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Umm, excuse me, but why are you giving legitimacy to a figure who began his career by having early christian missionaries murdered, and who them went on to become the "leader" of the Christian Church? Does it not, in any way, make you question what is going on here? Saul, who was MOST DEFINITELY NOT a disciple, should have been assigned the duty of caring for the left behind loved ones of the people he had murdered, in order to begin to atone for his sins. If you think he should be forgiven, then you are being an exemplar of the virtues of Christ, so good on you. But to become the LEADER of the church, who to this day is seen as a guide for Christian morality, does not somehow seem wrong to you in any way?
James rejected Christ divinity until after his death and resurrection way worse than Paul who may have been a murderer but was changed by the holy Spirit James saw Christ and still denied him until he had a vision of him later
"Paul who may have been a murderer" What do you mean "may have been"?
See, folks, THIS is how many layers deep of brainwashing we are dealing with here. It is people like this that give Christianity a bad name. It is almost completely irredeemable.
As a descendant of the first people to convert, I am disappointed
Did you go to high school with him or something? Why should anyone believe you over the early church?
What are you even talking about?
See folks, THIS is the level of intellectual discourse that we are dealing with. The inability to even read a simple sentence and connect it with reality is a sign of mental illness in the extreme. The church was poisoned so long ago that the poisoning has become dogma.
My question is just as intellectual as your unsubstantiated opinion. "Church was poisoned" Which church? When? By who? How? And how do you know? What gives you authority? To what extent is Christianity even legitimate if church fathers can't be trusted? If they can't be trusted why should we trust you? Etc etc. You're just doing Mr. Potatohead style Christianity where you believe whatever you want.
You are in no way the intellectual you think you are
Let's talk about it the soup kitchen, or on the overnight shift at the homeless shelter... Oh, yeah, you've never even set one foot in either of those, because your devotion to the 'Church father's' convinced you that you are following the commands of your Lord and savior, just like the 'Church fathers' told you
Simple sheep, out your head back down and stop embarrassing the rest of your flock
We feed the homeless once a month and put a guy up in a hotel over the entire winter because he was living on the street. My priest adopted two kids from abusive homes and raised them as his own. We have a fund specifically for people who call the church in distress due to crisis in housing, food etc.
Uh oh now what're you going to do?