Paul: how he invented the current Christian

faith & destroyed that

One of the most confusing sections of the Bible is those

epistles
(letters) that Paul wrote. They are not considered "gospels"
& yet
they fill more than half the pages of the New Testament.
They
contain a lot of contradictory statements & are the real
cause for
the deviation of current Christianity from its original
righteous
path. They were the seed that started the division of the
Christian
faith into several opposing sects. From the moment these
epistles
were included in the holy book, Christianity kept drifting
farther &
farther away from its simple forgiving origins. The core of
today's
Christianity barely has any connection with Jesus'
preaching & has
even shifted far from Paul's deviations (absurd as they may
be):

1. Paul claimed that Jesus is "the Son of God" Romans1: 4,

but
not "the God". He is a Lord that comes 2nd to the Father.
2. Paul never stated that God (the father) & Christ (the son)
are
one.

3. Paul did not say that God & Christ are equal. Paul
defined God as
the father/the creator/the almighty/the greatest, while Jesus
was
always the follower who takes after the father.

4. Paul never referred to any "trinity".

5. Paul did not designate mother Mary any divinity & never
called
her "the mother of Light (God)".

Paul may have put down the foundation of Christianity, but

the
Patriarchs/Monks/Priests throughout the years have added a
multi-
story building on top of this base, a building that Paul
himself
(let alone Jesus Christ) never intended to be erected!

Notes on Paul's autobiography [according to Acts (of the

Apostles)
in the Holy Book]

1. In Acts 9 Saul (Paul's original Jewish name before

 embracing
Christianity) is portrayed (years after the ascent of Christ to

Heaven) as a fanatic anti-Christ Jew who was "breathing

out
murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord." He
went to the
high priest of Jerusalem & asked him for letters from him
to the
synagogues of Damascus deputizing Saul to arrest any man
or woman
embracing the new religion & bring them bound in chains
back to
Jerusalem. "As he journeyed & came near Damascus, a
light from
Heaven suddenly flashed around him making him fall to
the ground. He
then heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul why are you
persecuting me?" So he said, "Who are you, Lord?" Then
Jesus
replied, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Get up &
get into the
city & you will be told what you must do." At this very
moment Saul
shifted his beliefs from the far-left anti-Christ stand to
become a
far right fanatic pro-Christ! Now, three versions of this
incident
appear in this section of the Bible [Acts], not one of them is

identical with the other. So let's review them & note the
 differences:

a) In Acts 9 "The men travelling with Saul stood there

speechless;
they heard the sound but did not see anyone. Saul got up
from the
ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing.
They led
him by the hand to Damascus. For 3 days he was blind &
did not eat
or drink anything."

b) In Acts 22: 9 "…my companions indeed saw the light &

were afraid,
but they did not hear the voice.."

c) In Acts 26: 13 " … along the road I saw a light from

Heaven
stronger than the sun, shining around me & those who
journeyed with
me. We all had fallen to the ground when I heard a voice
speaking to
me in Hebrew…"

So, in version (a) the companions heard the sound but did
not see
the light & Saul was blinded. In version (b) they saw the
light but
did not hear the voice. In version (c) all of them fell to the
ground (not just Saul as in a). How can the same crucial
event be
narrated by the same man (Paul) in the same chapter (only
few pages
apart) of the same book (the Bible) & be that different?
There is no
plausible explanation other than being a fabrication or that
the man
is feeble-minded.

