Paul

You know the apostle Paul? The guy who wrote basically half of the New Testament? He's like on par with Jesus in Christian circles. Whatever you may say about the Bible, you do not mess with Paul. Why? Because what he said is Scripture. And all Scripture is God-breathed. So basically, Paul was transcribing what God was telling him.

That's what they say.

Keep in mind, though, that when Paul wrote 2 Timothy 3:16, the "Scripture" in question was the Torah. The canonized Bible that we have today was not a thing. I find it doubtful that Paul thought of his own personal letters to churches as Scriptures, to be held in the same esteem as the Torah.

I came across this article. It's basically imagined "letters to the editor" if Paul's book of Galatians had been published today on Christianity Today. Here's the thing--the hypothetical letters to the editor are actually spot-on. Their critiques of Paul are absolutely correct. Paul was kind of a dick, and he split hairs on all kinds of secondary issues. He was extremely judgmental toward people in the churches. And his legalistic views on women and what they should wear...

But then I saw that the writers of these letters to the editor satirically ended the article with, "Had we known the extent in which our readership and advertisers would withdraw their financial support, we never would have printed such unpopular biblical truth." Meaning that they think Paul is great and unquestionably right. Sigh.

I really don't like Paul.