Did Paul of Tarsus really exist? How was a single person who didn't even meet Jesus personally able to spread Christianity more successfully than any of the other apostles combined?
>>2697149
>Did Paul of Tarsus really exist?
Yes.
>How was a single person who didn't even meet Jesus personally able to spread Christianity more successfully than any of the other apostles combined?
Because almost every Christian of the 1st century never met Jesus.
>>2697617
>never met Jesus.
*in the flesh
>>2698160
>experience a sunstroke
>call it seeing god
>hijack jesus cult and turn it into most successful religion of all time
>>2698168
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
>Did Paul of Tarsus really exist?
Yes. As far as I know, there isn't even a debate about this.
>How was a single person who didn't even meet Jesus personally able to spread Christianity more successfully than any of the other apostles combined?
He was more willing to preach to gentiles. He was also probably very charismatic, and he managed to build relationships with many people that did know Jesus. Mostly, it was the gentile thing, though; at a time when most Christians were Jews and didn't want to preach outside of their own communities, he was the first person to reach out and try to gain converts.
>>2697149
>Paul of Tarsus really exist?
Yes there's no denying it, all his letter/epistles are written by him or a scribe, he has makes little off-the-cuff remarks, his style is found throughout the majority of his works, he testifies to have witness the disciples in Galatians. He clearly says he met James the Brother of Jesus and Cephas (Peter) in Jerusalem, he makes an off-the-cuff remark again then swears he didn't lie. He has knowledge of the OT. And often talks about the people in the church and him meeting with them. He also introduces himself as the main writer of his letters.
>>2698168
>can read the minds of dead people
>psychologizing