2. Now let us carry on with the story in Acts 9 "In

Damascus there
was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a
vision, "Arise & go to the house of Judas on the street
named
Straight & ask for the man from Tarsus, Saul, for he is
praying. In
a vision he saw a man named Ananias coming in & putting
his hand on
him to restore his sight." Ananias said to the Lord, "I have
heard
from many about the man & all the harm he has done to
Your saints in
Jerusalem. He has come here with an authority from the
chief priests
to arrest all who call on your name." But the Lord said to
him, "Go,
this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before
the
Gentiles & their kings & before the people of Israel." Then
Ananias
went into the house & on placing his hands on Saul he said,
"Brother
 Saul, the Lord Jesus-who appeared to you on the road as
you were
coming here-has sent me so that you may see again & be
filled with
the Holy Spirit. Immediately something like scales fell
from Saul's
eyes & he could see again. He got up & was baptized. After
taking
some food, he regained his strength. Immediately, he began
to preach
in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. " All of a
sudden
Paul becomes "Immediately" an expert in Christianity &
begins
preaching it! And what does he preach: that Jesus is the son
of God.
Who taught him that? Where has he learned the principles
of his
preachings? Also, there is a historic flop as Damascus did
not have
synagogues at the time being an enemy of the Jews." All
those who
heard him were astonished & asked, "Isn't he the same man
who
destroyed all those who called on this name [Christ]? &
hasn't he
come here for the purpose of taking them bound in chains
as
prisoners to the chief priests?" They were astonished then
& we are
still amazed now! "After many days had gone by, the Jews
 conspired
to kill him, but Saul learned of their plan… but his
followers took
him by night & lowered him in a large basket through an
opening in
the wall [surrounding Damascus]. When he reached
Jerusalem he tried
to join the disciples [of Jesus] but they were all afraid of
him &
didn't believe that he was really a disciple. But Barnabas•
took him
& brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on
his journey
to Damascus had seen the Lord & that the Lord had spoken
to him, &
how in Damascus he has preached fearlessly in the name of
Jesus. So
Saul stayed in Jerusalem with them & he moved freely
speaking boldly
in the name of the Lord. He disputed with the Hellenists
[Greeks] &
they tried to kill him. When the brothers learned of this,
they
brought him to Caesarea & sent him to Tarsus." One small
remark, the
occupants (at that time) were Romans & not Greeks!

3. The narration stops here to be resumed in Acts 11: 22

when the
church in Jerusalem learns of the great number of believers
(including many non-Jews) turning to Jesus' message in the
 north, so
they decide to send Barnabas to Antioch to teach the new
believers.
He went to Tarsus to fetch Paul, found him & took him
back with him
to Tarsus where they stayed preaching in the Church for
one year. "…
And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch"
Acts 11:
26. Isn't this strange? Jesus never gave his message,
followers &
disciples a particular name during his stay on earth. Now,
several
years after his ascent to heaven, there comes someone
whom Jesus
never met: a zealot enemy of his message who suddenly
turns towards
it because of an alleged vision of Jesus. Out of a sense of
self-
guilt & repentance for his previous attitudes or out of a
cunning
desire to degrade the message of its forgiving humble
goodness
*******, this man (Paul) begins preaching a new religion
exalting
Jesus to the divine levels of God & gives it the name
(Christianity)
that the founder of it dared never use; a name implying that
followers now worship Christ rather than the Creator of
Christ, the
Almighty God. Furthermore, Paul disobeys the rules of
 preaching that
his master had set, he preaches to non-Jews (Gentiles) & in
a land
far up north of where Jesus intended his message to be
confined; "Jesus said 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of
Israel'"
Mathew: 15: 24.

4. While preaching in Cyprus, together with Barnabas, the

Holy Book
tells us that Saul has suddenly changed his name to Paul &
no
reasons are given, "Then Saul, who also is called Paul,
became
filled with the Holy spirit.." Acts 13: 9. So what does this
Saul or
Paul say about his origin? We become really very much
confused about
a man who seems not to know his origin (or is deliberately
changing
or hiding it), a man who is sainted & considered the
founder of the
current Christian faith by most Christians. In Acts 16: 37
we find
that Paul is Roman, "But Paul said to them, "They have
beaten us
publicly without being condemned in any trial even though
we are
Romans." In Acts 21: 37 Paul is thought to be an Egyptian,
but he
addresses the Jerusalem mob saying that he is a Jew from
 Tarsus; "
Then as Paul was about to be led to the barracks, he asked
the
commander in Greek, 'May I say something to you?' The
commander
said, "Do you speak Greek? Aren't you the Egyptian who
sometime ago
stirred up a revolt & led 4000 terrorists out into the desert?'
Paul
answered, 'I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia…" In Acts 22:
25-28
Paul again insists that he was Roman, not a one who
obtained the
citizenship but born Roman, " As Paul was bound with
thongs to be
flogged, he said to the centurion [commander of 100
soldiers] who
stood by, ' Is it lawful for you to scourge a Roman citizen
who
hasn't been found guilty?'…. the commander said to him,
'Are you
Roman?' Paul said, 'Yes.' The commander said, 'I had to
pay a big
price to obtain my Roman citizenship.' And Paul said, 'But
I was
born a citizen [Roman]." Still, for more confusion, in Acts
23: 6
Paul shouts out loud that he is a Pharisee! " But when Paul
perceived that some of the members of the Sanhedrin [high
Jewish
council] were Sadducees & the others Pharisees [2 different
 Jewish
creeds], he cried out in the council 'My brothers I am a
Pharisee &
the son of a Pharisee.."

