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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Weird, all the reviews seem to have read a completely different book. For example, here's one atheist reviewer complaining: "Unfortunately, A.N. Wilson goes to great lengths to convince the readers that Paul was a wonderful man and a religious genius, and that everyone who believes that Paul was a self-serving trouble maker must have misunderstood the Bible."

Also, Wilson wrote his book in 1997 but then in April 2009, he published an article in the Daily Mail affirming his rediscovery of faith, and conversion to Christianity, attacking at the same time both academic and media atheists.[/quote]

PS, that was from Amazon and that review is the third or fourth down. The others aren't much different.[/quote]

Amazon reviews are hard evidence? Who knew.[/quote]

Sorry your feefees are hurt that somebody completely contradicted whatever it was you made up about A N Wilson....[/quote]

You aren't hurting my feelings. I just feel depressed about your critical thinking skills. The short essentially anonymous opinion counts for very little. There's nothing else to gauge it against. It exists in a vacuum. If you want to challenge Wilson's work, you need to find a more reputable source. [/quote]

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