here 2,000 years later and know it. Didn't these people know that the Romans would have never allowed such a thing?
The majority of Americans cannot name a single Supreme Court Justice:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...02192bbfb3
Over 90 percent of people in ancient Rome could not read or write, and so, were easily duped, just as they are today.
Regardless, Paul's claim is preposterous and did not happen. But, to those who wanted to believe, it made for excellent story-telling. Perhaps they imagined Paul to be some larger than life person, kind of like we would imagine a superhero.