5. To carry on with Paul's story (according to Acts), in

Jerusalem
Paul was arrested in the temple by Jews from Asia
shouting, "he is
the man who is teaching against the laws of Jews" Acts
21:28, he was
rescued from the mob by Roman soldiers. He was given a
hearing
infront of the Jewish council & there was a plot to kill him
from
which he was saved & deported to Caesarea where he spent
sometime in
prison. The Jews in Jerusalem have plotted to kill the
imprisoned
Paul. He knows of the plot & the commander of the
barracks lets him
leave at night escorted safely to Caesarea with a note to its
governor Felix urging him to make Paul stand trial infront
of his
accusers. Paul was imprisoned for almost 2 years after the
trial
until Festus succeeded Felix. The new governor re-trialed
Paul in
the presence of King Agrippa, & their verdict was to agree
on Paul's
appeal to be in the custody of Caesar in Rome. He was
 called by
Festus "insane" Acts 27:24. After a weary 3-month sea
journey in
which the ship sank & Paul passed by Malta & Alexandria
(of Egypt),
they finally reached Rome. There, Paul stayed for 2 whole
years in a
house he rented boldly preaching the kingdom of God & all
about
Jesus Christ. .. In Acts 28:17 it is stated that Paul spent 2
years
teaching & preaching freely the Jews in Rome (despite of a
contradictory statement in Acts 18:2 in which it is
mentioned that
earlier "Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome"!)
History
informs us that Paul was killed by the sword in Rome.

6. It is noticed that Paul has introduced in his preachings a

lot of
new rituals & beliefs that Jesus never preached. He told the
Jews &
Gentiles to turn away from Moses laws (commandments)
[Acts 21: 21],
especially circumcision (Acts 15:2). He was a hypocrite
that talked
to every sect in the way they believe, as when he
circumcised his
follower Timothy (Acts 16:3) while preaching among the
Jews of Derbe
& Lystra (despite being against circumcision Galatians
 5:2/3:12); &
as he did with the Greeks in Athens when he felt distressed
by the
many idol statues he saw there & yet when he preached the
Athenians
he told them that the altar they had on which is inscribed
"To an
unknown God" could be worshiped as The Almighty God
creator of the
world (Acts 17: 16-25) . Other signs of his hypocrisy are
encountered in his praise for the Old Testament (Moses
law) when he
is addressing Jews [as in Romans 1:16/2:13/3:31/7:12], yet
he
degrades the book & the law when talking to non-Jews
[Galatians
2:16/3:1-3/3:11-12/3:19/4:5]. He introduced some pagan
rituals into
Christianity {as offering sacrifice, Acts 14:13 and forming
churches
& churchmen hierarchy, Acts 14:23/20:28, and also in
Turkey (Corinth
& Ephesus) when he found that disciples of John the
Baptist had
preceded them there preaching the true religion, he
invented the
ritual of receiving the Holy Spirit in baptization, Acts 19}.
Although Paul referred to Jesus as the Christ/the Lord/the
Savior of
Israel, he still maintained God's superiority over Jesus
[Acts
 13:23/17:3/17:31].

The status of God & Jesus in Paul's epistles

Christians of today have a sound belief that Paul wrote

these
epistles (letters) by direct revelation from the Holy Spirit.
Hence,
they have included them as part of the Holy Book (found
after Acts).
Next, we will review some of the ******* of these epistles
that
became the core of the prevalent Christian faith of today
(according
to Paul).

ROMANS

1. "..His son Jesus Christ, our Lord, who was a descendent

of David
according to the flesh, & declared to be the son of God
through the
Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead."
Romans 1: 3-
4. Here is stated the first aberration from the true message
of
Jesus. Paul raises him to the rank of the "son of God" &
endows upon
him 2 natures: one human "to the flesh" & the other "divine
 spiritual".

2. "Grace & peace to you from God our father & from the
Lord Jesus
Christ" Romans 1:7. Here divinity is divided between 2:
God & Jesus
(father & son) with no mention of any 3rd entity sharing
this
divinity (the holy spirit).

3. "..I thank my God through Jesus Christ…God, whom I

serve with my
whole heart…" Romans1: 8-9. Here Paul starts specifying
privileges &
functions to each of his 2 divine entities: thanking is a
function
of Jesus while worshipping is to God.

