Pauline Letters to the church.

[Vicki Q]

What a fascinating theory! Could you point me in the direction of academic writing I could follow this up from?

I feel the need to correct you because this is not a "theory." It is a hypothesis and you should learn the difference before you go making a fool out of yourself.

The evidence thusfar for this hypothesis is the utter failure of the earliest xtian writers to know who the fuck "paul" is. He seems to be a mid-second century concoction....along with much of the rest of xtian nonsense.

Oh, and I am capable of thinking for myself. I do not need to run to some "authority" like you people. I reserve the right to THINK.

Try it some time.

I'm sure the writers of the pseudepigraphical Pauline material thought they were mimicking someone; and they thought if they could do it well, someone considered important enough to give their writings traction in the Early Church.

And I would certainly encourage serious thinking. One thing I firmly believe is that our journey of belief should only end at death. We should both try it. All the time.