Why are Paul's writings in the Bible?

[GrandizerII]

This is how it started:

I am going with what the NT scholars say here. Evidence (assuming you agree with a lenient sense of the term in this context) would have to be the seven or so authentic epistles written in his name, the ones deemed by scholars as authentic upon analysis as opposed to the other ones written in his name that are either debatable or clearly not the original Paul's work, which appear to show that he was quite a high status figure among the first century Christians (i.e., believers in Christ).

On the other hand, there is a lack of evidence to suggest there wasn't really such a Paul in the first place and that this was all made up later on.

So all there is, is your "consensus of scholars". They are no doubt, all "Christians". 
What non-Christians *scholars* studied an historical Paul ?
Are there any historical mentions of a "Paul" or "Saul" in any secular sources ?

Note what I said exactly, and note how Bucky chooses to address this, by getting hung up on consensus rather than on the relevant points. The guy's an arrogant asshole trying to harrass me with a ridiculous demand based on just a part of what I actually said. I didn't even say the word "consensus" first, he did. I'm taking a look at his wall of text now to see if there's anything there that actually addresses what I'm interested in, and it's not all a bunch of red herrings.