3. " [God] has left the sins committed in the past

unpunished, & to
demonstrate his righteousness at the present time that He
might be
just & the justifier of those who have faith in Jesus"
Romans
3:26, "..in the day that God will judge the secrets of men by
Jesus
Christ, according to my gospel" Romans 2:16. These verses
indicate
that God's righteousness & forgiveness to people occur
through their
faith in Jesus (rather than the message of Jesus). Then Paul
refers
to his own gospel, where is it??

4. In Romans 3:25 "God presented him {Jesus} as a

sacrifice/atonement/propitiation by his blood, through
faith" & in
Romans 5:8 " But God demonstrates his love to us in this:
while we
were still sinners, Christ died for us". This implies that the
sins
of mankind of the past & the present are nullified by Jesus'
sacrifice of his blood & faith in such sacrifice (another of
Paul's
numerous additions to the original faith). One can't help
wondering
how God had no mercy on his so-called "son" by making
him suffer
like that! Wasn't there any other more merciful way in
God's endless
powers to provide love & forgiveness to his subjects?

5. In Romans 5: 18-19 " Therefore, just as through one

man's offense
condemnation came to all men, so also through one man's
righteous
act justification of life came to all men. For as by one man's

disobedience [Adam] many were made sinners, so also by

one man's
obedience [Jesus] many will be made righteous." In
 Romans
6:11 "..count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in
Christ
Jesus". Here is another serious shift of faith. A man is not
judged
by his own sins & deeds, but rather by those of others! If
you do
bad, Jesus' sacrifice has provided you with propitiation,
redemption
& atonement provided you just believe in that. Conversely,
if you do
good, you still remain a sinner (being of Adam's seed)!

6. In Romans 1:21-23 " Although they knew God, they

neither
glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their
thinking
became futile & their hearts darkened. Although they
claimed to be
wise, they became fools & exchanged the glory of the
immortal God
for images of mortal man, birds, four-footed animals &
reptiles."
Very strong right statement, so why did Christians (under
Paul) did
not do what he preached? Why do they pray to images &
statues of
Jesus, Mary & Saints?

7. "The One who raised Christ from the dead will also give
life to
 your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you"
Romans 8:11.
We have no objection to that statement for it demonstrates
that God
controls all. But note the capital "S" in spirit & the
pronoun "who", both implying that God's spirit is
something separate
from God, an independent entity. If we return to the
original ******
from which this is translated, we will find how seemingly
simple
insinuations like this can change the whole faith. Just put a
small "s'" & use the pronoun "that" & all is right again with
God
being One, not two or three.

8. Another flop in translation is seen in Romans 8:15 " &

by him we
cry, 'Abba, father'..". This is by no means a referral to the
famous
Swedish pop group of the 1970's in the Holy Book! This is
an "intended" mis-translation. As "Abba" means father in
Arabic &
Hebrew, the verse would correctly read ".. Father of our
father"
implying that Jesus is the son of God & those who believe
in him
have become their sons. In other words, God is the
grandfather of
believers in Paul's depiction of Christ! This is further
assured in
 Romans 8:17 " If we are children, then we are heirs -heirs
of God &
co-heirs with Christ…"

9. "The Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will

of
God" Romans 8:27, "It is Christ who died, & furthermore is
also
risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes

intercession for us" Romans 8:34. So, both the Spirit &
Jesus will
intercede for us at God. Now the Spirit is given an entity &
powers
to promote for the formation of a trinity.

10. "…And from whom [the Israelites] comes the

human/flesh of
Christ, who is the eternally blessed God over all" Romans
9:5. Hold
on. What is this? Jesus is the "eternally blessed God over
all"!
Wasn't he the son of the father (God) whom God had risen
from the
dead & is sitting to his right? Are they one or two? Now
read
this, "for there is no authority except from God" Romans
13:1, and
this, " Now I say that Jesus has become a servant to the
circumcision for the truth of God" Romans 15: 8. Are you
confused?
You have the right to be. In one verse Jesus is the eternally
blessed God & in the other he is a servant of the
circumcision
(meaning the law of the Jews) with God having all the
authority.

