who gives paul the right to put his words down on the Bible? and who gives him the right to allow eating pork?

Answer 1

No, not god.
I forget who it was exactly, but there was a committee that determined which of the over 100 books that were in use around 100-200AD would go into the new testament, and which ones would be omitted. They tried to pick ones that continued the power of the church, and tried also only to pick ones that didn't seem to contradict each other. Had they used all of them, there would be many contradictions, even though they are all supposedly divinely inspired.

Answer 2

I don't really understand what you're saying. The Bible never contradicts! Also Paul never ate Pork; why would he do such a thing; he wouldn't.

** TEXTS THAT INVOLVE THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS:
GEN.18:7-8; LEV.11; 20:25; DEUT.14; ISAIAH 66:17; EZEK.22:26; DAN.1:8; MATT.3:4; LUKE 24:41-43; ACTS 10:10-14; 1COR.3:16-17; 9:27; 2COR.6:17; AND REV.21:8.
TO ME; IF THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS WEREN'T VALID FOR TODAY; THEN WHY OH WHY WOULD THE LORD PLEAD WITH FLESH NOT TO DO IT IN ISAIAH 66:15-17. ALSO NOTICE DEUT.14:4 "SHALT NOT EAT ANY ABOMINABLE THING" AND REV.21:8 "...THE ABOMINABLE SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH."

Answer 3

Paul didn't put his words in the bible -- his letters to groups of christians in various areas were chosen and put in the bible by a catholic church council around 350 AD, long after he was dead.

The restriction on eating pork was a practical one for the jews (and people in other countries) a long time ago -- they didn't know why back then, but people got sick from eating pork so it was made a "religious" prohibition from god. Turns out you can make pork safe just by cooking it thoroughly -- so there's no reason not to eat pork :)

Answer 4

Paul did not give anyone the right to eat pork. You have to understand the vision of the four-footed beast because it did not literally mean animals but it was speaking about Paul's mission to the gentile nation. Salvation was not only for the Jews but because of the hardness of their heart their eyes were blinded and then we people who are not born Jews now have the right to the tree of life. Now, Paul was sent and blessed to get this message out to the gentiles and the beasts in the vision represented us the Gentiles...got it?

If you read Acts 11 you can see that Paul was explaining himself by telling them the vision. The people came to him accusing him of speaking with the gentiles and eating with them. How could Paul put an end to something God has set up forever for mankind. People nowadays are heaping unto themselves teachers having itching ears because they want somebody to tell them what they want to hear. God in the beginning before there was even Abraham, He commanded that the animals go into the ark by sevens and twos...with the sevens being the clean animals. Come on people know for yourselves and not take unto yourselve itching ears.

Answer 5

He didn't put his words down in the Bible. They were letters to people in different countries, which were later discovered and put in the Bible. As for eating pork, God gives him that right.

Answer 6

Actually, he has no inherent right. During the assembling of the "New Testament", the church leaders found many of his writings in line with keeping Christianity a male-centric, frightening religion and included him.

In earlier times, pigs were considered unclean animals because it easy to get food poisoning from them - the Hebrew methods of cooking meat did not get rid of pork bacteria. When the Romans came into power, they had different cooking methods and suddenly pork was safe to eat.

Answer 7

If you read the Bible you would know that JESUS himself commissioned Saul (renamed Paul). Jesus appeared to him in a blinding light when Saul was on a mission to throw more Christians into prison. Read the story in the Book of Acts.

I figure God's authority is as high as you can go, and JESUS had all authority given him by his Father. If Jesus said this or that, THIS or THAT is the way it was because Jesus acted on the behalf of his Father.

Its no big mystery.

Answer 8

There was no "right," aside from his superior political/oratorical skills versus the likes of Peter, etc. Paul simply won the faction fight against all the other Messianic tendencies which later came to be called "Christian." It's probably more appropriate to call it Paulism.

Answer 9

Saul/Paul was called by Gods Holy Spirit, the same as every other Christian converted since Gods Son Jesus Christs' sacrifice.

By the power of Gods Holy Spirit, any man can speak truth as long as it is truth.

This I believe;
http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm

Answer 10

Lesu declared that it is not what we put in our mouth that matters but what comes out of it.
and Jesus nameed Simon , Peter meaning, rock in greek on which Christianity was built on