Paul the Apostle: A Charlatan?

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• JA

  @jamesalmonte231 · 2 years ago

  I’m convinced Paul was the equivalent to a CIA agent for the Roman Government

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• RO

  @robadanwill108 · 2 years ago

  I don't remember exactly when it happened, but at some point in my 20s I realized that Paul had completely hijacked the Jesus narrative and twisted it into his own religion. I realized he was an opportunist extraordinaire. What we think of as Christianity today is in reality Paulism. Sad truth.

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• CO

  @coldfusions1572 · 2 years ago

  Paul The Ultimate "Trust me bro"

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• BE

  @benjalucian1515 · 1 year ago

  The more I read and find out about Paul, the more I think he was a conman or mentally ill.

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• JO

  @johnherne8755 · 1 year ago

  Some early Christian sects believed that God saved Jesus from being crucified.

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• SC

  @scottbox_e · 2 years ago

  also yall... Paul after Damascus goes and "meditates" in Egypt for some time before he begins his "missionary" journey or whatever... So at that point in time what was going on in Egypt and what stories or religion do we have from Egypt??? We get the story of Horus (crucified between two thieves). Paul's letters and influence were before the completion of any "gospels" we have. So it seems obvious he went to Egypt and prob studied Hellenistic derived Kemetic mysticism (remember Alex the Great has already been through here) and basically used this to influence people. Thats why its important as a Muslim to study and study and study. Seek wisdom and knowledge. LailahaillAllah!

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• SO

  @SocietyofFriendsofEpicurus · 2 years ago

  The book "St Paul and Epicurus" by Norman DeWitt explains how Paul "borrowed" liberally from the ancient Epicurean communities: the practices of communion and of confession, he got his ethics from the comparative studies of vices versus virtues (about which both Epicurus and Philodemus of Gadara had entire books), the epistolary method of teaching (Epicurus wrote epistles to Menoeceus, Pythocles and Herodotus), and many other examples. He basically argued that Paul must have studied with the Epicureans and later rejected them, but appropriated their communal methods, and that this is what he meant when he said that in younger years he believed in the "elements" (Epicureans were atomists) but as he got old he abandoned physics and adopted supernaturalism.

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• SA

  @Sayf-ny8cb · 2 years ago

  Old but Gold, although I am waiting for when professor Ataie will come back on blogging theology, in any case this video brings back amazing memories.

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• DA

  @Dawood-Mushlam · 2 years ago

  According to the book of Acts, the early disciples of Jesus were called followers of the “Way”. I can’t help but think how much this correlates to Sirat Al-Mustaqeem (the straight path/way).

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• FA

  @farrahirrgauss2599 · 2 years ago

  "Half BELIEVER Half  DECEIVER": this is the delima of what so  called Christians😔

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• JA

  @jawaadshahid · 2 years ago

  "He admitted that a messenger of Satan abused him" Subhanallah, that is substantial

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• LA

  @lauriolivier6992 · 2 years ago

  Thank you. It is such a relief to finally hear somebody speaking knowledgeably about how I perceive Paul. Deceiver and usurper.

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