With due respect, this thread is about the UB, so you are required to learn what it is, familiarize yourself with its teachings, etc. In order to have an informed discussion on it. That needs to be clarified
first.
Im on my kindle fire and just lost a good portion of my response to you...these touch screen keyboards can be really touchy where you lose your writing sometimes.
I've been here over 12 years and have held a very liberal eclectic religious worldview and theological spectrum....see my profile, blogs, threads/posts, signature links, etc. My past threads archive
here.
My views on Paul start
here, alot of water under the bridge there.
I dont trust the book of Acts, as I see some interpolations and fictionalized addresses there, most favoring Paul. Acts 13 has an Antiochian group sanctioning Paul and NOT the Jerusalem Council, and the Jews ran Paul out as a troublemaker and heretic at the end of the chapter (and on other occasions).
The UB mentions Paul 68 times
here. Seeing the contrast between Pauls and Jesus teaching will be helpful in the discussion here. I give alot here; if one is not willing to take the time to research and learn the material, its a wasted opportunity and often turns into pointless exchange. If a mutual respect is maintained, so much the better.