Only about half of "Paul's" letters were written by "Paul".
And how many of ‘any’ of the authors of ‘any’ written ancient history were actually the ones to put the quill to the paper...? This point doesn’t seem to be a problem regarding ‘all’ of the rest of written ancient history...it’s ‘only’ a problem when it comes to the Bible (the NT in particular). Different standards are clearly applied to the Bible (the NT in particular) than they are to ‘all’ of the rest of written ancient history...especially by those whose agenda it is to discredit Christianity ‘by’ discrediting the Bible.
I would suggest you put Jesus' words and teaching next to Paul's (or whoever wrote it) and carefully consider whether or not they are in harmony. It is as if Paul never met Jesus and never heard his teachings. Check it out. The Paul I read runs around in circles and sometimes flat out contradicts Jesus. Besides that he comes across as a loon with that trip to 3rd heaven. And before it's over with he admits that all in Asia have turned against him. Jesus clearly commended Ephesus (in Asia) for giving Paul the boot.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
