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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Certainly Paul was be-bopping all over Ancient Rome writing letters and starting churches within 50 years of his death.  And his writings and behavior are much too organized to believe he was schizophrenic.   So, where did this theology come from?  Was there some group of crazy people who made it all up, including a central figure who never existed?    [/quote]

Did someone say he was schizophrenic?  I think some people liked the message, and wanted to belong to the various church communities (like today), but the Christians were a minor and inconsequential sect for 300 years until the emperor Constantine converted.  Read A.N. Wilson's biography of Paul as to why he did it (he was convinced the Christian god could deliver military victories which, of course, included booty for him and his men)..  That was Christianity's big break.[/quote]

This made it safe to be Christian, [b]but it was hardly a big break. Constantine’s mother was Christian.[/b] [/quote]

Well that's a non-sequitur if I ever heard one.  The emperor converting was definitely the religion's big break. His mother was Christian, yes, but it was a inconsequential sect until that time and would have remained so if Constantine didn't convert. 
No one can possibly dispute that Christianity's big break came when the emperor Constantine converted, and it wasn't because his mother wanted him to.[/quote]

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