HEBREWS

1. "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through

prophets, in
these last days He has spoken to us by His son, whom he
appointed
heir of all things & through whom he has made the worlds"
Hebrews
1:1-2. Here Jesus is the son of God. Now read this; "It was
fitting
for God, for whom & through whom everything exists, in
bringing many
sons to glory, to make the captain of salvation perfect
through
suffering. As both the one who sanctifies & those who are
being
sanctified are all of one family, for which reason Jesus is
not
ashamed to call them brothers" Hebrews 2:10-11. Here God
is the
almighty & Jesus is a suffering person leading others to
salvation &
thus becoming his brothers, i.e. all believers become the
sons of
God. Furthermore, to God the creator of all, Jesus is a
 faithful
appointed prophet, same as Moses. "He [Christ] was
faithful to the
one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all
God's
house" Hebrews 3: 2. But Paul retreats from this fact right
in the
following verses, as if it was a slip of the tongue " Jesus has
been
found worthy of more glory than Moses…Moses indeed
was faithful as a
servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be said
in the
future. But Christ is faithful as a son over his God's
house…"

2. God has placed Jesus superior to the angels in Hebrews

1: 4 " He
[Christ] sat at the right side of the Majesty in heaven
having
become so much better the angels." But, Jesus is retreated
to a
position lower than angels in the following paragraph, "But
we see
Jesus, who was put a little lower than the angels, now
crowned with
glory & honor for the suffering of death" Hebrews 2: 9. So
which
verse do we believe?

3. "Every high priest is selected from among men & is

 appointed to
represent them in matters pertaining to God…No one takes
this honor
upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
So also
Christ did not glorify himself to become high priest. It was
God who
called upon him "you are a priest forever, in the order of
Melchizedek" Hebrews 5: 1-6/7:17--25. So, Jesus Christ
has the rank
of a "high priest", same as Aaron & Melchizedek. The
latter is
exalted to a very high status in Hebrews 7 being appointed
a priest
forever without being a descendant of Levi, with no known
genealogy,
without beginning of days or end of life & a Son of God.
Jesus is
likened to him.

4. " You have come to God, the judge of all… & to Jesus
the mediator
of the new convenant" Hebrews 12: 23. So Jesus here is
just a
mediator between God & the people, while God controls
all. " May God
of peace who brought up Jesus from the dead….may He
make you
equipped to do His will & may he work in us what is
pleasant to
Him…" Hebrews 13:20-21. So God, the almighty, revived
 Jesus from the
dead & he is the One who makes people complete to fulfill
His
will. "During the days of his life on earth, he [Jesus]
offered up
prayers & petitions with loud cries & tears to the One who
could
save him from death; & he was heard because of his
reverent
submission to God" Hebrews 5:7. So Jesus was just a
suffering
fearing human who begged God the almighty "in loud cries
& tears" to
save him from death, & God did that.

5. "For we have become partners in Jesus if we hold on to

the
confidence we had in the beginning to the end" Hebrews
3:14. "For it
is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, &
have
tasted the heavenly gift (of faith), & have become partners
of the
Holy Spirit…" Hebrews 6: 4. Here, we learn that believers
in the
faith become partakers of Jesus & of the Holy Spirit.

General remarks on Paul's concepts of God & Jesus

1. Paul did not deny any of God's s superior qualities &

high
status. He remains the Majesty, the Creator & the Judge of
all. It
was God who raised Jesus from the dead & who endowed
upon him the
exalted level of high priest & son.

2. Jesus Christ remains human with human qualities &

submission to
God. Despite attaining higher ranks up to the level of son of
God,
he still needed God to raise him from the dead & was
required to
plead for that. He sits on the right side of God in heaven,
but not
on the throne. He stays second to God whenever both are
mentioned in
the same con****. Paul has never given him any of the
supreme
qualities of God. His high status, powers & miracles are all
ascribed to God.

Paul's innovations in Christian faith

1. Disciples of the way (followers of Jesus' message) were

first
called "Christians" by Paul & Barnabas at Antioch several
years
after Jesus left our earth [Acts 11:26]. It is not just a change
of
name. The implications are grave, for now the principle of
unity of
 God has been shattered & Christ has become "the Lord"
together with
God. This paved the way for the later emergence of the
trinity with
holiness & divinity shared by 3 entities (father, son &
spirit).

2. He constructed the Church & organized its hierarchy of

apostles,
prophets, priests, elderly, …etc [Acts 14:23/15:6/20:28 & 1

Corinthians 12:28 & Titus 1:5]. He then added the ranks of

bishops &
deacons [Philippians 1:1]. He stated the qualifications for
being
appointed in these positions [1 Timothy 3: 1-13]. Among
several
conditions required, a bishop or deacon must be the
husband of only
one wife (indicating that polygamy was the rule at the time,
years
after Jesus has gone), & he must be sober & not given to
much wine
(drinks, but not much to the state of being addicted to
liquor)!

