brian writes:
We only have Paul's word that anything happened on the Damascus road, and Israel was a ripe place to find a gullible audience. Just think, they had that guy withthe beard who said he would die and return very very soon to save them, but when that guy obviously lied, there was an opening for another charasmatic dude, Paul probably couldn't believe his luck.
actually, Paul's semi-mystical theology fitted very well within the Greco-Roman world too, as it reflected a lot of their myths and traditions (resurrection, sacrifice, woman as the cause of evil)
If only he wasn't preaching against homosexuality they'd have proclaimed him a living God!
"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."