08-26-2011, 08:52 AM
And Paul was essentially a politician, the most trustworthy of sources 
I don't know about you, but I think the last person I'd be holding up as credible would be some bloke who was pretty much trafficking in Christian slaves and then saw a greater profit in creating a religion, so he claimed to be struck down and had visions of someone his people had persecuted and crucified.
Full credit to him, he was way more successful than L. Ron Hubbard, but unfortunately most of his converts were poor. It wasn't until much later that the Church became the most influential institution in the known universe, but since the Bible doesn't mention Paul's death maybe he cryogenically froze himself and is just waiting for the right time to cash in.
I don't know about you, but I think the last person I'd be holding up as credible would be some bloke who was pretty much trafficking in Christian slaves and then saw a greater profit in creating a religion, so he claimed to be struck down and had visions of someone his people had persecuted and crucified. Full credit to him, he was way more successful than L. Ron Hubbard, but unfortunately most of his converts were poor. It wasn't until much later that the Church became the most influential institution in the known universe, but since the Bible doesn't mention Paul's death maybe he cryogenically froze himself and is just waiting for the right time to cash in.
It could be worse