Pauline Christianity: debunking the arguments
Many claims about 'Pauline Christianity' sound strong until you inspect them closely. Run the numbers and Paul's lateness works as a defense of the message, not a flaw in it.
Keep it moving
ShortDelete Paul entirely. What's left standing?
A demolition test: remove Paul's vision, then all thirteen letters credited to him. What's still standing? The gospels, Peter, James, the creed he received rather than wrote, and the five hundred who could still be questioned.
ShortVisions are the cheapest currency in religion
Steelmanning the strongest objection to Paul before answering it: a private experience, by itself, establishes nothing for anyone except the person who had it. I agree — and I apply the same standard to Muhammad.
ShortWhy are you still a Muslim?
Four devout monotheists in Mecca were searching for the truth before Islam was established — the men perfectly positioned to be Muhammad's first disciples. Not one of them became or stayed Muslim.
ShortChristians, Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses don't serve the same God. Period!
The three faiths use the same word — God — but make contradictory claims about who He is. They can't all be describing the same being.