2007-05-08 08:22:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fundamentalists and conservatives and other groups that espouse Biblical inerrancy often follow Paul to the point of worshiping him. Some will tell you that Paul taught us how to be Christians. They use his letters to the beginning church communities to point out the sins of others and bombard us with a lot of you "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts".
Paul was a great leader, Paul had personal problems which he alludes to but does not go into detail about (or that was not kept in the Biblical writings anyway).
There is no doubt he was instrumental in getting Christianity off the ground. He is not, though one of the disciples, nor did he even ever meet Jesus.
The worship of Paul and the insistence on making his "behavior laws" tantamount to being Christian obligations have made many not so conservative Christians begin to downplay his writings.
It is my belief that Paul had some very good things to say in his writings, but he also spoke to societal problems that were effecting the beginning church and those messages were not meant to apply to our society today.
The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-05-08 08:30:46 · answer #1 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because he is not a real apostle. HE never even met Jesus. He is a pretender and ruined the bible. He taught so many bugus ideas that Jesus never said such as slavery. How sick is that. to use humans as slaves and beat them. Just because someone speaks some truths doesn't make them qualified to Speak the scripture. King Constantine is the one who added him into the bible.Constantine changed and deleted so many things. For the original teachings of Jesus Google gospelofthenazirenes.com Has the original New testament.
2007-05-08 15:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I get the idea that Paul wanted to be Jesus and was ticked he didn't have all the followers to begin with. Then he goes and asserts ideas, like homosexuality is wrong, that Jesus never said a word about and now everyone takes it as the message of Jesus. Paul wanted the power, not to carry on the message.
But then again, what do we really know about any of them? Did Paul actually ever exist? Who knows?
2007-05-08 15:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was one of those guys who would always bum money off everyone... You know? Like he'd stay at his buddies apartments for months... wouldn't pay rent, would eat all the food in the fridge, and light up joints while playing his PS2 all day! Not a nice guy.... not a nice guy at all!
2007-05-08 15:32:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul has become a scapegoat because Muhammad did not agree with God. Paul is in agreement with God and the prophets of God and yet Muhammad was not.
2007-05-08 15:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He never never met Christ personally yet wrote the whole religion pretty much as he liked it.
An article entitled "The Pauline Conspiracy", written by a man named A. Victor Garaffa convicts Paul quite severely on this.
http://www.comparative-religion.com/articles/pauline_conspiracy/
2007-05-08 15:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He's often blamed for the homophobia and misogyny in the New Testament, which is considered by many to be in direct conflict with the peaceful message of Christ.
2007-05-08 15:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by solarius 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't, he was an inspiration to many. I know he was very out spoken, but a true disciple.
2007-05-08 15:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he broke up the Beatles
2007-05-08 15:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because God's Holy Truth hurts!!
That is the very same reason they hate the Blessed Virgin Mary also!!
2007-05-08 15:27:49 · answer #10 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