Paul was a Roman citizen. He was a turncoat and played both sides of the fence. As a Roman citizen he was allowed free travel.
On the road to Damascus he had a seizure. Supposedly Jesus appeared to him and said ,Why do you kick against the pricks. Look it up, that was how it was recorded in the original catholic bible. Jesus asked him why was he persecuting his people.
Paul was secretly a fundamentalist Jew, a fanatic. He was then a fanatic in his writings. Why are his words important? Are the words of the KKK important today?
2006-12-27 16:51:56 · 15 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Scholars are divided on whether or not Paul really was a Roman citizen. The stories about his "Damascus road experience" are also open to question. (The stuff in Acts doesn't jive with the stuff in Paul's epistles.)
Paul has been interpreted in a number of different ways. Some people think he was a fanatic. Some think that he was more of a creative visionary who wanted to create a new kind of Judaism. I'd be careful pigeonholing him without reading some of the newer interpretations.
Pauls words against his fellow Jews were more of an in-family kind of fighting than anything he meant to be used in the way later anti-Semites used them.
2006-12-27 16:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In some ways you can compare Saul to what most people complain about the JWs.
Here was a highly educated man, who clearly had evidence that these Christians were nothing more than a cult, started by a man, and followed by disciples, none of which had any formal religious education. And here they were preaching and teaching to their brethren that the traditions, holiday observances, and rituals, dating back hundreds of years was no longer valid.
Than suddenly, he gets brainwashed into believing that this cult is the real thing. Or was he? Was he right before or after? And what does this say for all those who claim the same things about JWs?
2006-12-27 17:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is even worse than that. Saul who changed his name to Paul was a fabricator of stories including the one you cite. That is not the worst or even uncommon. Bubba preachers do that regularly to build their empires.
What Paul did that really ruined Christianity as an organization:
He twisted the words of Jesus so as to ignore Jesus' messages in order to add a magical definition of Jesus.
Why did he do that? He did that to extend his empire by converting gentiles. The first Gentile that Paul tried to convert said, "Circumcism, no way Jose!" So Paul said ok you can join my church without being circumcised. What else do you need in order to Join my Church. The Gentile said, "I don't think I can obey the 10 commandments." So Paul said, "OK you don't have to obey them, I will write letters telling all my churches that we are under a new law and that we don't have to obey the 10 commandments.
(This is all Biblical, see what Paul wrote in his letters, which the Catholic Church adopted. The Protestant churches realized that Paul was a heck of an Empire Builder so they agreed with Paul, and the heck with anything that Jesus had to say. Of course they will quote or misquote Jesus and interpret that jesus said to do away with the old law (the 10 commandments)
sorry for the rambling.
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2006-12-27 16:55:41 · answer #3 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read all of the writings of Paul? The Pauline letters are inspired works. They bring peace, and joy into my life.
I have talked to many in the KKK and watched the more fanatical ones on t.v.
To compare them, is totally mind boggling to me. They (kkk) are inflamatory and uneducated. Not to mention illegal. To want the unmitigated death of anyone not just like them?
I don't understand why you would group them together.
2006-12-27 16:58:04 · answer #4 · answered by 2ndchhapteracts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could you put Paul and the KKK to be meaning the same thing? I thought Paul was a disciple, all I know they found his mummified body a month ago or a couple of weeks ago.
2006-12-27 16:57:05 · answer #5 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul's words (writings) are important today because of the doctrine they teach and it was Paul who reached out to the Gentiles, taking the Gospel message throughout Asia Minor, Macedonia, Achaia, and Rome.
2006-12-27 17:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Truth be told, Paul was one of the greatest witnesses for Jesus Christ in history. His testimony is incredible and gives encouragement for believers today.
http://www.handlethetruth.net
2006-12-27 16:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by truthhandl3r 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You make it seem as though Paul's writing is equal to Hitler's Mein Kampf.
His words are full of love, not hate.
2006-12-27 16:55:48 · answer #8 · answered by . 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is fascinating how desperately you fight against faith. One must presume from such that you recognize its reality in general, but are absorbed by the effort to deny it individually.
When you are tired of your anger and bitterness, come on by. We'd love to love you.
2006-12-27 16:54:24 · answer #9 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Why do you kick against the pricks..."
Oh, I have got to file that one away, that's beautiful.
Are Paul's words important? Only to those who believe them. Are the words of the KKK important today? Only to those who believe them.
Lisa
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secularhumanism/
2006-12-27 16:56:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