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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, please do not speak for mainstream Christians. A literal interpretation of Paul is not mainstream.[/quote]
You can read it literally or not if you want to and take it up with Christ during the Judgment. The issue I addressed was whether Paul claimed to be speaking for God, and a straightforward reading using plain meanings of words shows that he repeatedly and emphatically claimed to be imparting divine revelation in his letters. Paul, for himself, clearly meant his letters to be read as Scripture.

What's confusing to me is why anyone who didn't take Paul literally would take him seriously. He claimed in every letter of the Bible that he wrote but one that he was speaking for Christ. If you don't believe he was, then he was being dishonest or deluded. Why would you then take him seriously?[/quote]

He's preaching the gospels as an apostle, so of course we take him seriously. That's very different from the more expansive role you want him to have, going beyond the gospels to talk about things the gospels don't mention, like homosexuality. On these issues, many "mainstream" Christians think he's a good man trying to interpret as best he can for new audiences on new issues.

You obviously disagree and want to read things your way. There's no point in continuing to argue with you. Good luck to you. [/quote]

I am a different pp.  You have posted this comment or some variation of it at least 50 times.  Could you at least post some more authoritative source that agrees with you?  You have put at least as much effort in posting this same opinion so many times!!!![/quote]

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