3. Concerning his attitude to alcohol (spirits), Paul does not

prohibit it (even to clergymen, vide supra). As a matter of

fact, we
could say that he insinuates encouraging its consumption.
 In
1Timothy 5:23, " No longer drink only water, but use a
little wine
for your stomach's sake & your frequent infirmities." In
1Corinthians 11:25, "He [Christ] took the cup [of wine]
after supper
saying, ' this cup is the new convenant in my blood. This
do, as
often as you drink it is in remembrance of me."

4. Concerning marriage & man-woman relations, he stated

a lot of
rules that were never revealed by Jesus [1Corinthians 7].
Marriage,
as a whole, is not encouraged. Even if one is married, he is
not
encouraged to seek such lawful carnal knowledge! "I wish
that all
men were even as myself (unmarried)" Co 7: 7. "I say to
the
unmarried & the widows: it is good for them to remain
even as I am"
Co 7: 8. "But this I say brethren, the time is short so that
from
now on even those who have wives should be as though
they had none"
Co 7: 29. He invented monogamy & prohibited divorce. In
Co 7:
2 "Nevertheless & just for the cause of sexual morality, let
each
man have his own wife & let each woman have her own
 husband." In Co
7:10-11 " A wife is not to depart from her husband. But
even if she
does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to
her
husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife."
According to
Paul, Christians are allowed to stay married to non-
believers (non-
Christians), but such a marriage is not bonding! "If any
brother has
a wife who does not believe & she is willing to live with
him, let
him not divorce her. And a woman who has a husband who
does not
believe, if he is willing to live with her let her not divorce
him …
But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a
sister
is not under bondage in such cases " Co 7:12-15.

5. Concerning the head covering, again some strange

unfamiliar
habits were introduced by Paul in 1Corinthians 11. He
promotes
uncovering the head of men & covering that of women
during prayers
[Co 11:4-5]. However, when a woman is not praying she
should keep
her hair uncovered! "But if a woman has long hair, it is a
glory to
 her; for her hair is given to her for a covering" Co 11:15.
Very
strange indeed: while praying uncovering the head of a
woman
dishonors her & the reason given is that "for this reason the
woman
has to have a symbol of authority on her head because of
the angels"
Co 11: 10; yet when she is not praying covering her head
becomes now
dishonoring & it is a "glory" for her to uncover it!!! The
reason:
the angels; as if these are not around except when praying
& as if
God is not there at all. Ladies & gentlemen, it is the angels
&
nothing but the angels who only become offended with a
woman's
uncovered head during prayers!

6. It was Paul who introduced crucifix & designated it with

glory &
holiness. In Galatians 3: 1 he says, " O you foolish
Galatians! Who
has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth?
Before your
very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified."
In
Galatians 6:14 "But God forbid that I should boast except
in the
cross of our lord Jesus Christ by whom the world has been
 crucified
to me." In Philippians 4: 18 "For, as I have often told you
before &
now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the
cross of
Christ."

7. Paul has stood against many of the rituals & rules of

Judaism
stated in the Law (Old Testament) including circumcision,
fasting,
prayers & food. In 1Timothy 4:1-7 he says, "The Spirit
clearly says
that in later times some will abandon the faith & follow
deceiving
spirits & doctrines taught by demons. Such teachings come
through
hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared as
with a hot
iron. They forbid people to marry & order them to abstain
from
certain foods, which God created to be received with
thanksgiving by
those who believe & know the truth. For everything God
has created
is good & nothing is to be rejected if it is received with
thanksgiving, because it is sanctified by the word of God &
prayer….
Have nothing to do with godless myths & old witches'
fables [Jewish
priests]." In Colossians 3:20 he adds, "Since you have died
 with
Christ to the basic principles [profanes] of this world, why,
as
though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules
[the
law]? 'Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch', all
concerning
things that perish with using, because they are based on
commandments & doctrines of men. Such regulations
indeed have an
appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship,
their false
humility & their harsh treatment of the body. But they lack
any
value in restraining indulgences of the flesh."

8. Paul gave the churchmen (especially the seniors) that

followed
his religion powers that are close to those of God. They can
grant
forgiveness & blessings just by laying their hands over
subjects!
1Timothy 4:14.

• For more details on this apostle of Jesus, please refer to

our
essay on Barnabas & his discredited Gospel.