Karl's Reviews > The Bible, King James Version, Book 45; Romans

Paul proclaimed himself the 13th apostle of the fringe-religion Christianity and invented a new ad-hoc Jesus who pretty much pissed on the Jewish law. Paul might have deluded himself into believing something else - but the motivation between his arguments always seem to be to justify Paul's desires, never to reach truth.

Paul often says self deprecating things about himself like "I am a poor speaker" or "I am Gods slave" but when you look at his arguments there exists zero intellectual modesty. How many qualifiers can you find in Romans? When Paul damns lesbians, circumcision, or casual sex does he say "of course I might be mistaken" nope - he just damns anyone he feels like damning and ignores or misrepresents his dissenters. (See Galatians and Corinthians about Peter and the Christians in Jerusalem)

Paul is witty when he does not try to make his points via the old testament, and I get the sense that he was a real manipulator in how he praises the readers.