(January 15, 2014 at 6:14 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Paul converted from Pharisaic Judaism, in which he was also a fanatic. There's no reason to think he was deliberately lying. Many gullible people STILL die for their faith, no matter how unsubstantiated or irrational their beliefs are.
As a fanatic Pharisaic Jew he persecuted Christians so we can safely say he had an experience of some kind that gave him an entire change of heart which made him better in some way compared to how he started, he was born again you could say and that is the idea of it. It's not just being good and performing ritual deeds to get rewarded after you die the idea is that it fundamentally changes you for the better.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
