On religion

[speling bee]

And with that, I'm spent. Will leave you all to it.

SB

[d000hg]

But Paul was an evil and manipulative piece of work so we can't believe everything he says.

Where's the historical evidence for this? Or did you mean as Saul?

[speling bee]

Where's the historical evidence for this? Or did you mean as Saul?

It's a value judgment.

[d000hg]

It's a value judgment.

Oh, well in that case I can just say you're wrong

[MyUserName]

Oh, well in that case I can just say you're wrong

So ... can I also say Jesus didn't exist?

[d000hg]

You can say as you please.

[NotAllThere]

Sorry, I just looked back and I had you mixed up with someone else...

That'd be me. Mainly in response to someone who's inconistent and doesn't know when they're out of their depth. And this is general after all. If you want a serious discussion, try ship of fools.

You can say as you please.

That's right. And if you say something that's silly or ingnorant, expect to be ridiculed.

It's a value judgment.

I'm interested: based on what? I'm currently reading Dunn's "The Theology of Paul the Apostle", and find the old geezer comes across as an intelligent, humble, humane and fairly decent chap.

And often misinterpreted...

[d000hg]

...

I've seen people call Paul sexist.

[speling bee]

Oh, well in that case I can just say you're wrong

But then you believe in fairies so your judgment is flawed.

[speling bee]

I'm interested: based on what? I'm currently reading Dunn's "The Theology of Paul the Apostle", and find the old geezer comes across as an intelligent, humble, humane and fairly decent chap.

And often misinterpreted...

It's so on since I formed my views on Paul I can barely remember where they originate.

But from memory... it always struck me that Paul took the teachings of Jesus - cast not the first stone, judge not etc. and stuck this whole gender and sexuality bulltulip on top, which is still getting people oppressed and even killed in some parts of the world.