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Paul seems to be a compulsive liar according to his writings. Consider how Paul contradicts himself:
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 NIV
“Just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.” 1 Corinthians 10:33 RSV
He states below that he follows the law of his forefathers and has done nothing against the law. In “The real apostles and Jews rejects Pauls heresy. “ & “Paul defending his lies in his writings.” it seems that they accuse him of heresy, throw him out of the temple and then he accuses the real apostles of preaching another gospel!
“ But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the law or written in the prophets” Acts 24:14 RSV
“Then Paul made his defense: “I have done nothing wrong against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.” Acts 25:8 NIV
In his writings he then states that those held in “high esteem” (the real apostles of Jesus) recognised his mission.
“As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message.”
“On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised” Galatians 2:6-7 NIV
“James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.” Galatians 2:9 NIV
He then has the audacity in his letter to accuse Cephas (Peter the disciple) and other observant Jews of not following the law and being hypocrites:
“When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.” Galatians 2:11 RSV
“The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.”
“When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?” Galatians 2:13-14 NIV
Paul who was previously known as Saul was an enemy of the early followers of Jesus and used to persecute them.
“And Saul approved of their killing him (Stephen)… On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.” Acts 8:1 NIV
“As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison” Acts 8:3 KJV
“But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest” Acts 9:1 RSV
He then has an alleged vision of Jesus, Consider the contradictions in “Paul’s alleged vision of Jesus”. He is rejected by the real disciples and the Jews and thrown out of the temple. Then a death sentence is put on the blasphemer and false teacher (which was a Jewish custom).
He is then rescued and protected by an army of Roman soldiers. We also find out he is also a Roman citizen. 11
Was his plan to bring a religion to the Romans that would be more appeasing to them? They believed in many gods and their gods had divine sons and daughters also.
Paul’s Christianity “the dying and rising god” is nothing new to religion, it comes from pagan mythology which existed at the current time and throughout centuries before.
Paul’s version of Jesus is almost identical to the dying and rising god “Attis”, “Dionysus”, “Mithras” and many others.
Paul contradicts all of Jesus teachings and abolishes the law. Paul then says the real apostles recognised him as an apostle and recognised his mission. Paul pretends to be more pious than the real apostles and calls the real apostles hypocrites.
We are taught by Paul to submit to governing authorities i.e. Rome. He also mentions that such an authority (polytheistic Rome) has been appointed by God.
“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God”
“Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”
“For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,” Romans 13:1-3 RSV
According to Church tradition The Book of Acts is written by Luke the Physician, who was Paul’s Physician and friend. 23 Luke doesn’t record the acts of the real apostles and Luke’s writing are more biased towards Paul.
The Church Father, Epiphanius of Salamis states that the Ebionites believed Paul was not a real Jew (Israelite) but was born of Greek parents. He set out to marry the daughter of a high priest, he converted to Judaism and was circumcised. He still was not allow to marry her so he left immediately left the faith and set out to destroy the Jewish law. 24
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