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Ok, I'll take a stab at it. What I believe........ I believe in the general goodness of people when all the circumstances are lined up in the right directions. I also believe people lie and manipulate if it serves their cause and they'll do so without a shred of remorse or even concern. Since this is a site About The Way I believe that The Way was a good idea in the Weirwille's basement with a few fellars sitting around the fireplace yaking about the Bible and it got sorely out of hand in a manner too fast for anyone to try to or want to stop. I believe the children should respect and revere their parents but the parents gotta earn that stuff. I believe that in this journey we do the best we can to get up in the morning and climb through the day. Sometimes it's an easy adventure, other times it sux beyond our stamina, but at the end of the day before we put head to pillow, we ought assess that day and be damn sure we did our level best. If we didn't, pray for tomorrow to get here sooner in order that we might remedy, apologize, repair and/or otherwise fix what might be fixed. I believe that people who harm children should combust immediately once proven. I believe in love and I believe in the giving and recieving of same when and only when two people are willing to communicate in every possible manner and not be afraid. I believe that I am on this earth for more than my kids or my man, although those fill a great place and, in fact, come first. I believe I also serve a purpose to humankind in general but have no clue what that might be. I believe that tomorrow might arrive and if it does, it will probably close in the usual fashion with the hopes of another one. I believe that the tongue is the most powerful weapon and should be brandished with the most extreme care. I believe that life is good, God had it figured out and somewhere along the line something horrid fu cked it up. I used to believe I could fly, now I know I can walk, even if some days I have to literally grab my pant leg to do so. I believe in the power of the human condition to do as much harm as it does good in equal speed. I believe that if we don't open our eyes, ears and mouth, we'll soon be blind, deaf and mute.

Huh? Strawman? This thread's proposition is "what if Paul were a con man, VPWOHDT, flim-flam man, etc etc." so some people are answering as to why that is not the case. How is that concocting a strawman argument? You accuse people of refuting your statements with circular logic. Namely, you claim that people are saying, "Paul's words are God's words. Why? Because it says so in the Bible." That's not what's been happening at all. Reasons have been stated as to the authenticity of Paul and Paul's writings. I would write the whole argument out again but you're not reading it in any of the other posts that have stated it rather clearly. The reasoning is far from circular. There have been historical points offered as well as evidence outside that of the scriptures. Are you actually reading and considering what other people are saying?