Who is your favourite apostle? Why?

Question

Not looking for crude answers, just opinions please.

My favourite was always Thomas. I like a guy who questions things before accepting them. Then he double checks.

primoa1970:
Your anwer mirrors my own experience.
Abdul:
You're right that Judas was demonized. All of the apostles played different roles and it was his role to get the 30 pieces of silver and turn in Jesus. Jesus knew it too and forgave him. It was Christ's final path to the cross. People have to remember that that was not his sin. His sin was to commit suicide.
Kate S:
I understand what you mean. Basically along the same line as when I was agnostic. Even though I was, I thought then that Jesus sounded a great man with too much responsibility shoved on him against his will. I am now Christain but truly appreciate was you say. IOW, I'm not one of the type to say you are a bad person because you are agnostic. Been there!
Thomas:
100% agreement. When I first approached the church, I exhausted the priest with questions. Then he told me questioning led to discovery and the #1 rule was belief in God. It was good for me.

Answer 1

I agree with you. Thomas was the most rational and intelligent apostle, and in my opinion was the most searching and questioning and intellectually curious apostle and, when he found what he believed in, therefore the most steadfast and true. He speaks to a subset of humanity who won't accept things on blind faith, and the New Testaments would be much less broad-minded without him.

Answer 2

The Apostle Paul. Paul was a man who followed the Pharasaic teachings of Rabbi Gammaliel, being a great persecutor of Christians before his conversion on the way to Damascus where he was going to persecute more Christians. After the Damscus road, Paul became a great missionary of Christianity and also a defender of the faith. Paul wrote almost all of the epistles that make up our New Testament, which are all full of the richest bits of theology from the first century that can be found. Paul even stands up against Peter, the great Pope of Roman Catholicism, when Peter strays at Antioch and tells him how wrong he really is in abandoning the Gentiles in favour of the Jews there. Peter had too many faults to truly stand as a model for ministry. The Apostle Paul is most definitely, among the apostles, the closest example we have to how to live the Christian life in the New Testament.

Answer 3

Thomas has always been my favorite also.
Don't say this for 10 pts either.

He learned not to take everybody at their word. He tested, examined things, like a scientist during an experiment - from the outside looking in.

He was not usually one, who believed everything by a mere blind faith, He most often wanted logical evidence before excepting everything as valid, infallible truth.

I highly respect Thomas for this.

Great Question. Have a fantastic weekend.

Answer 4

My real name is Thomas, and I totally agree with what you posted. I , also, have questions about some of the things I see God and Jesus doing in our modern times and in the ancient times. I don't have "doubt" in the belief in God or Jesus but I do have "doubt" in some of the things I see happening here now in real life. I like things to be proven to me AND God or Jesus has done that many times to me personally throughout the last 11 years. I know a lot of people say you shouldn't try to get God to prove himself, BUT I did it anyway and HE DID prove himself to me.

Answer 5

I like Thomas, but also think that Peter was very interesting. He had such a strong personality, and tended to charge into situations without thinking sometimes. He was prone to making errors on a grand scale. Because I have that same tendency, I can identify with him. But Jesus still valued Peter, despite his flaws, and was able to use him as a great disciple. It gives hope to all of us who are imperfect.

Answer 6

Mine was Peter.

He was always quick to come to Jesus' side.
But he was still imperfect and showed it.
He denied Jesus 3 times. And a little before that, he pulled a sword on one of the men - and cut off his ear- who came to capture Jesus.
But he was truly a good example. Showing how we all make mistakes at times, but have a chance to still be seen as approved in the eyes of God and Jesus.

Answer 7

I like em all, that fact that they were all martyred for their Lord, except for John who was put in a boiling cauldron and was miraculously unscathed, speaks volumes about them. I agree with the other posters, they all showed their vulnerable humanity yet believed and were redemeed and were martyred for it. Great question

Answer 8

My favorite apostle is Solander.
One of the Carolus Linnaeus apostles.

That's only about three hundred years after the events.

Answer 9

Apostle Paul, who wrote most of the New Testament. He made the most devout statements that helped me through the lies of Evolution. Paul said, "Let God be true and every man a liar."

Answer 10

Bartholomew. The Bartholomew Effect, of course.