(March 4, 2013 at 3:32 pm)Confused Ape Wrote:(March 4, 2013 at 3:25 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah - that could well be the problem. BTW, "Paul" seems as phony as all the rest of it. There are holes in the Paul story big enough to drive a truck through.
There had to be somebody like Paul to take this new cult to the Gentiles. Cult leaders often lie about their backgrounds so this could explain some things about Paul's story not adding up. The rest is likely to be due to later Christian writers altering things.
And yet...Justin writing c 160 AD never mentions "paul" in any of his writings...which are extensive.
http://www.egodeath.com/TheFabricatedPaul.htm
BTW, if this happy horseshit did not start with the jews then the "gentiles" were the ones who already had it - and thus did not need any "paul."[/quote]