What does the presence of Paul's writings in the Bible imply? Does that mean that Paul was channeling Jesus in his writings, and thus, his words in the Bible are actually Jesus's words? Or are his epistles just his opinion about Christianity? -- but, if so, why would theological mushins of some guy be in a book that was supposedly written by God?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
