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Given how much trouble the Bible records Paul getting into on his travels, people often DID try to "do him in in instant."
Thing is, the Bible also describes Paul as a Roman citizen, which in one episode helped him get out of trouble (there's reference to a governor panicking because he had "put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains").
And why would Paul go travelling into non-Jewish areas to preach to Gentiles? If you think God wants you to do something, that's a powerful motivator.
I think you're projecting your own ideas onto Paul--you wouldn't do such a thing, so you think Paul would not have *really* done such and thing and therefore *must* have been making it up. Your paradigm is blinding you.
Given how much trouble the Bible records Paul getting into on his travels, people often DID try to "do him in in instant."
Thing is, the Bible also describes Paul as a Roman citizen, which in one episode helped him get out of trouble (there's reference to a governor panicking because he had "put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains").
And why would Paul go travelling into non-Jewish areas to preach to Gentiles? If you think God wants you to do something, that's a powerful motivator.
I think you're projecting your own ideas onto Paul--you wouldn't do such a thing, so you think Paul would not have *really* done such and thing and therefore *must* have been making it up. Your paradigm is blinding you.