St. Paul was a Pompous Pot Head

So I skimmed through 1st Corinthians last night for Core, and I have no idea why people are so proud to have St. Paul be the original theologian of the Christian faith. I wasn't trying to read it from any more of a critical point of view than if I were reading any historical document, and this work would not stand up in any historical community, at least not as a credible source.

This guy didn't know how many people he's baptised. He names around five people, but doesn't know if he's baptised any more than that. What the f*ck? I think it would be kind of easy to keep track of 5, or more than 5....Keep in mind, Paul hadn't been baptising people for a very long time. He had spent a good deal of his life executing Christians, then he was converted on the road to Damascus (where there were no horses). It's not like he had been dipping people in water his whole life.

Cor 3:10a- "According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation...."
Cor 3:11- "for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ."
Do these not seem conflicting? It doesn't really help that they are sequential verses, either.

C0r 5:11- "But I now write to you not to associate with anyone named a brother, if he is immoral, greedy, a drunkard, or robber, not even to eat with such a person."
This directly contradicts what Jesus was teaching, where he would eat with sinners and people the public didn't like.
Cor 7:12- Here, he contradicts himself again saying that it's cool if you're married to an unbeliever, because their soul will be saved through you. So...you can't eat with them...but you can sleep with them...

Cor 7:8-9- "Now to the unmarried and to the widows, I say: It is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do, but if they cannot exercise self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be on fire."
Again, directly contradicting what Jesus said. A widow or divorcee should not remarry, because that's adultery.

Cor 7:25- "Now in regard to virgins I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy."
How did this make it into the canon?!? He specifically says God never "told" him anything about virgins, but he's just going to take a wild stab at it anyways. Bovine feces. He then continues telling single people not to marry because it would be a distraction from God. So...you want the Christian population to dwindle.... One can argue about how Paul thought the world was going to end a few days after he wrote this, but it's still pretty stupid.

Cor 10:27- Eat any food given to you. Don't ask questions. Candy from a stranger? Knock yourself out! But, be careful if it's sacrificial meat. Even though Jesus said that it's not what you put into your body that defiles the spirit, leave sacrificial meat alone, because it can. I really wish the self-proclaimed apostle of Jesus would get in line with Jesus' teachings.

Cor11:1- "Be imitators of me as I am of Christ." Whoa whoa whoa. Paul just made himself no better than the scribes that Jesus persecuted. He's become the medium between God and man and between Jesus' teachings and man. 'Listen to my interpretation, not to the guy that actually said this stuff.' Real smooth, Paul.

Cor 11:3-15, 14:34-35- Yay, Paul's a sexist. I understand that in ye olden days, women were supposed to wear veils and not talk in church (even though that was happening in the beginnings of Christianity). But, again, he's not following Jesus. Jesus wasn't sexist. He took women as equally as men. But not Paul. Women need to keep their hair covered in church so not to distract men and angels. And women are the servants of men, since men are closer to God and all. And they shouldn't talk in church. If their poor little inferior brains are confused about something, they should wait to ask their husband at home.


Sure, Paul had some really awesome things to say. Though having all of these contradicting rules and lapses in memory doesn't make him the most credible source, in my humble opinion. He keeps talking about how people shouldn't inflate their egos, and I read most of Corinthians as an ego trip. I can guarantee you that I would be ranting just as much if I were still Christian, so don't go poo-pooing this as a heathen rant. Like Jesus said, "Let anyone with ears listen to what the spirit is saying to the churches." Listen to God, not the church hierarchy.











And it's all right where it belongs.