Fucking this. The amount of Evangelicals who cite Paul as if he's CHRIST HIMSELF really fucking boils my piss. I have to stop and tell them "that's not JESUS you're citing, but Paul, try again."

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Part of the mental gymnastics they use to justify putting Paul on the level of Jesus is that the holy spirit (Jesus' gaseous state) was speaking through the apostles.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago

My gaseous state also speaks

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Lmao, now I'm imagining Jesus as a Les Enfants Terribles program. Maybe we can get David Hayter to voice Solid Jesus

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

Paul? You mean Saul the Thief?

[–] Lyre@lemmy.ca 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's astonishing how pretty much everything distasteful in the new testament comes from Paul. If you took him out you'd lose 70% of the story but it would be so much more palatable as a religious text

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 6 points 4 months ago

The problem with Paul is that people see "Law Paul" and ignore "Grace Paul".
When Paul talks about law and rules he means for people to look into themselves and see their own failings, not unlike John the Baptist, and see their own need of Jesus' grace, not to condemn other people.
He even declares himself as the worst of sinners.

And he also shares Jesus' view that the law should be interpreted as to protect people.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Paul who never met Jesus? Yep that Paul

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

No, a different Paul; see Acts 9, 4-5.