Consider how Paul defended his ministry in 2 Corinthians 10:
13 We, however, will not boast about things that cannot be measured, but we will boast according to the standard of measurement that the God of measure has assigned us--a measurement that relates even to you.
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M*W: Psychobabble.
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Paul asks that his ministry be measured only by how far the gospel has spread because of him, and nothing else. Not special revelation, or even his great authority, which "amounts to nothing" if the message isn't believed. He asked that the truth and sincerity of his actions be judged only by what could be verified by the churches themselves. in this respect, he appealed to signs and wonders:
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M*W: Paul spoke with forked tongue. The only signs and wonders Paul experienced were hallucinated.
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12The things that mark an apostle--signs, wonders and miracles--were done among you with great perseverance.
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M*W: Paul was NOT an apostle of Jesus, he was only a self-proclaimed apostle of Jesus. Jesus never knew Paul nor lived in the time Paul lived. This is the second biggest lie of Christianity. The first big lie is that Jesus died on a cross to save mankind. Just didn't happen.
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Paul's revelation only turned him from persecuting Christians to becoming a Christian - it didn't reveal any new information that added to what Jesus had already achieved. His whole ministry rested on the truth of the resurrection, which was the only reason he would have converted from Pharisee to Christian, and nothing else. However, his revelation didn't reveal anything the Christians whom he was persecuting didn't already know - a fact supported by the fact that he was formally accepted by the apostles themselves
fourteen years since he had begun preaching the gospel (Gal.2:9).
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M*W: Paul's "revelation" was only Paul's hallucination. The man was insane. He invented Christianity, but his Christianity didn't survive. Christian's believe in the Emperor's New Clothes. That's it. They believe in a lie. That's sad.
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Paul appeals to external support in his letter to the Galatians, and denies a personal agenda:
8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
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M*W: More psychobabble. He's a PR man for his own wealth. Everything he says is a lie.
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10Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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M*W: Sounds like a homosexual to me!
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And in his defense before Agrippa Paul declared emphatically that his message was "true and reasonable", appealing to the king's own knowledge of what had happened (Acts 26:24). If anybvody had reason to believe he was insane, they would have thrown away his letters and his arguement before Agrippa falls flat.
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M*W: Paul has no defense before Agrippa.
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Besides, if his delusion included the belief that "murderers, adulterers, perverts, slave traders, liars and perjurers" were "contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God" (1 Tim.1:10), lying about his conversion would only get him into greater trouble than he was before (not to mention the damage it would do the credibility to which he appeals in his epistles).
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M*W: He lost his head, didn't he?
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And
Vienna, if he wanted so badly to prove himself, why would he justify his conversion by boasting about his
suffering and rejection by his own people? What is there to be insecure about if you consider those
strengths? The only security he had was his faith.
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M*W: He was a hype-artist, a phony, a sham AND the ANTICHRIST! Every Christian who believes in the merits of Paul is also an ANTICHRIST!