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Question: is St Paul not just a selfish self proclaimed Apostle who preaches his own teachings?

Saul of Tarsus was not the most reliable witness: Why do Christians instantly believe his vision of Christ? and why do they now follow Paul's interpretation of his vision instead of the teachings of Jesus?
this is not me having a go, this is me trying to understand why Christians follow the teachings of man of whom never met their God.

http://www.worldends.co.uk/letter3.html

this site is not where I get my information or philosophy from, I have bsed my philosophy on the many books I own. I just thought this would be an easy way of getting the question across.

Answer: Besides

THE GOSPEL OF ST. THOMAS WAS BANNED BY CHURCH

The writings of St. Thomas who was a direct disciple of Jesus have been banned and outlawed by Church (by Emperor Constantine around the 4th century C.E) and Saul (St Paul) has been accepted although St. Paul never met Jesus. See St. Thomas here :

http://buddhistfaith.tripod.com/gospel/index.html

Is there any sinister link.
St. Paul was a hardline Jew who killed many chistians but later changed himself. It appears to me Jews like St. Paul have tried their best to make Christianity , Jewish oriented.
A bulk of Torah and Jewish history & beliefs in detail were attached to bible (as OT) and a short life of Jesus is attached at the end (just like an addendum i.e. NT ). For a newcomer it would appear that the God of Jews(Jehovah) is the real God and Israel is the holy land.
Even today Christians say : Hallelujah . Which means 'praise to the God of Israelis - Jehovah'.
Roman Church had its own axe to grind to consolidate its power. It could never accept that the asians(especially indians) were capable of developing a superior theology. The idea that Jesus had accepted buddhist ideology in egypt was repugnent to the Roman church because that would have diluted their authority and the christians would have accepted Buddha's birth place in India as their place of pilgrimage & of faith.

Therefore all connections to Buddhism were snapped by the Roman church by Constantine and many original works were declared as heresey.

BTW I believe that Jesus learnt Buddhism in Alexandria in Egypt as he spent his initial 12 long years there. Many of his teachings are Buddhist in nature. See the links below :

Loyd: Jesus must be center of marriage

Next year, my wife and I will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Like any couple married for that length of time, we have shared times of great joy and times of tremendous sorrow. We have also experienced difficulty in our marriage. One year, we came very close to ending our union in divorce. Thankfully, with the help of counselors, friends, and a commitment to the Holy Spirit's intention ...

Alain Badiou. Theater, Poetry and Philosophy. 2003 1/6